Upper-Intermediate - Making the Move fromChina(D2377)A:

gb gngs zhlingtin dngjng tng d de tmen yo bnzuleThere's been a lot of talk about the company next door recently. Arethey moving?

B: w tng gb de Xio Zhng shu tmen de lozng yo b gngs bnhu Migu le zhl zh li y g xio bnshchI heard from Xiao Zhang next door that their boss is going to movethe company to America, and there's only going to be a small officeleft here.

A: tngshu tmen lozng yzh hui zhe Zhnggu mng de xinziznme shu zu ji zu I've heard that their boss is always praising the Chinese Dream. Howcan he just move now?

B: shi zhdo bgu hu yu shu hulai w jude tmen xinzilki Zhnggu y sh ky lji deWho knows? But on the other hand, I think it's understandable thatthey are going to leave China now.

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zh hu znme shuWhat do you mean?

B: n kn xinzi znmen zhr de hunjng ytindown du shwmi dji hnbude di fngd minj hiyu shpn zhlingjiotng yngd dngdeng nme du wnt shidu shubulioLook at our environment here. There's smog all day long. Everybodywould wear gas masks if they could. Then there's also food quality,transportation blockages and the rest. With so many problems,nobody can take it.

A: ksh xinzi Zhnggu jngj xngsh hi ypin dho jx lixilai knng hi hu yu gngdu de fzhn kngjin xinzi lkibsh ti kx leBut, now China's economic situation is still really good. If they stayed,there'd still be a lot of space to grow. Wouldn't it be a shame to leavenow?

B: n y b ydng xinzi Zhnggu h yqin b yyng le rnlchngbn zngji yuhu zhngc y b du qin b hozhunThat's not for sure. China nowadays isn't like it was before. The costof labor is increasing and there aren't as many government deals. It'snot easy to make money.

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iy wmen de lobn bhu ntin y li g d qinx ba?Jeez, our boss won't make this big move too, right?

B: zn hish bi xing nme du le gu ytin sh ytin baLet's not think too much about it. Take one day at a time!

A: PPTlingwi min zi dgu shnme ne nmen de PPT xigi wn lemiyu zngjin kihu hi dngzhe yng neWhat are you two ladies tittering about? Have you made the changesto the powerpoint yet? The boss needs it for his meeting!

Key Vocabulary gb next door dngjng to make noise bnzu to move away bnshch office hui zhe to carry, hold in one's

heart ytindown all day long wmi smog hnbude to be itching to fngd minj gas mask zhling quality yngd congestion shubulio to be unable to bear it

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Zhnggu jngj Chinese economy xngsh circumstance, situation kx it is a pity b ydng not for certain rnl manpower, labor chngbn cost yuhu zhngc preferential policy zhun to earn qinx to migrate dgu to chat, titter xigi to revise zngjin boss, chief inspectorSupplementary Vocabulary bnl to handle yw work, task bimwngz knight in shining armor qinjng prospect qsh trend shngchnchngbn production cost xiofngyun fireman, firewoman guz rule, regulation

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