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In this episode we are going to learn 【Shopping 】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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在中国购物非常方便。
zài zhōng guó gòu wù fēi cháng fāng biàn 。
Shopping in China is very convenient.
可以去便利店、商店、超市和商场。
kě yǐ qù biàn lì diàn 、 shāng diàn 、 chāo shì hé shāng chǎng 。
Can go to convenience stores, shops, supermarkets and shopping malls.
也可以在网上购物。
yě kě yǐ zài wǎng shàng gòu wù 。
You can also shop online.
网上购物又便宜又快。
wǎng shàng gòu wù yòu pián yí yòu kuài 。
Shopping online is cheap and fast.
下单后最快半天，最慢3天可以收到快递。
xià dān hòu zuì kuài bàn tiān ， zuì màn sān tiān kě yǐ shōu dào kuài dì 。
After placing order,  you can receive the express in half a day soonest,  and 3 days slowest。
网上生鲜超市半个小时就可以送到家。
wǎng shàng shēng xiān chāo shì bàn gè xiǎo shí jiù kě yǐ sòng dào jiā 。
（If buy at) Online fresh food supermarkets， can be delivered to your home in half an hour.
我喜欢网上购物，因为很方便。
wǒ xǐ huān wǎng shàng gòu wù ， yīn wèi hěn fāng biàn 。
I like shopping online because it's convenient.

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购物 Shopping （Beginner）

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Spain has said it wants to introduce a tax of up to 100% on property purchases for anyone from outside the European Union (EU) who is not a resident in the country.

That could mean a lot of potential buyers from places like Asia, the UK and the US being priced out of the market.

And that's exactly the idea.

Many Spaniards have said that they can't afford to buy property because of the number of homes being bought by foreign buyers.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recently shared the plan, saying that in 2023, 27,000 apartments and houses around Spain were bought by people from outside the EU.

He said these buyers didn't purchase the homes to live in, but to make money from them.

Spain is a popular vacation destination for people around the world, and many like to buy holiday homes for themselves.

But other buyers put their properties on the short-term rental market, using sites like Airbnb.

This has meant that there are fewer homes for local people to buy. The shortage of properties in popular areas has seen prices increase, with many locals unable to afford higher prices.

Sánchez also said he wants to increase taxes on landlords who rent their properties with companies like Airbnb.

However, the prime minister's plans may not become law; for now they're just ideas.

British people who spoke to the BBC after hearing the news weren't happy with these plans.

Michele Hayes from Manchester, who has been looking at properties in Spain, said: "How many working Spanish people want to live in holiday homes in these tourist areas anyway?"

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Spain Considers 100% Tax for Foreign Property Buyers

Lecture du prologue du roman Marc Levy, LE PREMIER JOUR

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speaker: 
俞敏洪Yú Mǐnhóng   新东方教育集团创始人，英语教学与管理专家。
Yu Minhong, or Michael Yu is the founder and president of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.. As the owner of one of the largest private educational services, Yu is known as the "richest teacher in China", and "Godfather of English Training".
script: 
城市孩子上不了大学，对城市孩子影响不是那么大。但是农村孩子上不了大学，其实他就变成一辈子农民了。我觉得一个农民的孩子如果说能上上正规的大学的话，对他来说，扩大他的视野也好；扩大他对这个世界的理解以及人脉关系也好；以及他的自我认知也好，一定是有大大的好处。我相信进了大学整体来说命运总会变得更好。因为人们的想法是被观念改变的。那能够改变观念的人最好的地方就是大学。那他只要考上大学，哪怕是三本，是吧？那他大学四年给他的磨练；带来的眼光、感觉、格局肯定就不一样的。那个时候他再回到农村,他可能就变成农村的创业者，或者是变成农村中间最有想法的人。我觉得想法是改变世界的基础。
高考   gāo kǎo   College Entrance Examination
命运   mìng yùn  n. 1.destiny ；fate；lot  悲惨的命运a tragic lot
                   2.trend of development；tendency of change  国家的命运
eg.他想要掌握自己的命运。He wants to be in control of his own destiny.
      我们是自己命运的主人。We are masters of our own destiny.
translation:
Being able to go to university or not has little effect on students from cities. But for students from rural areas, if they don't go to college, they will be lifelong farmers.
I think it would be good for a peasant's child to expand his horizons, understanding of the world， connections, and self-perception if he went to a proper university.
I think going to college will change your destiny. Because people's thoughts are changed by perspective. College is the best place to build a new perspective. As long as you can get into a university, even if it is just a third-class university. Four years of college life will change his new ideas and views. Then he goes back to the countryside, and he may start his own business, or he may become the most thoughtful person there. I think ideas are fundamental to changing the world.

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10.俞敏洪：高考，农村孩子“改变”命运的唯一机会 Gaokao is the only chance for rural students to change their destiny.

Hi everyone, In this episode you will learn different words that you need for working, These are basic words that will help you to develop your communication skills in your job.

Enjoy this episode!