Online Class Notes (Ally)[S]

Vocabulary

labor: lao dong
ie. A lot of foreign companies station their factories in China because there’s cheap labor.

off-topic: pao ti
ie. Do not wander off-topic when you’re writing.

objective: (1 adj)ke guan (2 noun)goal
ie. The objective of this class is to learn writing in the 3rd person.
ie. Be more objective when you are talking about science.

subjective: zhu guan
ie. Don’t think about everything in a subject way./ subjectively.

Grammar

would
I would go to the restaurant, but it started raining, so I’m not going anymore.
I was going to the restaurant, but it started raining, so I went back home.

Speaking exercise

If you just want to find some specific things, you can get a good price in a specific region, like a town because they have a whole production line because they have raw materials and every part of production.

To find some specific products/When looking for specific products, business owners/operators can get a good price in a/one specific region, like/such as a town. The town would have a whole production line, including providing raw materials and every part of production.

In some village or town, they can provide the whole production line, including…
Some villages can provide the whole production line, including…

Here is a professional village, and they can produce all kinds of machines.
There is a professional village where they can produce all kinds of machines.

You need to find one region to produce all parts of the machine.
You need to find a region to produce all parts of the machine.

If one product is seen as meeting the same needs as another, they are substitute goods.
If the computer is as expensive as another, they should be about the same price.