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EP154城市 City

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Dialogue:

A:你喜欢大城市还是小城市?

Nǐ xǐ huān dà chéng shì hái shì xiǎo chéng shì ?

Do you like big cities or small cities?

B:很难说。大城市工作机会多,但是小城市往往更宜居。

Hěn nán shuō 。dà chéng shì gōng zuò jī huì duō ,dàn shì xiǎo chéng shì wǎng wǎng gèng yí jū 。

It’s hard to say. Big cities have more working chances, but small cities are always more livable.

Words & Expressions:

【喜欢】xǐ huān:like

【大】dà:big

【小】xiǎo:small

【城市】chéng shì: city

【还是】hái shì: or

【难】nán: difficult

【机会】jī huì: chance

【往往】wǎng wǎng: always

【宜居】yí jū: livable

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