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A: 你來中國多久了？喜歡這裡嗎？
nˇı la´i Zho¯ ngguo´
duo¯ jiuˇ
le? xˇıhuan zhe`lˇı ma?
How long have you been in China? Do you like it here?
B: 幾個月了。這裡機會很多，對我們商入來說，真
是個好地方！哎，這裡的外國商會多嗎？
jˇıgeyue` le. zhe`lˇı j¯ıhu`ı heˇnduo¯ , du`ı woˇmen sha¯ ngre´n la´ishuo¯ ,
zhe¯ nsh`ı ge haˇod`ıfang! ma?
a¯ i, zhe`lˇı de wa`iguo´
sha¯ nghu`ı duo¯
A few months now. There are a lot of opportunities here. From a businessman’s point of view, it is a really good place. Hey, are there a lot of foreign chambers of commerce here?
A: 很多啊！世界上的一些主要國家在大城市都有自己的商會，比如美國商會、歐洲商會、還有渙大利亞商會等，都很有影響力。
heˇnduo¯
a! sh`ıjie`shang de y¯ıxie¯
zhuˇya`o guo´jia¯
za`i da`che´ng-
sh`ı do¯ u yoˇu z`ıjˇıde sha¯ nghu`ı, bˇıru´
Meˇiguo´sha¯ nghu`ı,
O¯ u-
zho¯ usha¯ nghu`ı, ha´i yoˇu yoˇu yˇıngxiaˇngl`ı.
A` oda`l`ıya`sha¯ nghu`ı deˇng, do¯ u heˇn-
There sure are! In the bigger cities, the major countries of the world all have their own chambers of commerce, for example: the American Chamber of Commerce, the Euro- pean Chamber of Commerce, the Australian Chamber of Commerce, etc. They all have a lot of impact.
B: 那麼參加商會有什麼好處呢？
na`me ca¯ njia¯ sha¯ nghu`ı yoˇu she´nme haˇochu ne?
So, what benefits are there to join a Chamber of Com- merce?
A: 好處可多呢！他們會用不同的方式支持會員的工作。經常組織培訓、聚會，介紹同一行業或不同行業的會員認識，建立很好的入際網絡。
haˇochu keˇ duo¯ ne! ta¯ men hu`ı yo`ng bu`to´ng de fa¯ ngsh`ı zh¯ıch´ı hu`ıyua´n de go¯ ngzuo`. j¯ıngcha´ng zuˇzh¯ı pe´ixu`n, ju`hu`ı, jie`sha`o
to´ngy¯ı ha´ngye`
huo`
bu`to´ng ha´ngye`
de hu`ıyua´n re`nshi, jia`nl`ı
heˇn haˇo de re´nj`ı waˇngluo`.
There are so many benefits! They support their members’ work in different ways. They regularly organize training and meetings. They also introduce members of the same and different professions, establishing excellent networks of people.
B: 這對剛來中國的入來說太重要了！不僅可以幫我
們推廣生意，還能認識很多朋友！
zhe`
du`ı ga¯ ng la´i Zho¯ ngguo´
de re´n la´ishuo¯
ta`i zho`ngya`o le!
bu`jˇın keˇyˇı ba¯ ng woˇmen tu¯ıguaˇng she¯ ngyi, ha´i ne´ng re`nshi
heˇnduo¯ pe´ngyou!
That is so important for people who have just arrived in China! It can not only help us promote our business, but we can also make a lot of friends.
A: 沒錯，商會在工作和生活上對我的幫助一直都很大！而且，他們還會介紹許多中國的法律和在這裡做生意需要注意的事情。
me´icuo`, sha¯ nghu`ı za`i go¯ ngzuo`
he´
she¯ nghuo´
shang du`ı woˇ
de ba¯ ngzhu`
y¯ızh´ı do¯ u heˇn da`!
e´rqieˇ, ta¯ men ha´i hu`ı jie`sha`o
xuˇduo¯ Zho¯ ngguo´ de faˇlu`¨ he´ za`i zhe`lˇı zuo`she¯ ngy`ı xu¯ ya`o zhu`- y`ı de sh`ıqing.
Exactly. Both for work and in everyday life the chamber of commerce has always been a big help to me. Furthermore, they also inform us about a lot of the laws in China, as well as the things you need to pay attention to when doing busi- ness here.
B: 真是太好了！我得趕快去加入！
zhe¯ nsh`ı ta`i haˇo le! woˇ
deˇi gaˇnkua`i qu`
jia¯ ru`!
That’s really so great. I must go and join immediately!
---Key Vocabulary---
機會 j¯ıhu`ı opportunity
商會 sha¯ nghu`ı chamber of commerce
影響力 yˇıngxiaˇngl`ı influence
好處 haˇochu benefit
支持 zh¯ıch´ı to support
會員 hu`ıyua´n member
組織 zuˇzh¯ı to organize
培訓 pe´ixu`n training
聚會 ju`hu`ı to hold a meeting
介紹 jie`sha`o to introduce
行業 ha´ngye` industry
入際 re´nj`ı interpersonal
網絡 waˇngluo` network
推廣 tu¯ıguaˇng to promote
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
聚集 ju`j´ı to gather
派對 pa`idu`ı party
社交 she`jia¯ o social interaction
接觸 jie¯ chu`
to come into contact with
排列 pa´ilie` to put in order
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