day 57industry and products
unit 9 · work & technologyindustry and products
Talk about companies, products, farming and industry, tell a surprise with 誰知道 (who knew…), and list formally with 以及 (as well as).
today’s words
- 退休 tuìxiū · retire
- 事業 shìyè · career; business, venture
- 規模 guīmó · scale, size
- 企業 qìyè · enterprise, company
- 生產 shēngchǎn · produce, manufacture
- 尋找 xúnzhǎo · look for, seek
- 實力 shílì · strength, capability
- 商業 shāngyè · business, commerce
- 產品 chǎnpǐn · product
- 工業 gōngyè · industry (manufacturing)
- 需求 xūqiú · demand, needs
- 農業 nóngyè · agriculture, farming
- 以及 yǐjí · as well as, and
- 當面 dāngmiàn · face to face, in person
- 及時 jíshí · in time, promptly
- 取代 qǔdài · replace, take the place of
- 也好 yěhǎo · that’s fine too; whether… or…
- 總算 zǒngsuàn · finally, at last
sentences
- 以為賣不完，誰知道一天就賣光了。 · I thought we wouldn’t sell it all, but it sold out in a day.
- 他本來想退休，誰知道又開始了新的事業。 · He meant to retire, and then, who knew, he started a new business.
- 這家企業生產電腦以及手機。 · This company makes computers as well as phones.
- 這個計畫很有希望。 · This plan looks very promising.
- 臺灣南部的農業與工業都很重要。 · Both farming and industry matter in southern Taiwan.