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day 64factories, mines and loans

unit 9 · business & the economy

    factories, mines and loans

    Talk about industry, factories and lending, and say “together” the literary way with 一道.

    today’s words

    • 財團 cáituán · consortium, financial group
    • 動產 dòngchǎn · movable property, personal assets
    • 放款 fàngkuǎn · lend money, make loans
    • 公會 gōnghuì · trade association, guild; union
    • 公債 gōngzhài · government bond
    • 行號 hánghào · firm, business (shop or company)
    • 核算 hésuàn · calculate, work out (costs)
    • 化工 huàgōng · chemical industry
    • 交貨 jiāohuò · deliver goods
    • 苦工 kǔgōng · hard labour, drudgery
    • 礦工 kuànggōng · miner
    • 模具 mójù · mould, die (for making parts)
    • 木料 mùliào · timber, wood (as material)
    • 內銷 nèixiāo · for the domestic market
    • 染料 rǎnliào · dye
    • 油田 yóutián · oilfield
    • 專員 zhuānyuán · specialist, officer (for a task)
    • 總經理 zǒngjīnglǐ · general manager
    • 行銷 xíngxiāo · marketing
    • 使勁 shǐjìn · push hard, put effort into
    • 延伸 yánshēn · extend, stretch
    • 一道 yīdào · together

    sentences

    • 下班以後,我們一道去吃晚飯吧。 · Let’s go and have dinner together after work.
    • 工廠答應月底以前交貨。 · The factory has promised to deliver by the end of the month.
    • 這家公司以前只做內銷,現在也開始外銷了。 · The company used to sell only at home; now it has started exporting too.
    • 他爸爸是做木料買賣的。 · His dad is in the timber business.
    • 很多老人喜歡買政府的公債,因為比較安全。 · Many older people like buying government bonds because they’re safer.