Infrastructure 基础设施

06/03/2023 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

A:
Zhèlǐ de biànhuà yě tài dà le!
这里的变化也太大了!
So much have changed here!

B:
Shì a. Sānshí nián yǐqián, zhèlǐ dōu shì píngfáng; xiànzài fàngyǎn wàng qù, dàochù dōushì gāolóu dàshà.
是啊。三十年以前,这里都是平房;现在放眼望去,到处都是高楼大厦。
I know. Three decades ago, all you could see were single-story houses, but skyscrapers are everywhere now.

A:
Hái jìde xiǎoshíhou wǒmen zǒngshì zuò chángtú dàbā qù shìzhōngxīn wán ma?
还记得小时候我们总是坐长途大巴去市中心玩吗?
Do you remember we always took that long-distance bus to go downtown when we were kids?
Qù yītàng děi huā liǎnggè duō xiǎoshí.
去一趟得花两个多小时。
It took us more than two hours to get there.

B:
Dāngrán jìde.
当然记得。
Yes, I do.
Xiànzài hǎidǐ suìdào jiàn chéng le, kāichē zhǐyào èrshí fēnzhōng!
现在海底隧道建成了,开车只要二十分钟!
But now, thanks to this underwater tunnel, it only takes 20 minutes to drive there!

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