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Chinese in Current Affairs-0015(Sentence:134--137): How to Say "China's Netizen Population & Broadband User Number"

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Hi, friends, we could not have imagined that the Internet would change our lives so much; we could not have imagined that we would know someone from the opposite side of the ocean via the Internet. So today I would like to introduce some new Chinese sentences and new words about the Internet and hope it will be of some help to you in learning the Chinese language.

Please hit any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then follow me to read it.

NEW SENTENCES:

No.134: -- 世界因特网第二大
               --China is the second largest country in the      
                  world in terms of both Internet population and
                  the number of broadband users.

No.135: -- 20066月因特网亿
               -- The number of Internet users in China reached
                    123 million on June 30.
  
No.136: -- 今年网民一千同期
               -- The number of netizens was up by 12 million
                    during the first half of this year, twice as
                    much as the same period of last year.

No.137: -- 因特网2/3
               -- The number of broadband subscribers totaled
                    77 million, nearly two thirds of the total
                    Internet population.

Not: The English news and numbers over is from -- People's Daily


NEW WORDS:

Please hit any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning, and then follow me to read it.

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--Shirley
Written and Recorded On Sun, July 23, 2006