LISTEN TO THE NEW WORDS & NEW SENTENCES 
As a citizen of
Shenzhen, I am happy that in 2007 my city became
the first Chinese mainland city to have a per capita GDP in excess of 10,000 US$, especially conisdering its short 26 years' history.
According to
the World Bank, a per capita
GDP of US$10,000 is considered as a threshold for an economy to be regarded as "developed." So, I would like to present you with some new sentences about this topic and I really hope this will be a little help to you in learning Chinese.
NEW WORDS AND PRONUNCIATION Please click any Chinese character that you need help with to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation and meaning and then follow me in reading it..
NEW SENTENCES No.0192:
深圳再创佳绩,
成为中国大陆第一个人均GDP超过10,000
美金的城市。
-- Shenzhen has worked another wonder by becoming the first city on the Chinese mainland to have its annual per capita gross domestic product (
GDP) surpass US$10,000.
No.0193:
根据世界银行的标准，
人均GDP10,000
美元/
美金，
意味着一个经济体进入了发达阶段的初始期。
-- According to the World Bank, per capita
GDP of US$10,000 is considered as a threshold for an economy to be regarded as "developed."
No.0194:
北京人均GDP为7,700
美元，
上海8,788
美元,
深圳10,628
美元。
-- Beijing recorded a per capita
GDP of US$7,700 in the past year while the number for Shanghai was US$8,788 and Shenzhen was US$ 10,628.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please write to
shirley@ebridge.cn, or
shirleyz004@yahoo.com, you are welcome.
--Shirley ZhangWritten, Edited and Recorded On Sun, March 9, 2008
