1.	A:	Zhōngguó méitàn zīyuán bù shǎo, chǎnliàng hěn gāo.	China’s coal resources are large and output is high.
	B:	Shì, xiànzài Zhōngguó méitàn chǎnliàng zài shìjièshang zhàn dìsānwèi.	Yes, China’s coal output ranks third in the world.
2.	A:	Cóngqián Zhōngguóde shíyóu dàbùfen zài lí biānjìng bù yuǎnde dìfang.	In the past, China’s oil was mostly in places out near the border.
	B:	Xiànzài yánhǎi yídàide shíyóu yě fāzhǎnqilai le.	Now oil in the coastal region is starting to be developed.
3.	A:	Zhèige kuàngqūde jīnshǔ gōngyè shi shénme shíhou kāishǐ yǒude?	When did the metal industry in this mining area begin?
	B:	Bāshi niándài. jīxiè gōngyè yě shi bāshi niándài cài yōude.	In the eighties. There wasn’t a machine industry until the eighties, either.
4.	A:	Zài guò shínián, dào jiǔshi niándài chū, zhèige guójiā dàgai huì biànchéng yíge jīngji qiángguó.	In another ten years, in the early nineties, this country will probably become an economic power.
	B:	Bù xíng, qǐmǎ děi zài guò èrshinián.	No, it will be at least another twenty years.
5.	A:	Zhèiwèi zài guówài yǒu míngde gōngchéngshī, huí guó yǐhòu zěnmeyàng la?	What happened when this engineer who was famous abroad went back to his country?
	B:	Huí guó yǐhòu yìzhí gǎo zhòng gōngyè fāngmiànde jìshu gōngzuò.	He has been doing technical work in heavy industry since he returned to his country.
6.	A:	Bú jiù shi Rìběn, xiànzài gèguō dōu hěn guānxīn Zhōngguó yànhǎide jīngji jiànshè.	Not only japan, all countries are now interested in the economic construction of China’s coast.
	B:	Shì. Yǐjīng yǒu xǔduō guójiā xiǎng hé Zhōngguó yìqǐ zài nèi yídài chénglì xīnde gōngsī.	Yes, there are already many countries which are thinking of establishing new companies with China in that area.
7.	A:	Tīngshuō zhèige nóngyèqū yǐjīng yǒu lìliàng fāzhǎn gōngyè le.	I hear that this agricultural area already has the capability to develop its industry.
	B:	Jìn shínián lái, zhèige dìqūde nóngyè shēngchǎn gǎode bú cuò, shōurù bù shǎo, gǎole yìdiǎnr qīng gōngyè.	Over the past ten years, agricultural production in this area has been good and income has been high, so some light industry was set up.
8.	A:	Tīngshuō èrshinián qián yǒu hěn duō niánqīng rén dàole nèige méiyou rénde qióng dìfang.	I heard that twenty years ago a lot of young people came to that poor and unpopulated place.
	B:	Shì a! Kěshi xiànzài zhèngfǔ kéyi fàngxīn le. Nèige dìfang yǐjīng suàn jiànshède bú cuò le.	Yes, but now the government need not worry anymore. That place can be considered to have been pretty well built up.
9.	A:	Zǒngde lái shuō ba, zhèige chéngshìde biànhuà shi hěn dàde.	Generally speaking, the changes in this city have been great.
	B:	Shì a, zhàn zai shì zhōngxīnde dàlóushang kànkan, wǒ dōu bú rènshi le!	Yes, standing on top of the building in the center of the city, looking out, I don't recognize anything anymore!
10.	A:	Xǔduō jīngji lìliàng bǐjiào ruòde guójiā hěn gǎnxiè Zhōngguóde bāngzhù.	Many countries with relatively weak economies are grateful for China's help.
	B:	Wǒmen yě shi yíge fāzhǎnzhōngde guójiā, kěshi wǒmen hěn gāoxìng bāng qítā guójiā gǎo jīngji jiànshè.	We're still a developing country, too, but we're happy to help other countries in economic construction.
11.		hǎiwān	         gulf, bay
12.		Guǎngdōng	      (a province, formerly Kwangtung)
13.		Hēilóngjiāng	   (a province, formerly Heilongkiang)
14.		Shǎnxī	         (a province, formerly Shensi, now officially spelled Shaanxi)
15.		Sìchuān	        (a province, formerly Szechwan)
16.		Tiānjīn	        (a municipality, formerly Tientsin)