High-Speed Train: Canton - Wuhan

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Keith Bradsher, A High-Speed Economy; As China Builds a Vast Network of Fast
Trains, the US Falls Further Behind. New Yok Times, Feb. 13, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/business/global/13rail.html?scp=1&sq=wuhan&st=cse

(a) Quote:

"Heavily subsidized regular trains, which require 11 hours for the trip from
Guangzhou to Wuhan, cost $20.50 one-way. The bullet train costs $72, or one
to three weeks’ pay for an assembly line worker.

"Many Americans may be too corpulent for the economy-class seats, which
measure just 18 inches between the arm rests. One-way first-class seats are
$114 and two inches wider.

"Even with cheap labor, the Wuhan-Guangzhou line cost $17 billion

(b) Note:
(i) corpulent (adj; from Latin "corpus" for body): "having a large bulky
body : OBESE"  www.m-w.com
(ii) barrette (n; from English noun "bar"): 髮夾

My comment:
(a) The first quotation is concerned about prices in the ECONOMY class only,
with $20.50 and $72 about one and three week's pay, respectively.
(b) There is no need to read the rest.

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choi

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Keith Bradsher, A High-Speed Economy; As China Builds a Vast Network of Fast
Trains, the US Falls Further Behind. New Yok Times, Feb. 13, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/business/global/13rail.html?scp=1&sq=wuhan&st=cse

(a) Quote:

"Heavily subsidized regular trains, which require 11 hours for the trip from
Guangzhou to Wuhan, cost $20.50 one-way. The bullet train costs $72, or one
to three weeks’ pay for an assembly line worker.

"Many Americans may be too corpulent for the economy-class seats, which
measure just 18 inches between the arm rests. One-way first-class seats are
$114 and two inches wider.

"Even with cheap labor, the Wuhan-Guangzhou line cost $17 billion

(b) Note:
(i) corpulent (adj; from Latin "corpus" for body): "having a large bulky
body : OBESE"  www.m-w.com
(ii) barrette (n; from English noun "bar"): 髮夾

My comment:
(a) The first quotation is concerned about prices in the ECONOMY class only,
with $20.50 and $72 about one and three week's pay, respectively.
(b) There is no need to read the rest.

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