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Feb 2022
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What would you do for a better life? (Co...

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What would you do for a better life? Join a real English conversation between two native English speakers. In this episode, we talk about the Spotlight English program Rat Tribe: The Story of Beijing's Underground Cities. Many people are moving to Beijing for a better life. But where will they live? Some of them choose to live underground in abandoned bunkers. Would you do something like this to achieve your life's dream?

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