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1、VOA常速英语听力2012年08月合辑（文本）：African-Immigrants-Talk-About-Life-in-BeijingBEIJING—ChinesecompanieshaveinvestedheavilyinAfricainrecentyearsandtradeamongAsianandAfricannationshassoared.Astheireconomictieshavegrown,sohavethenumberofAfricanimmigrantstoChina,nowestimatedata
2、roundhalfamillionpeople.TurayLaminownsAfricaHouse,thesolerestaurantservingpan-AfricancuisineinBeijing.AlthoughmanyofTuray’sstaffandfriendsarenewtoChina,heisnot.Turaymovedherein1989andsaysChinawasapartofhislifeevenasachild...inSierraLeone.“TherewasatimewhentheChine
3、sewerebuildingacrossborder-bridgeabout10minutesawayfromwhereIgrewupandthereweresomany.ThatwasthefirsttimeIsawsomanynon-Africans,”Laminsaid.TheconstructionworkerswerealsothereasonhebeganlearningChineseat13.“Myhomewasabread-makingone,akindofcatering,andweweresupplyi
4、ngthemwithbread.Theyactuallygavemeabook,aChinesebook.That’swhenIfirstlearnedtheword'xiexie'(thankyou),”Laminsaid.ManyAfricanssaytheycometoChinafortheopportunitytobuildtheirentrepreneurialdreams.AdamsBodomoisaprofessoratHongKongUniversity,whospoketoVOAviaSkype.“The
5、setwopartsoftheworld,ChinaandAfrica,arehavingcloserandcloserrelationsatthegovernmentlevel.Youarealsohavingcloserandcloserrelationsatthepeopletopeoplelevel,”Bodomosaid.RoseLinZamoamovedheresixyearsagotoworkasafashionmodelandstartacateringbusiness.ShesaysChinawasash
6、ockfromhernativeGhana.“Ifeltalmostlikeanalien,ifyouknowwhatImean,”Zamoasaid.Shesayssheistreateddifferentlybecauseofherrace,butthequestionsshefacesonadailybasisaremorefromcuriositythanjudgment.“ThekindofracismIexperiencehereiscompletelydifferenttotheracismyouwouldp
7、robablyexperienceinAmericaorinLondon,forexample.And,byfar,IpreferthekindofracismIgethereinChinabecauseit’skindofcute,inaway,”Zamoasaid.-2-ManyimmigrantshavemoreseriousconcernswiththeirtreatmentinChina,wheretheycomplaintheyareroutinelyscrutinizedbypolice.Theirphysi
8、calappearancemakesthemstandout,butProfessorBodomosaysAfricansaretreatedworsethanotherforeigners.“Thisisafact.Youcanseeitforyourself.Ihaveexperienceditfo
