Intermediate - Lao Wangs Ofce 4: Communication in the Ofce (C1016) A:

W kaihu` y` shenme? Lao ang, j ntian ao shuo Wang, what will you say during the meeting today?

B:

b` ` J` wo sh` Zhou un y` ao kai, u zh dao. Its Zhou Juns meeting, I dont really know.

C:

` a ` la. j xiang ` a ` gou dou dao wo daji shuo y daji ntian gen xia f ` b` de tongsh` tong. wo axian utong b` umen b` u z enme gou tong. Everyone is here. Id like to say a few words about communication. Ive discovered that colleagues from different departments are not really communicating.

B:

` a an, J` changch Zhou un, women daji ang y q ch f` an liaoti ong? z enme b` u gout Zhou Jun, all of us eat together often and chat. How are we not communicating?

C:

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` W ` mang Zhu y` e, n zh dao u Gang zu` j` n zai shenme ma? L` Zhu Liye, do you know what Wu Gang has been busy with lately?

D: ......
` ge...... zhe Umm...

B:

` b` Zhu y` e sh` rensh` b` u de, ta u xuy` dao. L` ao zh Zhu Liye is in the personnel department. She doesnt need to know.

C:

sh` ai Dong Ou xuy` sh` ma? W u Gang xiang dak chang, ta ao ` j W Zhu y ou dangd` xiaosh ou ngy` an de ren. u Gang, n he L` y` e t guo ma? Oh really? Wu Gang wants to open up the Eastern European market. He needs someone with local sales experience. Wu Gang, have you mentioned this to Zhu Liye?

A:

ou. meiy No.

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` ong ng y zuo. ` y zhezh jued` nggai ou women lai We should be responsible for making this kind of decision.

C:

shenme ` ` jued` ng, na ` sh` sh` dou shangmian zuo rugu o ` xiaol ` u. gongs k end` ng mei u If every decision needs to be made at the top level, then the company will never work efciently.

D:
` women ? na sh` bu sh` y` ao j ngchang kaihu` So, do we want to hold regular meetings?

C:

` kai shenme z b` u sh` , y` ao kan hu` , z enme kai. ongzh , wo ` a ` zhud x w` ang daji y dian. ong No, we need to think about what kind of meeting, and how to hold it. In summary, I hope everyone will be a little more pro-active.

B:

n ! You!

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A:

` Lao W hua ` shuo le. n kan, ang mei Look, Wang has nothing to say.

D:
sh` a. Yeah.

Key Vocabulary

kaihu` ong gout ` f axian b` utong b` umen tongsh` b` u z enme rensh` b` u ai dak

to hold a meeting to communicate to discover different department colleague not very Personnel Department to open
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Ou Dong sh` chang dangd` ` xiaosh ou j ngy` an t ng jued` y ou ` shangmian k end` ng ` ` u xiaol z ongzh x w` ang ` zhud ong

Eastern Europe market local to sell experience to mention decision by on top to be sure efciency in summary to hope proactive

Supplementary Vocabulary

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u jiaoli lianx` f am ng xiangt ong t y` jian ` t went ` xiaol ` u xuex shengch an ` ` u xiaol ` ong ` beid

to exchange to get in touch to invent identical to make a suggestion to ask a question efciency of study production efciency

passive

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