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@ 30921 Wang's Office
A: 吳剛，聽說了嗎？新老闆要來了。
Wu´
Ga¯ ng, t¯ıngshuo¯
le ma? x¯ın laˇobaˇn ya`o la´i le.
Wu Gang, did you hear? The new boss will be here soon.
B: 啊？那老王怎麼辦？
aˇ? na` Laˇo Wa´ng zeˇnme ba`n?
Huh? What is Mr. Wang going to do?
A: 還是經理，但沒什麼權力。
ha´i sh`ı j¯ınglˇı, da`n me´i she´nme qua´nl`ı.
Still a manager–but not much authority.
C: 你們在說新老闆啊？他是海歸＇
nˇımen za`i shuo¯
x¯ın laˇobaˇn a? ta¯
sh`ı haˇigu¯ı!
You’re talking about the new boss huh? He studied abroad!
A: 喲，我們的朱麗葉心動了。
yo¯ , woˇmen de Zhu¯
L`ıye`
x¯ındo`ng le.
Oooh, Zhu Liye’s heart is aflutter.
C: 趙建國，你別瞎說＇哎，老王來了。
Zha`o Jia`nguo´, nˇı bie´ xia¯ shuo¯ ! a¯ i, Laˇo Wa´ng la´i le.
Zhao Jianguo, enough already! Oh, Mr. Wang is here.
D: 大家早。我有事說一下。下週有個新同事要來，
負責管理。
da`jia¯
zaˇo. woˇ
yoˇush`ı shuo¯
y¯ıxia`. xia`zho¯ u yoˇu ge x¯ın to´ngsh`ı
ya`o la´i, fu`ze´ guaˇnlˇı.
Morning everybody. I have something to say. Next week a new member of the team will arrive, and will be in charge of management.
B: 那老王，你呢？
na` Laˇo Wa´ng, nˇı ne?
So, what about you, Mr. Wang?
D: 我還是總經理。他有文憑，但是沒經驗。大家都
清楚哪個更重要吧。
woˇ
ha´i sh`ı zoˇngj¯ınglˇı. ta¯
yoˇu we´np´ıng, da`nsh`ı me´i j¯ıngya`n.
da`jia¯
do¯ u q¯ıngchu naˇ
ge ge`ng zho`ngya`o ba.
I’m still the general manager. He has a degree, but no ex- perience. Everyone knows which is more important.
C: 老王，我們支持你。
Laˇo Wa´ng, woˇmen zh¯ıch´ı nˇı.
Mr. Wang, we support you.
A: 是啊，他算什麼？
sh`ı a, ta¯ sua`n she´nme?
Yeah, who is this guy?
D: 哎，不要這麼說。還是要支持他的工作。
a¯ i, bu`
ya`o zhe`me shuo¯ . ha´i sh`ı ya`o zh¯ıch´ı ta¯
de go¯ ngzuo`.
Hey, no need for that. We should all support his work.
---Key Vocabulary---
聽說 t¯ıngshuo¯ to hear said
老闆 laˇobaˇn boss
經理 j¯ınglˇı manager
總經理 zoˇngj¯ınglˇı general manager
權力 qua´nl`ı authority
海歸 haˇigu¯ı one who has studied abroad and returned
心動 x¯ındo`ng heart aflutter
瞎說 xia¯ shuo¯ to talk nonsense
同事 to´ngsh`ı colleague
負責 fu`ze´ to be responsible for
管理 guaˇnlˇı management
文憑 we´np´ıng diploma
經驗 j¯ıngya`n experience
清楚 q¯ıngchu clear
重要 zho`ngya`o important
更 ge`ng even more
支持 zh¯ıch´ı to support
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
後海 ho`uhuˇı to regret
歸來 gu¯ıla´i to return
海龜 haˇigu¯ı sea turtle
海待 haˇida`i overseas graduate un- employed upon return
海帶 haˇida`i seaweed
留學 liu´xue´
to study abroad
中年人 zho¯ ngnia´nre´n middle-aged person
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