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@ 31176 Delegating Tasks
A: 小張，材料準備好了嗎？
Xiaˇo Zha¯ ng, ca´ilia`o zhuˇnbe`i haˇo le ma?
Have you prepared the materials, Xiao Zhang?
B: 什麼材料？
she´nme ca´ilia`o?
What materials?
A: 下午開會用的材料。
xia`wuˇ ka¯ ihu`ı yo`ng de ca´ilia`o.
The materials for the meeting this afternoon?
B: 哦。還沒打印。我馬上打。
o. ha´i me´i daˇy`ın. woˇ maˇsha`ng daˇ.
Oh. I still haven’t printed them out. I’m going to print them immediately.
A: 通知各部門經理，取消明天的會議。
to¯ ngzh¯ı ge` bu`me´n j¯ınglˇı, quˇxia¯ o m´ıngtia¯ n de hu`ıy`ı.
Tell each department manager that tomorrow’s meeting is canceled.
B: 好的。
haˇo de.
OK.
A: 還有訂兩張今晚飛廣州的機票。
ha´iyoˇu d`ıng liaˇng zha¯ ng j¯ınwaˇn fe¯ i Guaˇngzho¯ u de j¯ıpia`o.
And book two plane tickets to Guangzhou for tonight.
B: 知道了。
zh¯ıdao le.
OK.
A: 我下週哪天晚上沒有安排？
woˇ
xia`zho¯ u naˇ
tia¯ n waˇnshang me´iyoˇu a¯ npa´i?
Which evening am I free next week?
B: 星期三。
x¯ıngq¯ısa¯ n.
Wednesday.
A: 好，約王總一起吃晚飯。
haˇo, yue¯ Wa´ng zoˇng y¯ıqˇı ch¯ı waˇnfa`n.
OK. Arrange for me to have dinner with General Manager Wang that night.
B: 好的。那我先去打印了。咦，怎麼回事？打印機
壞了？
haˇo de. na` hua`i le?
woˇ
xia¯ n qu`
daˇy`ın le. y´ı, zeˇnmehu´ısh`ı? daˇy`ınj¯ı
OK. Then I’ll go print out the stuff. Oh no, what’s this? The printer’s broken?
A: 小張， 趕快把材料送過來！
Xiaˇo Zha¯ ng, gaˇnkua`i baˇ ca´ilia`o so`ng guo`lai!
Xiao Zhang, hurry up and deliver those materials!
---Key Vocabulary---
材料 ca´ilia`o materials
準備 zhuˇnbe`i to prepare
打印 daˇy`ın to print
通知 to¯ ngzh¯ı to notify; a notice
部門 bu`me´n department
經理 j¯ınglˇı manager
取消 quˇxia¯ o to cancel
會議 hu`ıy`ı meeting, conference
安排 a¯ npa´i to arrange
約 yue¯ to make a plan to meet
打印機 daˇy`ınj¯ı printer
趕快 gaˇnkua`i at once
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
助理 zhu`lˇı assistant
預訂 yu`d`ıng to book in advance
約會 yue¯ hu`ı a date
推遲 tu¯ıch´ı to delay
查 cha´ to look up
報告 ba`oga`o report
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