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A: 怎麼還不發年終獎？

zeˇnme ha´i bu`

fa¯

nia´nzho¯ ngjiaˇng?

How come the end of the year bonuses still haven’t been sent out?

B: 快了吧！

kua`i le ba!

We should get them soon!

A: 我的工資都花光了，就等著年終獎呢！

woˇ

de go¯ ngz¯ı do¯ u hua¯

gua¯ ng le, jiu`

deˇng zhe nia´nzho¯ ng-

jiaˇng ne!

I spent all of my salary already. I’m just waiting for my end of the year bonus.

B: 我也是，我想買個好相機，再換個新手機。

woˇ

yeˇ

sh`ı, woˇ

xiaˇng maˇi ge haˇo xia`ngj¯ı, za`i hua`n ge x¯ın

shoˇuj¯ı.

Me too. I want to buy a good camera and also get a new phone.

A: 我辦年貨，買新衣服，全靠年終獎了。

woˇ ba`n nia´nhuo`, maˇi x¯ın y¯ıfu, qua´n ka`o nia´nzho¯ ngjiaˇng le.

My New Year’s shopping, buying new clothes, all of that is dependent upon my end of the year bonus.

B: 今年我要回老家，機票就要幾千塊。

j¯ınnia´n woˇ

ya`o hu´ı laˇojia¯ , j¯ıpia`o jiu`

ya`o jˇı qia¯ n kua`i.

This year, I’ll go back to my hometown. The plane ticket is only a few thousand kuai.

A: 哎，不知道能發多少。

a`i, bu`

zh¯ıda`o ne´ng fa¯

duo¯ shao.

Agh, not sure how much it will be.

B: 你今年業績不錯，應該挺多的。

nˇı j¯ınnia´n ye`j`ı bu`cuo`, y¯ıngga¯ i tˇıng duo¯

de.

Your performance this year wasn’t bad. It should be quite a lot.

A: 不發年終獎，我沒心思工作。

bu`

fa¯

nia´nzho¯ ngjiaˇng, woˇ

me´i x¯ınsi go¯ ngzuo`.

If they don’t distribute the end of the year bonuses, I won’t be in the mood to work.

B: 年底了，大家都一樣。

nia´ndˇı le, da`jia¯ do¯ u y¯ıya`ng.

It’s the end of the year, everyone is like that.

C: 我剛盺說，今年公司業績不好，不發年終獎了！

woˇ

ga¯ ng t¯ıngshuo¯ , j¯ınnia´n go¯ ngs¯ı ye`j`ı bu`

haˇo, bu`

fa¯

nia´n-

zho¯ ngjiaˇng le!

I just heard that the company didn’t perform well this year, and they won’t be giving out end of the year bonuses!

AB: 啊？不會吧？！

aˇ? bu` hu`ı ba?!

Huh? No way!?

---Key Vocabulary---

發 fa¯ to send out

年終獎 nia´nzho¯ ngjiaˇng end of the year bonus

工資 go¯ ngz¯ı wages, salary

花 hua¯ to spend

光 gua¯ ng completely

相機 xia`ngj¯ı camera

換 hua`n to switch

辦 ba`n to do

年貨 nia´nhuo` New Years shopping

全 qua´n entirely

靠 ka`o to depend upon

老家 laˇojia¯ hometown

機票 j¯ıpia`o airplane ticket

就 jiu` just

業績 ye`j`ı performance

心思 x¯ınsi to be in the mood for

年底 nia´ndˇı end of year

---Supplementary Vocabulary---

獎金 jiaˇngj¯ın award money, pre- mium

工作表現 go¯ ngzuo` xia`n

biaˇo-

job performance

鞭炮 bia¯ npa`o firecrackers

年初 nia´nchu¯

beginning of the year

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