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A: 顧雨，你的合約快到期了，我很希望你續約。
Gu`
Yuˇ, nˇı de he´yue¯
kua`i da`oq¯ı le, woˇ
heˇn x¯ıwa`ng nˇı xu`yue¯ .
Gu Yu, your contract is almost up. I hope you’ll renew.
B: 馬經理，我也希望繼續在這兒工作。
Maˇ
j¯ınglˇı, woˇ
yeˇ
x¯ıwa`ng j`ıxu`
za`i zhe`r go¯ ngzuo`.
Mr. Ma, I hope I can continue to work here as well.
A: 你的表現很好，新合約可以加百分之十五薪水。
nˇı de biaˇoxia`n heˇn haˇo, x¯ın he´yue¯ x¯ınshuˇı.
keˇyˇı jia¯
baˇife¯ nzh¯ı sh´ıwuˇ
Your performance has been very good. With a new contract, we can give you an additional 15% raise to your salary.
B: 老實說，我理想的薪水是這個數字。
laˇoshi shuo¯ , woˇ
lˇıxiaˇng de x¯ınshuˇı sh`ı zhe`
ge shu`z`ı.
To tell you the truth, this figure is my ideal salary.
A: 啊？你要加百分之五十。
aˇ? nˇı ya`o jia¯ baˇife¯ nzh¯ı wuˇsh´ı.
Ah? You want a 50% raise?
B: 馬經理，你知道，我的貢獻絕對值這個薪水。
Maˇ
j¯ınglˇı, nˇı zh¯ıda`o, woˇ
de go`ngxia`n jue´du`ı zh´ı zhe`
ge x¯ın-
shuˇı.
Mr. Ma, you know that my contributions are definitely worth this salary.
A: 是。但是公司最多隻能加百分之十五。
sh`ı. da`nsh`ı go¯ ngs¯ı zu`ı duo¯
zhˇıne´ng jia¯
baˇife¯ nzh¯ı sh´ıwuˇ.
Yes, but the most the company can give is a 15% raise.
B: 我一畢業就進公司了，薪水一直非常低，而且什麼福利都沒有。
woˇ
y¯ı b`ıye`
jiu`
j`ın go¯ ngs¯ı le, x¯ınshuˇı y¯ızh´ı fe¯ icha´ng d¯ı, e´rqieˇ
she´nme fu´l`ı do¯ u me´iyoˇu.
I entered the company right after graduation and my salary has always been extremely low. Moreover, I don’t get any benefits at all.
A: 哎，顧雨，我理解。但是公司有規定。
a¯ i, Gu`
Yuˇ, woˇ
lˇıjieˇ. da`nsh`ı go¯ ngs¯ı yoˇu gu¯ıd`ıng.
Ah, Gu Yu. I understand, but the company has rules.
B: 我很想留在公司。可是如果達不到這個薪水，我
實在沒辦法留下來。
woˇ
heˇn xiaˇng liu´
za`i go¯ ngs¯ı. keˇsh`ı ru´guoˇ
da´buda`o zhe` ge
x¯ınshuˇı, woˇ
sh´ıza`i me´i ba`nfaˇ
liu´
xia`lai.
I really want to stay at the company. However, if this salary can’t be reached, I honestly will have no way to remain here.
A: 那百分之三十怎麼樣？
na` baˇife¯ nzh¯ı sa¯ nsh´ı zeˇnmeya`ng?
Then how about 30%?
B: 馬經理，對不起，我沒辦法再低了。
Maˇ
j¯ınglˇı, du`ıbuqˇı, woˇ
me´i ba`nfaˇ
za`i d¯ı le.
Mr. Ma, I’m sorry. I cannot go any lower.
A: 那我要跟老闆和HR商量一下。
na`
woˇ
ya`o ge¯ n laˇobaˇn he´
HR sha¯ ngliang y¯ıxia`.
Well then, I’ll discuss it with the boss and HR.
---Key Vocabulary---
合約 he´yue¯ contract
到期 da`oq¯ı to come due
希望 x¯ıwa`ng to hope
續約 xu`yue¯ to renew a contract
繼續 j`ıxu` to continue
表現 biaˇoxia`n performance
百 分 baˇife¯ nzh¯ı... ...percent
之......
薪水 x¯ınshuˇı salary
老實說 laˇoshi shuo¯ ’to be honest’, ’to be frank’
理想 lˇıxiaˇng ideal
貢獻 go`ngxia`n to contribute
絕對 jue´du`ı absolutely
值 zh´ı to be worth
畢業 b`ıye` to graduate
一直 y¯ızh´ı continuously
福利 fu´l`ı benefits
理解 lˇıjieˇ to understand
規定 gu¯ıd`ıng rule, regulation
留 liu´ to remain
達不到 da´buda`o to be unable to reach, to be unable to achieve
實在 sh´ıza`i in reality
商量 sha¯ ngliang to discuss
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
合同 he´tong contract
討價還價 taˇojia`hua´njia`
鬥又 ta`idu`
to bargain, to haggle over an amount
attitude
強硬 qia´ngy`ıng unyielding, tough
爭取 zhe¯ ngquˇ
to compete, to fight for
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