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A: 潘小琪，第一天在聯合國總部工作，什麼感覺？

Pān Xiǎoqí, dì yī tiān zài Liánhéguó zǒngbù gōngzuò, shénme gǎnjué?

Pan Xiaoqi, how does your first day working at the United Nations headquarters feel?

B: 像做夢一樣。我爸媽說這是我們潘家的榮耀。

xiàng zuòmèng yīyàng. wǒ bà mā shuō zhè shì wǒmen Pān jiā de róngyào.

It's like a dream. My parents say I'm the pride of the Pan family.

A: 如果人人都像你父母就好咯。哎，可惜好多人都覺得聯合國是個花瓶。來，我帶你各處轉一轉，熟悉一下環境。

rúguǒ rénrén dōu xiàng nǐ fùmǔ jiù hǎo lo. āi, kěxī hǎo duō rén dōu juéde Liánhéguó shì ge huāpíng. lái, wǒ dài nǐ gèchù zhuàn yī zhuàn, shúxī yīxià huánjìng.

If only everyone was like your parents. Ah, it's a shame so many people feel the U.N. is all show. Come with me. I'll take you around on a tour of the area; get you familiar with the environment here.

B: 謝謝宋老師。您肯定見過好多國家的領導人。

xièxie Sòng lǎoshī. nín kěndìng jiàn guo hǎo duō guójiā de lǐngdǎorén.

Thank you, Mr. Song. You must have met leaders from so many countries.

A: 那是，我在這兒都快二十年了。你看前面就是開聯合國大會的地方。

nà shì, wǒ zài zhèr dōu kuài èrshí nián le. nǐ kàn qiánmian jiùshì kāi Liánhéguó dàhuì de dìfang.

Of course. I've been here for almost 20 years now. If you look up ahead, that's where the U.N. General Assembly is held.

B: 真大！可以容納好幾百人吧？

zhēn dà! kěyǐ róngnà hǎo jǐ bǎi rén ba?

It's huge! It can hold hundreds of people, huh?

A: 對，你算算光成員國就有一百九十二個，每個國家又有好幾個代表。開大會的時候可熱鬧了。

duì, nǐ suàn suan guāng chéngyuánguó jiù yǒu yībǎi jiǔshí èr ge, měi ge guójiā yòu yǒu hǎo jǐ ge dàibiǎo. kāi dàhuì de shíhou kě rènao le.

That's right. If you only count the member countries, there are 192, and every country also has multiple representatives. When they hold the assembly, it gets really lively.

B: 您見過潘基文祕書長嗎？

nín jiàn guo Pān Jīwén mìshūzhǎng ma?

Have you met Secretary General Ban Ki-moon?

A: 當然見過。在這裡，大家都是同事嘛。我剛來工作的時候跟你一樣，覺得領導就像大明星一樣。

dāngrán jiàn guo. zài zhèlǐ, dàjiā dōu shì tóngshì ma. wǒ gāng lái gōngzuò de shíhou gēn nǐ yīyàng, juéde lǐngdǎo jiù xiàng dà míngxīng yīyàng.

Of course I've met him. Around here, we're all colleagues. When I first came to work here, I was just like you. I felt that every leader was like a big celebrity.

B: 宋老師，安理會常任理事國的代表是不是特別牛？

Sòng lǎoshī, ānlǐhuì chángrèn lǐshìguó de dàibiǎo shì bu shì tèbié niú?

Mr. Song, are the representatives from the Security Council's permanent member countries particularly tough?

A: 他們平時都挺和氣的。不過關係到國際局勢的時候，那可是另一個樣子，特別是他們行使否決權的時候。哎，你領聯合國憲章了嗎？

tāmen píngshí dōu tǐng héqi de. bùguò guānxì dào guójì júshì de shíhou, nà kě shì lìng yī ge yàngzi, tèbié shì tāmen xíngshǐ fǒujuéquán de shíhou. āi, nǐ lǐng Liánhéguó xiànzhāng le ma?

They are usually quite amiable. However, when it comes to international affairs, that's a different story. Especially when they are exercising their right to veto. Have you received the U.N. Charter yet?

B: 領了，好厚一本啊。不會都要背出來吧？

lǐng le, hǎo hòu yī běn a. bùhuì dōu yào bèi chūlái ba?

Yes. It's so thick! I won't have to memorize the whole thing, will I?

A: 這兒又不是上小學，別緊張。不過重點還是要知道的。你看過這個禮拜的工作安排了嗎？

zhèr yòu bù shì shàng xiǎoxué, bié jǐnzhāng. bùguò zhòngdiǎn háishì yào zhīdào de. nǐ kàn guo zhè ge lǐbài de gōngzuò ānpái le ma?

This isn't elementary school. Don't be so nervous. However, you'll still have to know the key points. Have you read the plan for this week's work?

B: 看過了。

kàn guo le.

Yes, I have.

A: 我們中文翻譯部工作量比較大，平時的新聞啦，各個組織機構的工作啦，每天都得忙。

wǒmen Zhōngwén fānyìbù gōngzuòliàng bǐjiào dà, píngshí de xīnwén la, gègè zǔzhī jīgòu de gōngzuò la, měitiān dōu děi máng.

Our Chinese translation department has quite a large workload: the usual news, and work from each related organization. It's busy every day.

B: 宋老師，我會努力的。哎，聯合國中文學習小組？

Sòng lǎoshī, wǒ huì nǔlì de. āi, Liánhéguó Zhōngwén xuéxí xiǎozǔ?

Mr. Song, I'll put my all into it. Hey, what about the Chinese study group?

A: 噢，對，聯合國鼓勵工作人員學習各國語言。中文小組現在很熱門。

ò, duì, Liánhéguó gǔlì gōngzuò rényuán xuéxí gèguó yǔyán. Zhōngwén xiǎozǔ xiànzài hěn rèmén.

Oh, that's right. The U.N. encourages its employees to study various languages. The Chinese study group is in really high demand right now.

B: 那我有機會來看看。

nà wǒ yǒu jīhuì lái kàn kan.

Then I'll check it out when I get the chance.

Key Vocabulary

聯合國 Liánhéguó

總部 zǒngbù

榮耀 róngyào

聯合國大會 Liánhéguó dàhuì

容納 róngnà

成員國 chéngyuánguó

熱鬧 rènao

祕書長 mìshūzhǎng

安理會 An1lǐhuì

常任理事國 chángrèn lǐshìguó

牛 niú

和氣 héqi

局勢 júshì

行使 xíngshǐ

否決權 fǒujuéquán

憲章 xiànzhāng

翻譯部 fānyìbù

工作量 gōngzuòliàng