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Delegating Tasks

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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 1176 Intermediate
Don't try to manage too many small details. That's what you have subordinates for! In today's lesson, learn how to use Mandarin Chinese to delegate responsibilities. That will leave you more time for the important stuff, like working on your golf swing.
Fri Jun 05 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
材料 cáiliào materials
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare
打印 dǎyìn to print
通知 tōngzhī to notify; a notice
小张，材料准备好了吗？
Xiǎo Zhāng ，cáiliào zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma ？
Have you prepared the materials, Xiao Zhang?
什么材料？
shénme cáiliào ？
What materials?
下午开会用的材料。
xiàwǔ kāihuì yòng de cáiliào 。
The materials for the meeting this afternoon?
哦。还没打印。我马上打。
ō 。hái méi dǎyìn 。wǒ mǎshàng dǎ 。
Oh. I still haven't printed them out. I'm going to print them immediately.
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