A Promotion
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ID: 0123
Intermediate
You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t a good, pro-active, self-motivating individual. So we’ll make you a deal. After listening to this lesson, you tell 10 friends about ChinesePod and we’ll tell your boss all of those aforementioned qualities. In this podcast, learn to talk about promotions and getting a raise in Mandarin Chinese. Who knows, maybe with your new found language skills, it'll really happen!
Jenny, Ken
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāoxi | news | |
| 升职 | shēngzhí | to promote | |
| 想到 | xiǎngdào | to think of | |
| 态度 | tàidu | attitude |
今天我有好消息老板告诉我她准备升我做市场部经理
jīntiān 今天wǒ 我yǒu 有hǎo 好xiāoxi 消息lǎobǎn 老板gàosù 告诉wǒ 我tā 她zhǔnbèi 准备shēng 升wǒ 我zuò 做shìchǎng bù 市场部jīnglǐ 经理
I got some great news today. My boss told me that she is going to promote me to marketing manager.
太好了你想到会升职吗
tài hǎole 太好了nǐ 你xiǎngdào 想到huì 会shēng 升zhí 职ma 吗
That’s fantastic! Did you expect to get a promotion?
没有我从来没有想到这么快会升职但是老板说我的工作态度和表现都很出色她说我应该被升职
méiyǒu 没有wǒ 我cóngláiméiyǒu 从来没有xiǎngdào 想到zhème 这么kuài 快huì 会shēng 升zhí 职dànshì 但是lǎobǎn 老板shuō 说wǒ de 我的gōngzuò 工作tàidu 态度hé 和biǎoxiàn 表现dōu 都hěn 很chūsè 出色tā 她shuō 说wǒ 我yīnggāi 应该bèi 被shēng 升zhí 职
No. I never expected to get a promotion so soon. But my boss said that my working attitude and performance are excellent and that I deserve a promotion.
你加多少薪水
nǐ 你jiā 加duōshǎo 多少xīnshuǐ 薪水
How much of a raise are you getting?
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