Budget Meeting
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ID: 1204
Upper Intermediate
This Mandarin podcast is about every company's most beloved ritual. Casual Fridays? Water-cooler gossip? Nope. It's the budget meeting! Listen and learn how to tighten your belt and trim expenses in Chinese.
Jenny , John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 预算 | yùsuàn | budget | |
| 大户 | dàhù | big, powerful family | |
| 削减 | xuējiǎn | to reduce | |
| 开支 | kāizhī | expenditures |
今年公司预算的重点是削减开支你们销售部是花钱大户有什么计划
jīnnián 今年gōngsī 公司yùsuàn 预算de 的zhòngdiǎn 重点shì 是xuējiǎn 削减kāizhī 开支nǐmen 你们xiāoshòu bù 销售部shì 是huāqián 花钱dàhù 大户yǒu 有shénme 什么jìhuà 计划
The main focus of our budget this year is reducing expenditures. You guys in sales are the big spenders. What's your plan?
顾总监经济越不好我们越要主动出击所以销售部今年的预算稍微增加了一点
Gù zǒngjiān 顾总监jīngjì 经济yuè 越bù 不hǎo 好wǒmen 我们yuè 越yào 要zhǔdòng 主动chūjī 出击suǒyǐ 所以xiāoshòu bù 销售部jīnnián 今年de 的yùsuàn 预算shāowēi 稍微zēngjiā 增加le 了yīdiǎn 一点
Chief Inspector Gu, the worse the economy gets, the more pro-active we need to be. So the sales department's budget increased a bit this year.
什么增加现在这种经济状况公司不可能批
shénme 什么zēngjiā 增加xiànzài 现在zhèzhǒng 这种jīngjì 经济zhuàngkuàng 状况gōngsī 公司bù 不kěnéng 可能pī 批
What? It increased? In this kind of economic environment, the company really can't approve this.
可是我们不能保守等死我需要更大的销售团队不仅要守住老客户更要大力开拓新客户
kěshì 可是wǒmen 我们bùnéng 不能bǎoshǒu 保守děng 等sǐ 死wǒ 我xūyào 需要gèng 更dà 大de 的xiāoshòu 销售tuánduì 团队bùjǐn 不仅yào 要shǒuzhù 守住lǎo 老kèhù 客户gèng 更yào 要dàlì 大力kāituò 开拓xīn 新kèhù 客户
But we can't just sit tight and wait for our doom. I need an even bigger sales team. We don't just need to keep our old clients-- even more, we need to get new clients!
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