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ID: 1669 Upper Intermediate
Now that Moore's Law has gotten bored with desktop computers and moved on to smartphones, we don't often find ourselves replacing entire office computers. The amount of data we store is only increasing, though. In this lesson, learn how to discuss your needs for more hard drive storage.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
订购 dìnggòu to order goods
batch
设备 shèbèi equipment
更新 gēngxīn to update
小丁公司准备订购一批新的电脑设备你看看你们部门需要什么
Xiǎo Dīng 小丁gōngsī 公司zhǔnbèi 准备dìnggòu 订购yī 一pī 批xīn 新de 的diànnǎo 电脑shèbèi 设备nǐ 你kàn kan 看看nǐmen 你们bùmén 部门xūyào 需要shénme 什么
Xiao Ding, the company is going to order a new batch of computer equipment. Take a look and see what your department needs.
我们办公用的机器太老了什么时候能全部更新一下啊咱们做的产品目录数据量大存储要求高目前在用的电脑运行起来感觉很吃力啊
wǒmen 我们bàngōng 办公yòng 用de 的jīqì 机器tài 太lǎo 老le 了shénme shíhou 什么时候néng 能quánbù 全部gēngxīn 更新yīxià 一下ā 啊zánmen 咱们zuò 做de 的chǎnpǐn 产品mùlù 目录shùjù 数据liàng 量dà 大cúnchǔ 存储yāoqiú 要求gāo 高mùqián 目前zài 在yòng 用de 的diànnǎo 电脑yùnxíng 运行qǐlái 起来gǎnjué 感觉hěn 很chīlì 吃力a 啊
Our office appliances are too old. When can we update them? Our inventory is huge and we have a lot of data. We require a lot of storage space. As of right now, there's a lot of strain on the computers.
我上次跟老板提了他说能用的就先将就着然后一部分一部分地升级你也知道电脑产品更新快现在的主流配置用个一两年就过时了固定资产投资这一块老板一直掐得比较紧预算不多
wǒ 我shàngcì 上次gēn 跟lǎobǎn 老板tí 提le 了tā 他shuō 说néng 能yòng 用de 的jiù 就xiān 先jiāngjiu 将就zhe 着ránhòu 然后yībùfēn 一部分yībùfēn 一部分de 地shēngjí 升级nǐ 你yě 也zhīdào 知道diànnǎo 电脑chǎnpǐn 产品gēngxīn 更新kuài 快xiànzài 现在de 的zhǔliú 主流pèizhì 配置yòng 用ge 个yī liǎng nián 一两年jiù 就guòshí 过时le 了gùdìng zīchǎn 固定资产tóuzī 投资zhè 这yī 一kuài 块lǎobǎn 老板yīzhí 一直qiā 掐de 得bǐjiào 比较jǐn 紧yùsuàn 预算bù 不duō 多
I brought it up with the boss last time. He said to deal with whatever we can use, and that we'll upgrade things in batches. As you know, computer products improve quickly. Whatever current specs there are, they're outdated within a year or two. When investing in fixed assets like this, the boss is pretty tight on the budget. There isn't much there.
那我们先申请几个大容量硬盘吧这些是急需的
nà 那wǒmen 我们xiān 先shēnqǐng 申请jǐ 几ge 个dà 大róngliàng 容量yìngpán 硬盘ba 吧zhèxiē 这些shì 是jíxū 急需de 的
Then let's first apply for a few big harddrives. Those are urgent.
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