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Vying for the Meeting Room

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ID: 2151 Intermediate
Oh, everyone wants that meeting room, don't they? In this lesson, someone angles for a spot in the office's meeting room, only to find that getting a spot might be more than they bargained for.
John,Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
会议室 huìyìshì conference room
技术部 jìshùbù technology department
结束 jiéshù to finish
等 děng to wait for
小李会议室有人吗
Xiǎo Lǐ 小李huìyìshì 会议室yǒu 有rén 人ma 吗
Xiao Li, is there someone in the conference room?
有技术部在开会
yǒu 有jìshùbù 技术部zài 在kāihuì 开会
Yes, the tech department is having a meeting.
他们几点结束
tāmen 他们jǐ diǎn 几点jiéshù 结束
What time will they be finished?
没有说刚进去等他们开完估计要吃午饭了
méiyǒu 没有shuō 说gāng 刚jìnqù 进去děng 等tāmen 他们kāi wán 开完gūjì 估计yào 要chī 吃wǔfàn 午饭le 了
They didn't say. They just went in. I think that by the time that they finish it will be time for lunch.
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