Intermediate - Sent by the Company (C2066)

A: 帅哥,欢迎你来参加派对!
shuàigē, huānyíng nǐ lái cānjiā pàiduì!
Hey handsome, welcome to the party!
B: 谢谢!
xièxie!
Thanks!
A: 你来中国多久了?
nǐ lái Zhōngguó duō jiǔ le?
How long have you been in China?
B: 一年多了。
yī nián duō le.
More than year.
A: 是来中国工作的吗?
shì lái Zhōngguó gōngzuò de ma?
Did you come to China for work?
B: 嗯,是公司派我来的。
ng4, shì gōngsī pài wǒ lái de.
Yeah, my company sent me.
A: 你中文说得真好。你在哪里学中文?
nǐ Zhōngwén shuō de zhēn hǎo. nǐ zài nǎli xué Zhōngwén?
You speak Chinese really well. Where did you study Chinese?
B: 在一个语言学校。
zài yī gè yǔyán xuéxiào.
At a language school.
A: 语言学校很贵吧?
yǔyán xuéxiào hěn guì ba?
Is language school expensive?
B: 还可以。我们公司有学中文的补贴。
hái kěyǐ. wǒmen gōngsī yǒu xué Zhōngwén de bǔtiē.
It's not too bad. Our company has an allowance for studying Chinese.
A: 你们公司真好!哎,来了一个美女。欢迎欢迎!
nǐmen gōngsī zhēn hǎo! ái, lái le yī gè měinǚ. huānyíng huānyíng!
Your company is great! Whoa, here comes a pretty girl. Welcome!
C: 谢谢!麦克,你也来了?
xièxie! Màikè, nǐ yě lái le?
Thanks. Mark, you came, too?
B: 嗯。金老师好。
ng4. Jīnlǎoshī hǎo.
Yeah. Hello, Teacher Jin.
A: 你们认识?
nǐmen rènshi?
Do you know each other?
B: 她是我的中文老师。
tā shì wǒ de Zhōngwén lǎoshī.
She's my Chinese teacher.
A: 呵呵,真巧。那你们先聊。我去那边看看。
hēhē, zhēn qiǎo. nà nǐmen xiān liáo. wǒ qù nàbiān kàn kan.
Heh-heh, what a coincidence! Then you two talk first. I'm going over there to take a look around.

Key Vocabulary

帅哥 shuàigē handsome guy
参加 cānjiā to participate in
派对 pàiduì party
pài to dispatch, send (a person)
语言 yǔyán language
语言学校 yǔyán xuéxiào language school
补贴 bǔtiē allowance, subsidy
美女 měinǚ beautiful woman
qiǎo coincidence
xiān first

Supplementary Vocabulary

正式 zhèngshì formal
交通补贴 jiāotōng bǔtiē transportation allowance
租房补贴 zūfáng bǔtiē housing allowance
饭贴 fàntiē food allowance
出差补贴 chūchāi bǔtiē business travel allowance

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