Intermediate - Awkward Colleague (C2583)

A: 小王第一天上班感觉怎么样?
Xiǎo Wáng dì yī tiān shàngbān gǎnjué zěnmeyàng?
Xiao Wang, how was your first day at work?
B: 很好,我们部门的同事都很友好。
hěn hǎo, wǒmen bùmén de tóngshì dōu hěn yǒuhǎo.
Really good! The colleagues in my department are all very friendly.
A: 我们这里比较随便,大家也很合得来。
wǒmen zhèlǐ bǐjiào suíbiàn, dàjiā yě hěn hé de lái.
We're a bit more causal here, everyone gets along well.
B: 但是有个同事好像……
dànshì yǒu gè tóngshì hǎoxiàng……
But there's one co-worker who is a bit...
A: 怎么了?
zěnmele?
What's up?
B: 就是坐在你后面那个男的。我跟他打招呼,他没理我。
jiùshì zuò zài nǐ hòumian nà ge nán de. wǒ gēn tā dǎ zhāohu, tā méi lǐ wǒ.
The guy that sits behind you. I said hello to him, but he ignored me.
A: 哦,那个小李啊。
ò, nà ge Xiǎo Lǐ a.
Oh... that Xia Li yeah?
B: 他一直是这样的吗?他的性格比较怪?
tā yīzhí shì zhèyàng de ma? tā de xìnggé bǐjiào guài?
Was he always like this? Is he usually awkward?
A: 没有,他最近离婚了,心情不好。
méiyǒu, tā zuìjìn líhūn le, xīnqíng bù hǎo.
No. He recently got divorced. He isn't in a good frame of mind.
B: 哦,这样啊。
ò, zhèyàng ā.
Oh. I see.

Key Vocabulary

感觉 gǎnjué to feel/feeling
部门 bùmén department
友好 yǒuhǎo friendly
随便 suíbiàn casual
合得来 hé de lái get along well
to pay attention to
一直 yīzhí continuously/always
性格 xìnggé disposition, temperament
guài strange
离婚 líhūn to divorce
心情 xīnqíng mood

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