Intermediate - Ordering Office Supplies (C0349)

小张,我们的办公用品又快用完了。你过来登记一下要订的东西。哎,这家供货商怎么样啊?
Xiǎo Zhāng ,wǒmen de bàngōngyòngpǐn yòu kuài yòng wán le 。nǐ guòlai dēngjì yīxià yào dìng de dōngxi 。āi ,zhè jiā gōnghuòshāng zěnmeyàng ā ?
Miss Zhang, our office supplies are almost all used up again. Come over and itemize what we need to order. Hmm, how is this supplier?

挺好的。质量有保证,价钱又公道,而且送货快,售后服务也不错。
tǐng hǎo de 。zhìliàng yǒu bǎozhèng ,jiàqian yòu gōngdao ,érqiě sònghuò kuài ,shòuhòu fúwù yě bùcuò 。
Quite good. They guarantee their quality. Their prices are fair and they deliver quickly. Their after-sale service is also pretty good.

这样就好。嗯,我们需要两箱A4打印纸,十盒圆珠笔,五十支马克笔。哎,你想想我们还缺些什么?
zhèyàng jiù hǎo 。ng4 ,wǒmen xūyào liǎng xiāng A4dǎyìn zhǐ ,shí hé yuánzhūbǐ ,wǔshí zhī mǎkèbǐ 。āi ,nǐ xiǎng xiang wǒmen hái quē xiē shénme ?
That’s good. Hmm, we need two boxes of A4 printer paper, 10 boxes of ballpoint pens, 50 felt markers. Hey, you think about it… what else do we still need?

我们还需要十盒订书钉,一百个文件夹,还要五十卷透明胶。
wǒmen hái xūyào shí hé dìngshūdīng ,yībǎi ge wénjiànjiā ,háiyào wǔshí juǎn tòumíng jiāo 。
We also need 10 boxes of staples, 100 file folders, and 50 rolls of cellophane tape.

啊哟,这些东西用起来真快。对了,笔记本也不多了,顺便也订几本吧。好了,我要的就是这些。你再去各个部门问一下,看他们需要些什么。
āyō ,zhèxiē dōngxi yòng qilai zhēn kuài 。duìle ,bǐjìběn yě bù duō le ,shùnbiàn yě dìng jǐ běn ba 。hǎole ,wǒ yào de jiùshì zhèxiē 。nǐ zài qù gègè bùmén wèn yīxià ,kàn tāmen xūyào xiē shénme 。
Yikes, we sure use up these things quickly. Oh right, we also don’t have many notebooks, so while you’re at it order some of those. OK, that’s all I want. Also, go ask at each department and find out what they need.

知道了。问好以后,我下午就去订货。他们明天就能送来。
zhīdào le 。wèn hǎo yǐhòu ,wǒ xiàwǔ jiù qù dìnghuò 。tāmen míngtiān jiù néng sòng lái 。
I understand. After I’ve finished asking them, I’ll go this afternoon to order the supplies. They can deliver them by tomorrow.

总之越快越好。
zǒngzhī yuè kuài yuè hǎo 。
In any case, the faster the better.

Vocabulary

办公用品 bàngōngyòngpǐn office supplies
用完 yòng wán to use up
登记 dēngjì to list
dìng to order
供货商 gōnghuòshāng product supplier
质量 zhìliàng quality
保证 bǎozhèng guarantee
公道 gōngdao fair
送货 sònghuò to deliver product
售后服务 shòuhòu fúwù after-sales service
xiāng boxes of
打印纸 dǎyìn zhǐ printing paper
small boxes of
圆珠笔 yuánzhūbǐ ballpoint pen
zhī /
马克笔 mǎkèbǐ marker
quē to run short of
订书钉 dìngshūdīng staples
文件夹 wénjiànjiā folder
juǎn rolls of
透明胶 tòumíng jiāo cellophane tape
顺便 shùnbiàn while you
部门 bùmén department
订货 dìnghuò to order products
总之 zǒngzhī anyway
办手续 bàn shǒuxù to do
提供 tígōng to provide
货物 huòwù goods
表明 biǎomíng to make clear
bāo package
春卷 chūnjuǎn spring roll
语境 yǔjìng context
突出 tūchū to stand out
及时 jíshí promptly