Intermediate - Communication in the Office (C1016)

A 老王,今天开会要说什么?
Lǎo Wáng, jīntiān kāihuì yào shuō shénme?
Wang, what will you say during the meeting today?
B 是周俊要开,我不知道。
shì Zhōu Jùn yào kāi, wǒ bù zhīdào.
It's Zhou Jun's meeting, I don't really know.
C 大家都到啦。今天我想跟大家说一下沟通。我发现不同部门的同事不怎么沟通。
dàjiā dōu dào la. jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā shuō yīxià gōutōng. wǒ fāxiàn bùtóng bùmén de tóngshì bù zěnme gōutōng.
Everyone is here. I'd like to say a few words about communication. I've discovered that colleagues from different departments are not really communicating.
B 周俊,我们大家常常一起吃饭聊天,怎么不沟通?
Zhōu Jùn, wǒmen dàjiā chángcháng yīqǐ chīfàn liáotiān, zěnme bù gōutōng?
Zhou Jun, all of us eat together often and chat. How are we not communicating?
C 朱丽叶,你知道吴刚最近在忙什么吗?
Zhū Lìyè, nǐ zhīdào Wú Gāng zuìjìn zài máng shénme ma?
Zhu Liye, do you know what Wu Gang has been busy with lately?
D 这个......
zhè ge......
Umm...
B 朱丽叶是人事部的,她不需要知道。
Zhū Lìyè shì rénshìbù de, tā bù xūyào zhīdào.
Zhu Liye is in the personnel department. She doesn't need to know.
C 是吗?吴刚想打开东欧市场,他需要有当地销售经验的人。吴刚,你和朱丽叶提过吗?
shì ma? Wú Gāng xiǎng dǎkāi DōngOū shìchǎng, tā xūyào yǒu dāngdì xiāoshòu jīngyàn de rén. Wú Gāng, nǐ hé Zhū Lìyè tí guo ma?
Oh really? Wu Gang wants to open up the Eastern European market. He needs someone with local sales experience. Wu Gang, have you mentioned this to Zhu Liye?
A 没有。
méiyǒu.
No.
B 这种决定应该由我们来做。
zhèzhǒng juédìng yīnggāi yóu wǒmen lái zuò.
We should be responsible for making this kind of decision.
C 如果什么事都是上面做决定,那公司肯定没效率。
rúguǒ shénme shì dōu shì shàngmian zuò juédìng, nà gōngsī kěndìng méi xiàolǜ.
If every decision needs to be made at the top level, then the company will never work efficiently.
D 那我们是不是要经常开会?
nà wǒmen shì bu shì yào jīngcháng kāihuì?
So, do we want to hold regular meetings?
C 不是,要看开什么会、怎么开。总之,我希望大家主动一点。
bù shì, yào kàn kāi shénme huì, zěnme kāi. zǒngzhī, wǒ xīwàng dàjiā zhǔdòng yīdiǎn.
No, we need to think about what kind of meeting, and how to hold it. In summary, I hope everyone will be a little more pro-active.
B 你!
nǐ!
You!
A 你看,老王没话说了。
nǐ kàn, Lǎo Wáng méi huà shuō le.
Look, Wang has nothing to say.
D 是啊。
shì a.
Yeah.

Key Vocabulary

开会 kāihuì to hold a meeting
沟通 gōutōng to communicate
发现 fāxiàn to discover
不同 bùtóng different
部门 bùmén department
同事 tóngshì colleague
不怎么 bù zěnme not very
人事部 rénshìbù Personnel Department
打开 dǎkāi to open
东欧 DōngOū Eastern Europe
市场 shìchǎng market
当地 dāngdì local
销售 xiāoshòu to sell
经验 jīngyàn experience
to mention
决定 juédìng decision
yóu by
上面 shàngmian on top
肯定 kěndìng to be sure
效率 xiàolǜ efficiency
总之 zǒngzhī in summary
希望 xīwàng to hope
主动 zhǔdòng proactive

Supplementary Vocabulary

交流 jiāoliú to exchange
联系 liánxì to get in touch
发明 fāmíng to invent
相同 xiāngtóng identical
提意见 tí yìjian to make a suggestion
提问题 tí wèntí to ask a question
学习效率 xuéxí xiàolǜ efficiency of study
生产效率 shēngchǎn xiàolǜ production efficiency
被动 bèidòng passive