| A | 朱丽叶，等会儿到我办公室来一下。 |
| Zhū Lìyè, děng huǐr dào wǒ bàngōngshì lái yīxià. |
| Zhu Li Ye, come into my office in a bit. |
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| B | 好的，Bill。 |
| hǎo de, Bill. |
| Sure, Bill. |
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| A | 坐。最近经济越来越差，比我们想象的还差。 |
| zuò. zuìjìn jīngjì yuèláiyuè chà, bǐ wǒmen xiǎngxiàng de hái chà. |
| Sit down. The economy has been getting worse and worse lately. It's much worse than we thought. |
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| B | 是啊，公司少了好多客户。 |
| shì a, gōngsī shǎo le hǎo duō kèhù. |
| Yes, the company has lost a lot of clients. |
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| A | 嗯。所以公司需要做一些决定。 |
| ng4. suǒyǐ gōngsī xūyào zuò yīxiē juédìng. |
| Hmm...So the company has to make some decisions. |
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| B | 你是说解雇员工吗？ |
| nǐ shì shuō jiěgù yuángōng ma? |
| Are you saying we need to lay off some employees? |
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| A | 对。这也是没办法。 |
| duì. zhè yě méi bànfǎ. |
| Yes. We have no choice. |
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| B | 你已经决定解雇谁了吗？ |
| nǐ yǐjīng juédìng jiěgù shéi le ma? |
| Have you already decided who to let go? |
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| A | 还没有。我想了解一下这几个人的表现，你写份报告给我。 |
| hái méiyǒu. wǒ xiǎng liǎojiě yīxià zhè jǐ ge rén de biǎoxiàn, nǐ xiě fèn bàogào gěi wǒ. |
| Not yet. I'd like to get an understanding of a few people's performance. Write a report for me. |
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| B | 好。 |
| hǎo. |
| OK. |
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| A | 主要说说他们今年的业绩和收入。 |
| zhǔyào shuō shuo tāmen jīnnián de yèjì hé shōurù. |
| Mostly, tell me about their performance and salary for this year. |
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| B | 嗯。 |
| ng4. |
| Hmm. |
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| A | 我希望你不要跟同事说。 |
| wǒ xīwàng nǐ bùyào gēn tóngshì shuō. |
| I would appreciate it if you didn't talk about this with your colleagues. |
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| B | 我明白。 |
| wǒ míngbai. |
| I understand. |
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