Intermediate - Delegating Tasks (C1176)

A 小张,材料准备好了吗?
Xiǎo Zhāng, cáiliào zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma?
Have you prepared the materials, Xiao Zhang?
B 什么材料?
shénme cáiliào?
What materials?
A 下午开会用的材料。
xiàwǔ kāihuì yòng de cáiliào.
The materials for the meeting this afternoon?
B 哦。还没打印。我马上打。
ō. hái méi dǎyìn. wǒ mǎshàng dǎ.
Oh. I still haven't printed them out. I'm going to print them immediately.
A 通知各部门经理,取消明天的会议。
tōngzhī gè bùmén jīnglǐ, qǔxiāo míngtiān de huìyì.
Tell each department manager that tomorrow's meeting is canceled.
B 好的。
hǎo de.
OK.
A 还有订两张今晚飞广州的机票。
háiyǒu dìng liǎng zhāng jīnwǎn fēi Guǎngzhōu de jīpiào.
And book two plane tickets to Guangzhou for tonight.
B 知道了。
zhīdao le.
OK.
A 我下周哪天晚上没有安排?
wǒ xiàzhōu nǎ tiān wǎnshang méiyǒu ānpái?
Which evening am I free next week?
B 星期三。
xīngqīsān.
Wednesday.
A 好,约王总一起吃晚饭。
hǎo, yuē Wáng zǒng yīqǐ chī wǎnfàn.
OK. Arrange for me to have dinner with General Manager Wang that night.
B 好的。那我先去打印了。咦,怎么回事?打印机坏了?
hǎo de. nà wǒ xiān qù dǎyìn le. yí, zěnmehuíshì? dǎyìnjī huài le?
OK. Then I'll go print out the stuff. Oh no, what's this? The printer's broken?
A 小张, 赶快把材料送过来!
Xiǎo Zhāng, gǎnkuài bǎ cáiliào sòng guòlai!
Xiao Zhang, hurry up and deliver those materials!

Key Vocabulary

材料 cáiliào materials
准备 zhǔnbèi to prepare
打印 dǎyìn to print
通知 tōngzhī to notify; a notice
部门 bùmén department
经理 jīnglǐ manager
取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
会议 huìyì meeting, conference
安排 ānpái to arrange
yuē to make a plan to meet
打印机 dǎyìnjī printer
赶快 gǎnkuài at once

Supplementary Vocabulary

助理 zhùlǐ assistant
预订 yùdìng to book in advance
约会 yuēhuì a date
推迟 tuīchí to delay
chá to look up
报告 bàogào report