Intermediate - Farewell Dinner (C1543)

A: 我们先干一杯,祝小宁的未来更美好!
wǒmen xiān gān yī bēi, zhù Xiǎoníng de wèilái gèng měihǎo!
First, let's make a toast - to Xiao Ning's future being even brighter!
ABCD: 好,干杯!
hǎo, gānbēi!
OK, cheers!
B: 小宁,恭喜你!你的新生活就要开始了!
Xiǎoníng, gōngxǐ nǐ! nǐ de xīn shēnghuó jiùyào kāishǐ le!
Xiao Ning, congratulations! Your new life is about to begin!
C: 谢谢谢谢!其实我挺舍不得离开公司的,尤其是你们。
xièxie xièxie! qíshí wǒ tǐng shěbude líkāi gōngsī de, yóuqí shì nǐmen.
Thanks, thanks! Actually, I'm finding it quite hard to leave the company - especially you guys.
D: 能去大公司工作是好事。
néng qù dà gōngsī gōngzuò shì hǎoshì.
Being able to work at a big company is a good thing.
B: 就是。小宁,有前途!
jiùshì. Xiǎoníng, yǒu qiántú!
That's right. Xiao Ning, you have a future!
A: 以后也要常联系,别忘了我们。
yǐhòu yě yào cháng liánxì, bié wàng le wǒmen.
In the future, you have to get in touch with us often. Don't forget us.
C: 怎么会呢!我们可以经常网上见嘛。
zénme huì ne! wǒmen kěyǐ jīngcháng wǎngshàng jiàn ma.
How could I?! We can talk online a lot.
D: 有空的话,我们还可以一起出来吃饭,K歌。
yǒukòng dehuà, wǒmen hái kěyǐ yīqǐ chūlái chīfàn, K gē.
If you have any spare time, we can also go out to eat together, go sing karaoke...
B: 就算不在一起工作了,我们还是朋友!
jiùsuàn bù zài yīqǐ gōngzuò le, wǒmen háishì péngyou!
Even if we don't work together anymore, we're still friends!
A: 来,我们再干一杯!
lái, wǒmen zài gān yī bēi!
Here here! Let's have another glass!
ABCD: 干!
gān!
Cheers!

Key Vocabulary

干杯 gānbēi 'cheers', 'bottoms up'
xiān first
zhù to wish
未来 wèilái future
gèng even more
美好 měihǎo wonderful
新生活 xīn shēnghuó new life
就要......了 jiùyào ... le very soon will...
其实 qíshí actually
舍不得 shěbude to be unable to bring oneself to
离开 líkāi to leave
尤其 yóuqí especially
前途 qiántú prospects, future
联系 liánxì to contact
的话 dehuà ...if
K歌 K gē to sing karaoke
就算 jiùsuàn even if

Supplementary Vocabulary

散伙饭 sànhuǒfàn farewell dinner
客套话 kètàohuà civilities, courteous language
经历 jīnglì to experience
卡拉OK kǎlā OK karaoke
认真 rènzhēn serious

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