Intermediate - Talking about the Working Hours Policy (C1744)

A: 好困啊!不过从下个月开始我就能睡懒觉啦!
hǎo kùn a! bùguò cóng xià ge yuè kāishǐ wǒ jiù néng shuì lǎnjiào la!
I'm so sleepy! But starting next month I'll be able to sleep in!
B: 怎么,你不用上班了?
zěnme, nǐ bùyòng shàngbān le?
What? Don't you have to go to work?
A: 不是,我们公司要实行弹性工作时间。
bùshì, wǒmen gōngsī yào shíxíng tánxìng gōngzuò shíjiān.
That's not it. Our company is going to implement flexible working hours.
B: 怎么说?
zěnme shuō?
What do you mean?
A: 就是早去的可以早走,晚去的要晚走。比如:早上八点去上班的话,可以下午五点下班。十点去的话就七点下班。中间有一小时吃午饭的时间。
jiùshì zǎo qù de kěyǐ zǎo zǒu, wǎn qù de yào wǎn zǒu. bǐrú: zǎoshang bā diǎn qù shàngbān dehuà, kěyǐ xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn xiàbān. shí diǎn qù dehuà jiù qī diǎn xiàbān. zhōngjiān yǒu yī xiǎoshí chī wǔfàn de shíjiān.
If you go in early you can leave early, and if you go in late you leave late. For example, if you go to work at 8:00 AM, you get off at 5:00 PM. If you come in at 10:00 AM you get off at 7:00 PM. You have one hour to eat lunch in the middle.
B: 那不是很乱吗?公司怎么管理?
nà bùshì hěn luàn ma? gōngsī zěnme guǎnlǐ?
Isn't that a bit chaotic? How will the company manage it?
A: 笨,看刷卡记录不就行了。
bèn, kàn shuākǎ jìlù bù jiù xíng le.
Dummy, all they have to do is look at the card swipe records.
B: 你们公司真好,我也想十点上班。
nǐmen gōngsī zhēn hǎo, wǒ yě xiǎng shí diǎn shàngbān.
Your company is great. I want to go to work at 10, too.
A: 那你跟你们老板提个建议。
nà nǐ gēn nǐmen lǎobǎn tí ge jiànyì.
Then suggest it to your boss.
B: 算了吧,我可不敢。
suàn le ba, wǒ kě bù gǎn.
Forget it. I'm not that brave.

Key Vocabulary

kùn sleepy
从......开始 cóng ... kāishǐ starting...
睡懒觉 shuì lǎnjiào to sleep in
实行 shíxíng to implement
弹性 tánxìng flexible
工作时间 gōngzuò shíjiān working hours
比如 bǐrú for instance
的话 dehuà if
午饭 wǔfàn lunch
中间 zhōngjiān the middle
luàn messy
管理 guǎnlǐ to manage
bèn stupid
刷卡 shuākǎ to swipe a card
记录 jìlù record
不就行了 bù jiù xíng le just
提建议 tí jiànyì to suggest
建议 jiànyì suggestion
gǎn to dare
[particle used for emphasis]

Supplementary Vocabulary

制度 zhìdù system
政策 zhèngcè policy
计划 jìhuà to plan
详细 xiángxì detail
具体 jùtǐ specific
信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
如果 rúguǒ if
反问句 fǎnwènjù rhetorical question
有道理 yǒu dàolǐ to make sense
没道理 méi dàolǐ to not make sense

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