Intermediate - Using Excel (C1965)

A:  小赵,你那个表格做好了吗?
Xiǎo Zhào, nǐ nà ge biǎogé zuò hǎo le ma?
Xiao Zhao, have you finished that table?
B:  还没有。
hái méiyǒu.
Not yet.
A:  怎么回事?两天了还没做完?
zěnmehuíshì? liǎng tiān le hái méi zuò wán?
How can that be? You still haven't finished it after two days?
B:  数据很多,有很多东西要计算。
shùjù hěn duō, yǒu hěn duō dōngxi yào jìsuàn.
There's a lot of data and a lot of calculations to do.
A:  Excel会自己计算。
Excel huì zìjǐ jìsuàn.
Excel can do the calculations itself.
B:  怎么算?
zěnme suàn?
How?
A:  用公式!你以前没学过?
yòng gōngshì! nǐ yǐqián méi xué guo?
Use a formula! You haven't learned this before?
B:  嗯。
ng4.
No.
A:  你看,在这里输入公式,它就算出来了。
nǐ kàn, zài zhèlǐ shūrù gōngshì, tā jiù suàn chūlái le.
Look. Enter the formula here and it'll just calculate it.
B:  那下面的呢?
nà xiàmian de ne?
What about the stuff below?
A:  这样往下一拉,就都算出来了。
zhèyàng wǎng xià yī lā, jiù dōu suàn chūlái le.
Pull it down like this and it'll calculate it.
B:  这么简单!
zhème jiǎndān!
It's so simple!
A:  是啊,很简单。快点儿做吧!
shì a, hěn jiǎndān. kuài diǎnr zuò ba!
Yep, it's very simple. Finish it up quick!

Key Vocabulary

表格biǎogétable
怎么回事zěnmehuíshìwhat happened
数据shùjùdata
计算jìsuànto calculate
suànto calculate
公式gōngshìformula
输入shūrùto enter
出来chūláito come out
wǎngtowards
to pull
简单jiǎndānsimple

Supplementary Vocabulary

计算机jìsuànjīcomputer
计算器jìsuànqìcalculator
输入法shūrùfǎinput method
单格dāngécell

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