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- 1. B: Wèi. 喂 Hello.
- A: Zhāng Xiānsheng ma? 张先生吗？ Is this Mr. Zhāng?
- 2. B: Shìde. Nín shì bu shi Bái Nǚshì? 是的。您是不是白女士？ Yes. Is this Miss White?
- A: Shì. Zhāng Xiānsheng, wǒ yǒu yíjiàn shì xiǎng gēn nín dǎting dǎting. 是。张先生，我有一件事想跟你打听打听。 Yes. Mr. Zhāng, I have something I would like to ask you about.
- 3. B: Shénme shì? 什么事？ What is it?
- A: Tīngshuō nín nàbian xīn láile yíwèi Fāng Xiānsheng, shi gāng pàilaide; tāde míngzi wǒ wàngji le. 听说您那边新来了方先生，是刚派来的；他的名字我忘记了。 I have heard that you recently had a Mr. Fāng join you, who has just been assigned to your office. I have forgotten his given name.
- 4. B: Bú cuò, Fāng Démíng shi shàngge lǐbài pài dào wǒmen zhèli láide. 不错，方德铭是上个礼拜派到我们这里来的。 That’s right. Fāng Démíng was sent over here last week.
- B: Zěnme? Nǐ rènshi ta ma? 怎么？你认识他吗。 Why? Do you know him?
- 5. A: Bú rènshi. 不认识。 I don’t know him.
- A: Búguò tīngshuō tā yě shi Jiāzhōu Dàxué bìyède, suǒyi xiǎng qǐng ni gěi wo jièshao jièshao. 不过听说他也是加州大学毕业的，所以想请你给我介绍介绍。 However, I have heard that he also graduated from the University of California, so I wanted to ask you to introduce me to him.
- 6. B: Méi wèntí. Wǒ kànkan...hǎo, wǒmen xiànzài dōu yǒu gōngfu. 没问题。我看看...好，我们现在都有功夫。 No problem. I’ll take a look.... Okay, we are both free now.
- B: Nǐ xiànzài néng lái ma? 你现在竜来吗？ Can you come now?
- 7. A: Xíng. 行。 That will be fine.
- A: Wǒ mǎshàng dào nín bàngōngshì lái. 我马上到您办公室来。 I’ll come to your office right away.
- A: Chàbuduō bànge zhōngtóu jiù dào. 差不多半个钟头就到。 I’ll be there in about half an hour.
- 8. jìde 记得 to remember
- 9. rènde 认得 to recognize, to know (alternate word for rènshi)
- 10. rènshi zì 认识字 to know how to read (literally, “to recognize characters”)
- 11. wàng 忘 to forget (alternate word for wàngji, especially in the sense of forgetting to DO something)
- 12. wánquán 完全 completely
- 13. xiǎngqilai 想起来 to think of, to remember
- 14. zuǒyòu 左右 approximately
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