Sometimes at work, it’s necessary to bring your teams together to have a discussion or briefing. There’s no time to write anything and it’s all fairly informal anyway. Can you stand up and give a verbal presentation and encourage your staff? Or can you understand what’s being said when the manager gives a short talk or presentation?
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(i) How to encourage others to work towards a goal
(ii) To listen to a briefing given by a manager at work
Dialogue:
The manager wants to give a verbal presentation:
（在公司）
(zài gōng sī)
(at the company)
经理：来，大家先停一下手里的工作，我就说几点。首先，我们的目标是，要让客户满意。其次，我们要争取再次创新。另外，我们要从上一次失败的项目中总结经验。最后，希望大家不要有压力，好么。好了就这样，大家继续吧。
Jīng lǐ: lái, dà jiā xiān tíng yī xià shǒu lǐ de gōng zuò, wǒ jiù shuō jǐ diǎn. Shǒu xiān, wǒ mén de mù biāo shì, yào ràng kè hù mǎn yì. Qí qì, wǒ mén yào zhēng qǔ zài cì chuàng xīn. Lìng wài, wǒ mén yào cóng shàng yī cì shī bài de xiàng mù zhōng zǒng jié jīng yàn. Zuì hòu, xī wàng dà jiā bù yào yǒu yā lì, hǎo me. Hǎo le, jiù zhè yàng, dà jiā jì xù ba.
Come one everybody, stop what you are doing for a moment. I just want to say a few things. First of all, our primary goal is to keep our clients satisfied. Secondly, we need to try to be innovative again. Additionally, we need to learn our lessons from the failed project last time. Finally, I hope everybody doesn’t put too much pressure on themselves. Alright? Okay, that’s it. Carry on everybody.
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
经理：manager
来：come on
停一下：stop
手里的工作：literally means ‘work in your hands’, and refers to whatever you are doing at the time
几点：several points
首先：first of all
目标：goal
客户：client
满意：satisfied
其次：secondly
争取：fight for something
再次：again
创新：innovation
另外：additionally
失败的项目：failed project
上一次：last time
总结经验：sum up experience, learn lessons from the past
从……中：from something
压力：pressure
就这样：that’s it
继续：carry on