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Holding a Meeting

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ID: 0388 Intermediate
We know our ChinesePod listeners are all good-looking and successful people. This means that at some point you’ll be chairing a meeting. So can we help? You bet we can! All we ask is that you wear your “ChinesePod RULZ” power tie. Listen to this podcast to learn how to conduct a meeting in Mandarin Chinese.
Fri Jan 05 2007 | Jenny, John
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同事 tóngshì colleague
市场分析 shìchǎng fēnxi market analysis
销售 xiāoshòu sales
市场部 shìchǎng bù marketing department
大家好，现在开始开会。先请李总介绍一下今天的议程。
dàjiāhǎo ，xiànzài kāishǐ kāihuì 。xiān qǐng Lǐ zǒng jièshào yīxià jīntiān de yìchéng 。
Hello everyone, let’s start the meeting now. First I’ll invite Mr. Li to brief us on today’s agenda.
各位同事，下午好。今天我们的会议要讨论三个问题，依次是市场分析、市场推广和销售。
gè wèi tóngshì ，xiàwǔhǎo 。jīntiān wǒmen de huìyì yào tǎolùn sān ge wèntí ，yīcì shì shìchǎng fēnxi 、shìchǎng tuīguǎng hé xiāoshòu 。
Good afternoon, colleagues. At today’s meeting we need to discuss three issues. In order, they are: market analysis, marketing, and sales.
是的。市场部和销售部经理会给我们介绍他们的计划。然后是集体讨论和问答时间。
shìde 。shìchǎng bù hé xiāoshòu bù jīnglǐ huì gěi wǒmen jièshào tāmen de jìhuà 。ránhòu shì jítǐ tǎolùn hé wèndá shíjiān 。
That’s right. The managers of the Marketing Department and Sales Department will brief us on their plans. Then, there will be a group discussion and question and answer period.
嗯，今天的会议非常重要。所以请大家积极发表意见。
ng4 ，jīntiān de huìyì fēicháng zhòngyào 。suǒyǐ qǐng dàjiā jījí fābiǎo yìjiàn 。
Right, today’s meeting is extremely important. So I invite everyone to express their point of view actively.
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