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Calculating Salaries

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ID: 1941 Upper Intermediate
Salaries at home are confusing enough to calculate after taxes, but they're even more confusing when you're abroad and have no knowledge of local rates and labor laws! Today we'll meet one such confused employee wondering why a substantial portion of their pay has been docked. Learn all about calculating salaries after taxes and vacation days in this upper-intermediate lesson.
Fri May 25 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
工资单 gōngzīdān payslip
不对劲儿 bù duìjìnr ‘something not quite right‘
基本工资 jīběngōngzī base salary
事假 shìjià personal leave
魏小姐，你忙吗？
Wèi xiǎojie ，nǐ máng ma ？
Ms. Wei, are you busy?
还好。什么事啊？你说吧。
hái hǎo 。shénme shì a ？nǐ shuō ba 。
Not too busy. What is it? Go ahead.
我刚收到五月份的工资单，觉得有点不对劲儿。
wǒ gāng shōudào wǔyuèfèn de gōngzīdān ，juéde yǒudiǎnr bù duìjìnr 。
I just got the payslip for my salary during the month of May and feel like it's a bit off.
我看看。你的基本工资是六千，对吧？
wǒ kàn kan 。nǐ de jīběngōngzī shì liùqiān ，duìba ？
I'll take a look. Your base salary is 6000, right?
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