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Eating Dinner with a Client

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ID: 2433 Intermediate
It's time to do a deal over dinner. In this lesson, someone meets with Director Chen to pitch an idea, but first there's food to be ordered!
Wed Apr 30 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
忙 máng busy
抽空 chōukòng to find time
客气 kèqi to be polite
应该 yīnggāi should
陈总，谢谢你百忙中抽空请我吃饭。
Chén zǒng ，xièxienǐ bǎimángzhōng chōukòng qǐng wǒ chīfàn 。
Director Chen, thank you for making time in your busy schedule to treat me to dinner.
别客气，应该的。你看一下菜单，想吃什么？
bié kèqi ，yīnggāi de 。nǐ kàn yīxià càidān ，xiǎng chī shénme ？
Don't be polite. It's something I should do. Have a look at the menu. What would you like to eat?
都可以。你点吧。
dōu kěyǐ 。nǐ diǎn ba 。
Anything. You order.
好。你什么时候到上海的？
hǎo 。nǐ shénmeshíhou dào Shànghǎi de ？
Okay. When did you arrive in Shanghai?
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