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ID: 1943 Upper Intermediate
There exists a somewhat uncommon and eccentric business practice utilized by certain companies in China: "military-style management." Predictably, this management style includes a lot slogan-shouting and push-ups. Tune in to today's upper-intermediate lesson to find out more!
Tue May 29 2012 | Jenny, John
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口号 kǒuhào slogan
超越 chāoyuè to surpass
隔壁 gébì next door
有劲 yǒujìn interesting
口号声：我是最棒的！我今天一定能超越自己！我是最棒的！我一定是最棒的！
kǒuhào shēng ：wǒ shì zuìbàng de ！wǒ jīntiān yīdìng néng chāoyuè zìjǐ ！wǒ shì zuìbàng de ！wǒ yīdìng shì zuìbàng de ！
Chanting: I'm the greatest! I will definitely outdo myself today! I'm the greatest! I'm certainly the greatest!
隔壁这家公司真有劲，刚喊完口号，这会儿全体在做俯卧撑！
gébì zhè jiā gōngsī zhēn yǒujìn ，gāng hǎn wán kǒuhào ，zhèhuìr5 quántǐ zài zuò fǔwòchēng ！
This company next door is really interesting. They just finished shouting slogans and now they're all doing push-ups!
每天都有新花样啊，昨天好像是蛙跳吧。真疯狂！
měitiān dōu yǒu xīn huāyàng a ，zuótiān hǎoxiàng shì wātiào ba 。zhēn fēngkuáng ！
They do something new every day. It looked like they were jumping around like frogs yesterday. It's really insane!
用这种方法培训销售人员，挺有意思的。
yòng zhèzhǒng fāngfǎ péixùn xiāoshòu rényuán ，tǐng yǒu yìsi de 。
Using these kinds of methods to train salespeople is quite interesting.
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