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Lao Wang's Office 4: Communication in the Office

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ID: 1016 Intermediate
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
开会 kāihuì to hold a meeting
沟通 gōutōng to communicate
发现 fāxiàn to discover
同事 tóngshì colleague
老王，今天开会要说什么？
Lǎo Wáng ，jīntiān kāihuì yào shuō shénme ？
Wang, what will you say during the meeting today?
是周俊要开，我不知道。
shì Zhōu Jùn yào kāi ，wǒ bù zhīdào 。
It's Zhou Jun's meeting, I don't really know.
大家都到啦。今天我想跟大家说一下沟通。我发现不同部门的同事不怎么沟通。
dàjiā dōu dào la 。jīntiān wǒ xiǎng gēn dàjiā shuō yīxià gōutōng 。wǒ fāxiàn bùtóng bùmén de tóngshì bù zěnme gōutōng 。
Everyone is here. I'd like to say a few words about communication. I've discovered that colleagues from different departments are not really communicating.
周俊，我们大家常常一起吃饭聊天，怎么不沟通？
Zhōu Jùn ，wǒmen dàjiā chángcháng yīqǐ chīfàn liáotiān ，zěnme bù gōutōng ？
Zhou Jun, all of us eat together often and chat. How are we not communicating?
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