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Lao Wang's Office 5: Wang Tries to Excel at the Office

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ID: 1032 Intermediate
Join us today for Manager Wang's Excel-lent Adventure. Has he found his calling in life? A way to finally show up that wretched new man about the office? Learn along in Chinese as Wang rolls up his sleeves and tries his hand at the computer--making an Excel worksheet, specifically--and in the process charts, boxes and calculates his way into another awkward office moment.
Mon Nov 17 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
表格 biǎogé chart
突然 tūrán suddenly
有用 yǒuyòng useful
打开 dǎkāi to open
朱丽叶，电脑表格怎么做啊？
Zhū Lìyè ，diànnǎo biǎogé zěnme zuò a ？
Zhu Liye, how do you make charts on the computer?
老王，你怎么突然要做这个？
Lǎo Wáng ，nǐ zěnme tūrán yào zuò zhè ge ？
Mr. Wang, how come you suddenly want to do that?
这个嘛，有用。
zhè ge ma ，yǒuyòng 。
Well, it's useful.
噢，你打开Excel就行了。
ō ，nǐ dǎkāi Excel jiù xíng le 。
Oh. Just open up Excel and you're good to go.
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