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Recognizing an Employee

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ID: 0438 Upper Intermediate
ChinesePod can attest that late night text messages are not the recommended route to complimenting employees. So, how can you do it (without legal repercussions)? Just listen to this podcast, and learn how to do it using your Mandarin Chinese.
Mon Feb 26 2007 | Jenny, John
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总结 zǒngjié to summarize
评估 pínggū to evaluate
突出 tūchū to stand out
散会 sànhuì meeting adjourned
今天会议的主要内容就是总结和评估过去一年的工作。首先，我要代表公司感谢大家去年的努力和为公司做出的贡献。特别是小王，表现非常突出。希望大家都能向他学习。
jīntiān huìyì de zhǔyào nèiróng jiùshì zǒngjié hé pínggū guòqù yī nián de gōngzuò 。shǒuxiān ，wǒ yào dàibiǎo gōngsī gǎnxiè dàjiā qùnián de nǔlì hé wèi gōngsī zuòchū de gòngxiàn 。tèbié shì Xiǎo Wáng ，biǎoxiàn fēicháng tūchū 。xīwàng dàjiā dōu néng xiàng tā xuéxí 。
The main content of today's meeting is to summarize and evaluate the past year's work. First, on behalf of the company I want to thank everyone for their hard work and the contributions they've made to the company in the past year. In particular, Mr. Wang has performed outstandingly. I hope that everyone can learn from him.
谢谢经理，您过奖了。其实各位同事都给了我很大的帮助。这是我们整个团队努力的结果，不是我个人的。
xièxie jīnglǐ ，nín guòjiǎng le 。qíshí gè wèi tóngshì dōu gěi le wǒ hěn dà de bāngzhù 。zhè shì wǒmen zhěnggè tuánduì nǔlì de jiéguǒ ，bù shì wǒ gèrén de 。
Thank you, director. You've flatter me. Actually, every one of my colleagues has given me a lot of help. This is the result of our entire team's hard work, not only my own.
嗯，说得很好，大家的努力我也都看到了。我在这里再次感谢大家了。好，散会。小王，你单独到我办公室来一下。
én ，shuō de hěn hǎo ，dàjiā de nǔlì wǒ yě dōu kàndào le 。wǒ zài zhèlǐ zàicì gǎnxiè dàjiā le 。hǎo ，sànhuì 。Xiǎo Wáng ，nǐ dāndú dào wǒ bàngōngshì lái yīxià 。
Uh-huh, you are right. I have also noticed everyone's hard work. I am here to thank everyone once again. All right, this meeting is adjourned. Mr. Wang, please come on your own to my office for a moment.
好。经理，真是谢谢您的鼓励。我只是做了分内的事，但能得到公司和您的赏识，我真的觉得非常幸运。您放心，我会继续努力，表现得更好。
hǎo 。jīnglǐ ，zhēnshì xièxie nín de gǔlì 。wǒ zhǐshì zuò le fènnèi de shì ，dàn néng dédào gōngsī hé nín de shǎngshí ，wǒ zhēnde juéde fēicháng xìngyùn 。nín fàngxīn ，wǒ huì jìxù nǔlì ，biǎoxiàn de gèng hǎo 。
OK. Director, I really want to thank you for your encouragement. I am just doing my job, but I feel truly fortunate to be able to receive the company's and your recognition. Be assured that I will continue to work hard and to perform even better.
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