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Trouble Getting to an Interview

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ID: 3092 Intermediate
In this dialogue, a friend is describing how lucky they were to get to an interview on time despite a large traffic jam. Arriving on time was all thanks to the other friend who provided an extra-early wake-up call, thus ensuring they weren't late.
Wed Jun 14 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
面试 miànshì to interview (for a job)
顺利 shùnlì smoothly
多亏 duōkuī thanks to
要不是 yàobùshì if it weren't for
文文，你昨天的面试怎么样？
Wénwén ，nǐ zuótiān de miànshì zěnmeyàng ？
Wen Wen, how did your interview go yesterday?
挺顺利的，他们叫我下礼拜再去跟单位主管面试，老实说，能这么顺利多亏了你。
tǐng shùnlì de ，tāmen jiào wǒ xià lǐbài zài qù gēn dānwèi zhǔguǎn miànshì ，lǎoshi shuō ，néng zhème shùnlì duōkuī le nǐ 。
It went quite well actually. They've asked me to go next week to interview with the department manager. To be honest, it's all because of you that it went so well.
我？我又没做什么。
wǒ ？wǒ yòu méi zuò shénme 。
Me? I didn't do anything.
要不是你昨天提早打电话叫我起床，我可能就迟到了。
yàobùshì nǐ zuótiān tízǎo dǎ diànhuà jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ，wǒ kěnéng jiù chídào le 。
If it weren't for your call yesterday, waking me up ahead of time, I would have been late.
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