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ID: 2456 Intermediate
To shred or not to shred. That is the predicament the intern faces in this lesson. Learn how to express the different ways to dispose of documents while keeping your Mandarin intact.
Mon Jun 02 2014 | Vera, Greg
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
实习 shíxí to intern, to practice
整理 zhěnglǐ to arrange, put in order
作废 zuòfèi null and void, to become invalid
处理 chǔlǐ to deal with, to dispose of
小刘，你第一天来实习，有什么不懂的就问我吧。
Xiǎo Liú ，nǐ dì yī tiān lái shíxí ，yǒu shénme bù dǒng de jiù wèn wǒ ba 。
Xiao Liu, this is your first day as an intern. If there's anything you don't understand, please ask.
好的，李姐。那我干些什么呢？
hǎo de ，Lǐ jiě 。nà wǒ gàn xiē shénme ne ？
Okay, Ms. Li. What am I to do?
这里有一些文件，你整理一下。看看哪些是有用的，哪些写了“作废”。
zhèlǐ yǒuyīxiē wénjiàn ，nǐ zhěnglǐ yīxià 。kàn kan nǎxiē shì yǒuyòngde ，nǎxiē xiě le “zuòfèi ”。
Here are some documents. Please put them in order. Look to see which of them are useful and which ones have ”null and void“ written on them.
好了，李姐。这些都是作废的文件。
hǎo le ，Lǐ jiě 。zhèxiē dōu shì zuòfèi de wénjiàn 。
Okay, Ms. Li. These are all null and void documents.
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