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Vying for the Meeting Room

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ID: 2151 Intermediate
Oh, everyone wants that meeting room, don't they? In this lesson, someone angles for a spot in the office's meeting room, only to find that getting a spot might be more than they bargained for.
Mon Mar 25 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
会议室 huìyìshì conference room
技术部 jìshùbù technology department
结束 jiéshù to finish
等 děng to wait for
小李，会议室有人吗？
Xiǎo Lǐ ，huìyìshì yǒu rén ma ？
Xiao Li, is there someone in the conference room?
有，技术部在开会。
yǒu ，jìshùbù zài kāihuì 。
Yes, the tech department is having a meeting.
他们几点结束？
tāmen jǐ diǎn jiéshù ？
What time will they be finished?
没有说。刚进去。等他们开完估计要吃午饭了。
méiyǒu shuō 。gāng jìnqù 。děng tāmen kāi wán gūjì yào chī wǔfàn le 。
They didn't say. They just went in. I think that by the time that they finish it will be time for lunch.
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