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ID: 2515 Elementary
Work, work, work! In times of economic instability and with fierce competition in the job market, many feel they must work overtime to keep their job. Listen in a one employee gets yet another request from his manager to stay late.
Sun Aug 24 2014 | Jenny, Ryan
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
分公司 fēngōngsī branch office
报表 bàobiǎo forms for reports
总公司 zǒnggōngsī head office
交 jiāo to hand in
老板，分公司的报表做好了。
lǎobǎn ，fēn gōngsī de bàobiǎo zuò hǎo le 。
Manager, I have finished up the reports for the branch office.
好的，还有总公司的，明天交！
hǎo de ，háiyǒu zǒng gōngsī de ，míngtiān jiāo ！
Ok. Also hand in the reports for the head office tomorrow!
啊？这不是别人做的吗？
á ？zhè bùshì biérén zuò de ma ？
Oh? Isn't someone else doing that?
最近财务部人手少……
zuìjìn cáiwùbù rénshǒu shǎo ……
Recently, we are short staffed in the financial department......
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