Intermediate - Ordering Office Supplies A:
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小张，我们的办公用品又快用完了。你过来登记 一下要订的东西。哎，这家供货商怎么样啊？ ˇ Zhang, ˇ ` ongy` ` y`ong w´an ¯ ¯ Xiao women de bang ongpˇın y`ou kuai ` ¯ ı y¯ıxia` y`ao d`ıng de dongxi. ¯ ¯ zhe` jia¯ le. nˇı guolai dengj` ai, ` ang ¯ ¯ ¯ gonghu osh zˇenmey`ang a? Miss Zhang, our office supplies are almost used up again. Come over and itemize what we need to order. Hmm, how is this supplier?
B:
挺好的。质量有保证，价钱又公道，而且送货 快，售后服务也不错。 ˇ de. zh`ıliang ` ˇ ` ` ¯ tˇıng hao yˇou baozh eng, jiaqian y`ou gongdao, ´ eˇ songhu ` ` shouh ` ou ` fuw ` erqi o` kuai, ´ u` yˇe b`ucuo. Quite good. Their quality is garanteed. Their prices are fair and they delivery is fast. Their after-sale service is also pretty good.
A:
这样就好。嗯，我们需要两箱A4打印纸，十盒圆 珠笔，五十支马克笔。哎，你想想我们还缺些什 么？ ` ang jiu` hao. ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ın ¯ zhey` ng, women xuy` xiang A s`ı day` ¯ ao liang ´ ˇ ebˇı. ai, ˇ ¯ nˇı xiang zhˇı, sh´ı he´ yuanzh ubˇ xiang ˇ ı zh¯ı mak` ¯ ı, wush´ ˇ ´ que¯ xie¯ shenme? ´ women hai That’s good. Hmm, we need two boxes of A4 printer paper, 10 boxes of ballpoint pens, 50 markers. Hey, you think about it… what else do we still need?
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B:
我们还需要十盒订书钉，一百个文件夹，还要五 十卷透明胶。 ˇ ´ xuy` ˇ ge wenji ´ anji ` a, ¯ women hai ¯ ao sh´ı he´ d`ıngshud¯ ¯ ıng, y¯ıbai ´ ao wush´ ˇ toum´ ` ¯ haiy` ıng jiao. ˇ ı juan We also need 10 boxes of staples, 100 file folders, and 50 rolls of cellophane tape.
A:
啊哟，这些东西用起来真快。对了，笔记本也 不多了，顺便也订几本吧。好了，我要的就是 这些。你再去各个部门问一下，看他们需要些什 么。 ` e¯ dongxi ` du`ıle, bˇıj`ıben ˇ yˇe b`u ¯ o, zhexi ¯ ¯ kuai. ay¯ y`ong qilai zhen ` yˇe d`ıng jˇı ben ˇ ba. haole, ˇ duo¯ le, shunbi woˇ y`ao de jiush` ` an ` ı ` e. ` qu` geg ` e` b`umen ´ wen ` y¯ıxia, ` kan ` tamen ¯ nˇı zai ¯ zhexi xuy` ¯ ao ´ xie¯ shenme. Yikes, we sure use up these things quickly. Oh right, we also don’t have that many notebooks, so while you’re at it order some of those. OK, that’s all I want. Also, go ask at each department and find out what they need.
B:
知道了。问好以后，我下午就去订货。他们明天 就能送来。 ` le. wen ` hao ˇ yˇıhou, ` woˇ xiaw ` uˇ jiu` qu` d`ınghuo. ` tamen ¯ zh¯ıdao ´ ` ´ ¯ jiu` neng m´ıngtian song lai. I understand. After I’ve finished asking them, I’ll go this afternoon to order the supplies. They can deliver them by tomorrow.
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A:
总之越快越好 。 ` yue` hao ˇ . zˇongzh¯ı yue` kuai In any case, the faster the better.
Key Vocabulary
办公用品
` ongy` ¯ bang ongpˇın
office supplies
用完
y`ong w´an
to use up
登记
¯ ı dengj`
to register
订
d`ıng
to order
供货商
` ang ¯ ¯ gonghu osh
product supplier
质量
` zh`ıliang
quality
保证
ˇ ` baozh eng
guarantee
公道
¯ gongdao
fair
送货
` songhu o`
to deliver product
售后服务
` ou ` fuw shouh ´ u`
after-sales service
箱
¯ xiang
box
打印纸
ˇ ın zhˇı day`
printing paper
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盒
he´
small boxes of
圆珠笔
´ yuanzh ubˇ ¯ ı
ballpoint pen
支
zh¯ı
[measure word]
马克笔
ˇ ebˇı mak`
marker
缺
que¯
to run short of
订书钉
d`ıngshud¯ ¯ ıng
staples
文件夹
´ anji ` a¯ wenji
folder
卷
ˇ juan
rolls of
透明胶
` ¯ toum´ ıng jiao
cellophane tape
顺便
` shunbi ` an
while you’re at it
部门
´ b`umen
department
订货
d`ınghuo`
to order products
总之
zˇongzh¯ı
anyway
Supplementary Vocabulary
办手续
` shoux ˇ u` ban
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提供
¯ t´ıgong
to provide
货物
` u` huow
goods
表明
ˇ biaom´ ıng
to make clear
包
¯ bao
package
春卷
ˇ chunju ¯ an
spring roll
语境
yuj` ˇ ıng
context
突出
tuch ¯ u¯
to stand out
及时
j´ısh´ı
promptly
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