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Vocabulary (111 words)

From Lesson: Lesson 16
参观
cānguān
to look around
new
代表
dàibiǎo
representative
new
记者
jìzhě
reporter
new
激动
jīdòng
to move emotionally
new
恐怕
kǒngpà
fear
new
小伙子
xiǎohuǒzi
young man
new
a
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
ba
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
毕业
bìyè
graduation
不同
bùtóng
different
(particle used for comparison and "-er than")
成功
chénggōng
success
chī
to eat
吃惊
chījīng
to be startled
吃完
chīwán
to finish eating
cái
ability
cóng
from
de
of
duō
many
多少
duōshao
how much
big
dài
band
大家
dàjiā
everyone
但是
dànshì
but
到现在
dàoxiànzài
up until now
大小
dàxiǎo
dimension
大学
dàxué
university
答案
dáàn
answer
放弃
fàngqì
to renounce
非常
fēicháng
unusual
guò
(experienced action marker)
过程
guòchéng
book of events
individual
各种
gèzhǒng
every kind of
gěi
to
公司
gōngsī
(business) company
工作
gōngzuò
to work
huì
can
回答
huídá
to reply
还有
háiyǒu
furthermore
and
hěn
(adverb of degree)
hǎo
good
机会
jīhuì
opportunity
经验
jīngyàn
experience
kuài
lump (of earth)
kàn
to see
困难
kùnnan
difficult
开始
kāishǐ
to begin
肯定
kěndìng
to be sure
le
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
liáo
to chat
ma
(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
méi
(negative prefix for verbs)
nián
year
that
难道
nándào
don't tell me ...
nín
you (courteous, as opposed to informal [[你<nǐ>]])
how
you
qián
coin
ràng
to yield
shí
ten
shí
o'clock
时间
shíjiān
time
虽然
suīrán
although
sān
three
tīng
to listen
wán
to finish
wèn
to ask
问题
wèntí
question
I
我们
wǒmen
we
xiàng
towards
谢谢
xièxiè
to thank
xiān
early
相同
xiāngtóng
identical
xiǎng
to think
小的
xiǎode
I (when talking to a superior)
学习
xuéxí
to learn
xuǎn
to choose
西瓜
xīguā
watermelon
要是
yàoshi
if
yòng
to use
遇到
yùdào
to meet
压力
yālì
pressure
also
一边
yībiān
one side
一定
yīdìng
surely
一块
yīkuài
one block
因为
yīnwèi
because
一起
yīqǐ
in the same place
一下
yīxià
(used after a verb) give it a go
一直
yīzhí
straight (in a straight line)
已经
yǐjīng
already
以前
yǐqián
before
yǒu
to have
zhuàn
to earn
zhè
this
这个
zhège
this
这里
zhèlǐ
here
这么
zhème
so much
知道
zhīdào
to know
zhōng
within
zuì
most
最后
zuìhòu
final
做生意
zuòshēngyì
to do business
zài
(located) at
zài
again
咱们
zánmen
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
怎么
zěnme
how?
Raw Text (Chinese / Pinyin / English)
Chinese

谢谢您带我参观您的公司。在参观过程中我很激动,有个问题一直想问您。 好啊!小伙子,咱们一边吃西瓜,一边聊。 您从大学毕业开始工作,到现在才十年时间,怎么给公司赚了这么多钱?这让我非常吃惊。我想向您学习一下成功的经验。 这个问题以前一个记者也问过我。做生意时虽然会遇到各种压力和困难,但是大家的机会都是相同的。你看,这里有三块大小不同的西瓜,我们用西瓜的大小代表钱的多少,要是我们一起开始吃,你会先选哪块? 我肯定先吃最大的一块了,难道您会先吃小的,放弃吃大块的机会吗? 我会先吃最小的一块,因为在你没吃完最大的那块时,我还有时间再多吃一块,最后一定比你吃的西瓜多。听完我的回答,恐怕你已经知道我的答案了吧。

Pinyin

Xièxie nín dài wǒ cānguān nín de gōngsī. Zài cānguān guòchéng zhōng wǒ hěn jīdòng, yǒu gè wèntí yìzhí xiǎng wèn nín. Hǎo a! Xiǎo huǒzi, zánmen yìbiān chī xīguā, yìbiān liáo. Nín cóng dàxué bìyè kāishǐ gōngzuò, dào xiànzài cái shí nián shíjiān, zěnme gěi gōngsī zhuàn le zhème duō qián? Zhè ràng wǒ fēicháng chījīng. Wǒ xiǎng xiàng nín xuéxí yíxià chénggōng de jīngyàn. Zhège wèntí yǐqián yí gè jìzhě yě wènguò wǒ. Zuò shēngyì shí suīrán huì yùdào gèzhǒng yālì hé kùnnán, dànshì dàjiā de jīhuì dōu shì xiāngtóng de. Nǐ kàn, zhèlǐ yǒu sān kuài dàxiǎo bùtóng de xīguā, wǒmen yòng xīguā de dàxiǎo dàibiǎo qián de duōshǎo, yàoshi wǒmen yìqǐ kāishǐ chī, nǐ huì xiān xuǎn nǎ kuài? Wǒ kěndìng xiān chī zuìdà de yí kuài le, nándào nín huì xiān chī xiǎo de, fàngqì chī dà kuài de jīhuì ma? Wǒ huì xiān chī zuìxiǎo de yí kuài, yīnwèi zài nǐ méi chī wán zuìdà de nà kuài shí, wǒ hái yǒu shíjiān zài duō chī yí kuài, zuìhòu yídìng bǐ nǐ chī de xīguā duō. Tīng wán wǒ de huídá, kǒngpà nǐ yǐjīng zhīdào wǒ de dá'àn le ba.

English

Thank you for showing me around your company. I was very excited during the visit, and there is a question I have been wanting to ask you. Sure! Young man, let's eat watermelon while we chat. You started working after graduating from university, and it’s only been ten years up to now. How did you make the company so much money? This really surprises me. I want to learn from you about your successful experience. A reporter asked me this question before, too. When doing business, although we will encounter various pressures and difficulties, everyone has the same opportunities. Look, here are three pieces of watermelon of different sizes; we use the size of the watermelon to represent how much money there is. If we start eating together, which piece would you choose first? I would definitely eat the biggest piece first; would you really eat the small one first and give up the chance to eat the big piece? I will eat the smallest piece first, because while you haven't finished the biggest one, I still have time to eat one more piece, and in the end I will definitely eat more watermelon than you. After hearing my reply, I'm afraid you already know my answer, right?

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