HSK 3 · Exam 1

经理，我明天想请假。

Jīnglǐ, wǒ míngtiān xiǎng qǐngjià.

Manager, I'd like to take a day off tomorrow.

可以，不过你要先给我发一封请假邮件。

Kěyǐ, búguò nǐ yào xiān gěi wǒ fā yì fēng qǐngjià yóujiàn.

Sure, but first you need to send me a leave-request email.

下午的会议几点开始？

Xiàwǔ de huìyì jǐ diǎn kāishǐ?

What time does this afternoon's meeting start?

以前是三点，王经理换到两点了，别忘了。

Yǐqián shì sān diǎn, Wáng jīnglǐ huàn dào liǎng diǎn le, bié wàngle.

It used to be three; Manager Wang moved it to two, don't forget.

你怎么还不下班？

Nǐ zěnme hái bú xiàbān?

Why aren't you off work yet?

今天的工作还没有完成，我要在公司再做半个小时。

Jīntiān de gōngzuò hái méiyǒu wánchéng, wǒ yào zài gōngsī zài zuò bàn ge xiǎoshi.

Today's work isn't finished yet; I need to keep working at the office for another half hour.

名单发给同事们了吗？

Míngdān fā gěi tóngshimen le ma?

Have you sent the name list to the colleagues?

发了，可是有一个电话号码写错了，我要再发一次。

Fāle, kěshì yǒu yí ge diànhuà hàomǎ xiě cuò le, wǒ yào zài fā yí cì.

I have, but one phone number was written wrong, so I need to send it again.

小林，明天上午有时间吗？我想请你看一样东西。

Xiǎo Lín, míngtiān shàngwǔ yǒu shíjiān ma? Wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ kàn yíyàng dōngxi.

Xiaolin, do you have time tomorrow morning? There's something I'd like you to look at.

十点以前我要开会，十点以后都在办公室。

Shí diǎn yǐqián wǒ yào kāihuì, shí diǎn yǐhòu dōu zài bàngōngshì.

Before ten I have a meeting; after ten I'll be in the office the whole time.

经理，您现在有时间吗？我有件事想跟您说一下。

Jīnglǐ, nín xiànzài yǒu shíjiān ma? Wǒ yǒu jiàn shì xiǎng gēn nín shuō yi xià.

Manager, do you have a moment? There's something I'd like to tell you.

可以，你说吧，什么事？

Kěyǐ, nǐ shuō ba, shénme shì?

Sure, go ahead; what is it?

这个星期五我想请一天假，早就跟朋友约好了有事。

Zhège xīngqīwǔ wǒ xiǎng qǐng yì tiān jià, zǎo jiù gēn péngyou yuē hǎo le yǒu shì.

I'd like to take a day's leave this Friday; I promised a friend long ago that I had something to do.

那好吧，你星期五的那个会，就换到星期四开吧。

Nà hǎo ba, nǐ xīngqīwǔ de nà ge huì, jiù huàn dào xīngqīsì kāi ba.

All right, then let's move your Friday meeting to Thursday.

经理交给我的工作太多了，这几天我天天都很忙。

Jīnglǐ jiāo gěi wǒ de gōngzuò tài duō le, zhè jǐ tiān wǒ tiāntiān dōu hěn máng.

The manager has given me far too much work; I've been busy every day these past few days.

都是什么工作？说出来，我看能不能帮你。

Dōu shì shénme gōngzuò? Shuō chulai, wǒ kàn néng bu néng bāng nǐ.

What work is it? Tell me; maybe I can help.

经理要我星期五以前做完那个名单，可是我现在一点儿办法也没有。

Jīnglǐ yào wǒ xīngqīwǔ yǐqián zuò wán nà ge míngdān, kěshì wǒ xiànzài yìdiǎnr bànfǎ yě méiyǒu.

He wants me to finish that name list before Friday, and right now I have no idea how.

别着急，上个月我也做过一样的，一会儿就发给你看看。

Bié zháojí, shàng ge yuè wǒ yě zuòguo yíyàng de, yíhuìr jiù fā gěi nǐ kànkan.

Don't worry; I did the same thing last month; I'll send you mine in a minute.

你的新工作怎么样？

Nǐ de xīn gōngzuò zěnmeyàng?

How's your new job?

公司不大，可是同事们都很好，我遇到问题的时候，他们都很愿意帮我。

Gōngsī bú dà, kěshì tóngshimen dōu hěn hǎo, wǒ yùdào wèntí de shíhou, tāmen dōu hěn yuànyì bāng wǒ.

The company isn't big, but the colleagues are all very nice; when I run into problems they're all glad to help me.

每天几点下班？

Měitiān jǐ diǎn xiàbān?

What time do you finish work each day?

六点，不过忙的时候，要多做一个小时。

Liù diǎn, búguò máng de shíhou, yào duō zuò yí ge xiǎoshi.

Six o'clock, but when it's busy I work an extra hour.

大明，我昨天放在你桌子上的那张纸，你看了吗？

Dà Míng, wǒ zuótiān fàng zài nǐ zhuōzi shang de nà zhāng zhǐ, nǐ kànle ma?

Daming, did you read that sheet of paper I left on your desk yesterday?

还没有，我今天上午一直在外面，回去马上看。

Hái méiyǒu, wǒ jīntiān shàngwǔ yìzhí zài wàimian, huíqu mǎshàng kàn.

Not yet; I've been out all morning; I'll read it as soon as I'm back.

是关于下个星期的会议的，很重要，你今天最好看一下。

Shì guānyú xià ge xīngqī de huìyì de, hěn zhòngyào, nǐ jīntiān zuìhǎo kàn yi xià.

It's about next week's meeting; it's important; you'd best look at it today.

好，我现在就看，看完就告诉你。

Hǎo, wǒ xiànzài jiù kàn, kànwán jiù gàosu nǐ.

OK, I'll read it right now and tell you as soon as I've finished.

经理，明天上午有客人来公司，我们要准备什么？

Jīnglǐ, míngtiān shàngwǔ yǒu kèrén lái gōngsī, wǒmen yào zhǔnbèi shénme?

Manager, visitors are coming to the company tomorrow morning. What should we prepare?

你去买一些水果和咖啡，再打扫一下小会议室。

Nǐ qù mǎi yìxiē shuǐguǒ hé kāfēi, zài dǎsǎo yi xià xiǎo huìyìshì.

Go and buy some fruit and coffee, and tidy up the small meeting room.

好，桌子上的东西要都拿走吗？

Hǎo, zhuōzi shang de dōngxi yào dōu ná zǒu ma?

All right. Should everything on the table be taken away?

对，都拿走，然后放上几张纸，客人写字的时候用。

Duì, dōu ná zǒu, ránhòu fàng shang jǐ zhāng zhǐ, kèrén xiězì de shíhou yòng.

Yes, take it all away; then put out a few sheets of paper for guests to write on.

我们公司的会议太多了，每个星期要开三次会，有时一天都在会议室里。

Wǒmen gōngsī de huìyì tài duō le, měi ge xīngqī yào kāi sān cì huì, yǒushí yì tiān dōu zài huìyìshì lǐ.

Our company has far too many meetings: three every week, and sometimes I spend whole days in the meeting room.

我的桌子上总是很干净，东西用完了，我都马上放回去。我觉得桌子干净，做事才快，同事们也都这么说。

Wǒ de zhuōzi shang zǒngshì hěn gānjing, dōngxi yòng wán le, wǒ dōu mǎshàng fàng huíqu. Wǒ juéde zhuōzi gānjing, zuò shì cái kuài, tóngshimen yě dōu zhème shuō.

My desk is always very tidy; when I'm done with something I put it back at once. I think a tidy desk makes work faster, and my colleagues say the same.

昨天我上班迟到了十分钟，很不舒服。以后我要早一点儿出门，不能再迟到了。

Zuótiān wǒ shàngbān chídào le shí fēnzhōng, hěn bù shūfu. Yǐhòu wǒ yào zǎo yìdiǎnr chūmén, bù néng zài chídào le.

Yesterday I was ten minutes late for work and felt terrible about it. From now on I'll leave home a little earlier; no more being late.

我的同事小林做事最认真，经理有什么重要的工作，都让他去做。

Wǒ de tóngshì Xiǎo Lín zuò shì zuì rènzhēn, jīnglǐ yǒu shénme zhòngyào de gōngzuò, dōu ràng tā qù zuò.

My colleague Xiaolin is the most careful worker here; whenever the manager has anything important, he has Xiaolin do it.

明天上午十点有一个短会，只说一件事：下个月每个人的工作怎么分。请大家开会以前想一想。

Míngtiān shàngwǔ shí diǎn yǒu yí ge duǎn huì, zhǐ shuō yí jiàn shì: xià ge yuè měi ge rén de gōngzuò zěnme fēn. Qǐng dàjiā kāihuì yǐqián xiǎng yi xiǎng.

Tomorrow morning at ten there is a short meeting about one thing only: how next month's work will be divided up. Please think it over before the meeting.

我刚工作的时候，很怕开会说话，总是不说话。经理说我说得好，现在我开会常常说话了。

Wǒ gāng gōngzuò de shíhou, hěn pà kāihuì shuōhuà, zǒngshì bù shuōhuà. Jīnglǐ shuō wǒ shuō de hǎo, xiànzài wǒ kāihuì chángcháng shuōhuà le.

When I had just started working I was afraid of speaking in meetings and never talked. My manager says what I say is good, and now I often speak up in meetings.

爷爷在医院住了一个星期了，明天我想请假去看看他。

Yéye zài yīyuàn zhùle yí ge xīngqī le, míngtiān wǒ xiǎng qǐngjià qù kànkan tā.

Grandpa has been in hospital for a week now; tomorrow I'd like to take the day off to go see him.

我们的办公室在九楼，房间又大又干净，往外看能看到公园和绿色的山。

Wǒmen de bàngōngshì zài jiǔ lóu, fángjiān yòu dà yòu gānjing, wǎng wài kàn néng kàn dào gōngyuán hé lǜsè de shān.

Our office is on the ninth floor; the room is big and clean, and looking out you can see the park and the green hills.

每天下班以前，我都会检查一遍自己的邮件，重要的事情都写在纸上，第二天一看就明白。

Měitiān xiàbān yǐqián, wǒ dōu huì jiǎnchá yí biàn zìjǐ de yóujiàn, zhòngyào de shìqing dōu xiě zài zhǐ shang, dì-èr tiān yí kàn jiù míngbai.

Every day before leaving work I check through my emails once, write the important things down on paper, and the next day one glance makes everything clear.

我是公司里最年轻的同事，可是大家的电脑出了问题，都喜欢先来问我。

Wǒ shì gōngsī lǐ zuì niánqīng de tóngshì, kěshì dàjiā de diànnǎo chūle wèntí, dōu xǐhuan xiān lái wèn wǒ.

I'm the youngest person in the company, but whenever anyone's computer has a problem, they all like to come ask me first.