Lesson Twenty-seven A
What are the required conditions
Basic expressions
Before 1980s jobs were allocated to university graduates by the Chinese government. Since the education reforms in the 1990s, university graduates can choose the jobs that they like and companies can select employees without the interference from the government. Nowadays it is common for a manager of a company to ask a university to recommend their graduates. Let’s learn the new words for today’s dialogue.
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jīnglǐ |
经 理 |
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manager |
manage manage |
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zhǔrèn |
主 任 |
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director, head |
main official |
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3. |
xì |
系 |
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faculty |
faculty |
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bìyè shēng |
毕业 生 |
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graduates |
to graduate student |
The character shēng 生can be placed after another word to form noun as in,
xué 学 to study + shēng 生 = xuéshēng 学生 student: a person who studies
nán 男 male + shēng 生 = nánshēng 男生 a male student
bìyè 毕业 to graduate + shēng 生 = bìyèshēng 毕业生 a graduated student
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gōngsī |
公 司 |
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company |
public department |
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zhāo |
招 |
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recruit |
recruit |
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míng |
名 |
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[MW for members of organizations or institutions] |
MING |
wŭ míng xuéshēng 五名学生5 students
liăng míng jīnglĭ 两名经理 2 managers
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mìshū |
秘 书 |
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secretary |
secret book |
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tuījiàn |
推 荐 |
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recommend |
push recommend |
wŏ gĕi nĭ tuījiàn yì míng mìshū
a. 我 给 你 推荐 一名 秘书。
I for you recommend a MING secretary
I’ll recommend you a secretary.
tā shi shéi tuījiàn de
b. 他 是 谁 推荐 的？
he is who recommend DE
Who recommended him?
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yāoqiú |
要 求 |
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require, request, requirement |
demand beg |
zhè shi tā de yāoqiú
a. 这 是 他 的 要求。
this is his request
This is his request.
lăoshī yāoqiú xuésheng nŭlì xuéxí
b. 老师 要求 学生 努力 学习。
teacher requires students hard study
The teacher asked the students to study hard.
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xìn |
信 |
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letter |
letter |
nĭ de xìn hĕn duō
a. 你 的 信 很 多。
your letters very many
You have very many letters
tā cháng gĕi shéi xiĕ xìn
b. 她 常 给 谁 写 信？
she often to whom writes letters
Who does she often write to?
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xìn |
信 |
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believe, trust |
believe |
nĭ bú xìn wŏ xìn
a. 你 不 信， 我 信。
you not believe I believe
You don’t believe, but I do.
wŏ xìn tā shuō de huà
b. 我 信 他 说 的 话。
I trust he said DE speech
I believe what he said.
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shuōhuà |
说 话 |
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speak |
speak speech |
tā shuō le hĕn duō huà
a. 他 说 了 很 多 话。
he speak LE very much speech
He talked a lot.
tā de huà hĕn zhòngyào
b. 她 的 话 很 重 要。
her DE speech very important
What she said is very important.
zhāng xiānsheng bù xiăng shuō huà
c. 张 先生 不 想 说 话。
Zhang Mr. not intend speak speech
Mr. Zhang doesn’t want to speak anything.
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zhǎngxiàng |
长 相 |
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physical appearance, looks |
grow appearance |
nĭ érzi de zhǎngxiàng hĕn piàoliang
a. 你儿子 的 长相 很 漂亮。
your son DE appearance very handsome
Your son looks very handsome.
rúguŏ wàiyŭ hăo tāmen zhǎngxiàng hăo bu hăo wŏ dōu yào
b. 如果 外语 好，他们 长相 好 不 好 我 都 要。
if foreign language good their appearance good not good I all want
I don’t mind their appearance, as far as their foreign language is good.
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gèzi |
个 子 |
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height, build |
height/build |
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gāo |
高 |
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tall |
tall |
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ăi |
矮 |
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short |
short |
tā māma hĕn ăi tā bàba hĕn gāo
a. 他 妈妈 很 矮， 他 爸爸 很 高。
his mother very short his father very tall
His mother is very short and his father is very tall.
gāo gèzi shi tāngmŭ ăi gèzi shi bĭde
b. 高 个子 是 汤姆， 矮 个子 是 彼得。
tall build is Tom short build is Peter
The tall one is Tom, and the short one is Peter.
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dī |
低 |
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low |
low |
zhè ge lóu gāo nà ge lóu dī
a. 这 个 楼 高，那 个 楼 低。
this GE building tall that GE building low
This building is tall, that one is low.
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zhòngyào |
重 要 |
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important |
heavy important |
jīntiān de xīnwén hĕn zhòngyào nĭ yídìng yào tīng
a. 今天 的 新闻 很 重要， 你 一定 要 听。
today DE news very important you certainly want listen
Today’s news is very important and you must listen to it.
hànyŭ shi zhòngyào de wàiyŭ nĭ yào nŭli xué hăo
b. 汉语 是 重 要 的 外语 ， 你 要 努力 学 好。
Chinese is important DE foreign language you want hard study well
Chinese is an important foreign language and you should make efforts to learn it well.
tā shuō de huà bu zhòngyào
c. 她 说 的 话 不 重要。
she said DE speech not important.
What she said was not important.
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rèqíng |
热 情 |
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friendly, enthusiastic |
hot emotion |
tāmen dōu hĕn rèqíng
a. 他们 都 很 热情。
they all very enthusiastic
They are all very enthusiastic.
tā duì nĭ rèqíng duì wŏ jiù bu rèqíng
b. 她 对 你 热情， 对 我 就 不 热情。
she to you friendly to me then not friendly
She is very warm to you, but not to me.
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kěkào |
可 靠 |
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reliable |
can lean against |
zhè ge rén fēicháng kěkào
a. 这 个 人 非常 可靠。
this GE person extremely reliable
This man is very reliable.
tā de huà bù kěkào nĭ bú yào xìn
b. 他 的 话 不 可靠, 你 不 要 信。
his speech not reliable you not want believe
What he said is not
reliable. Don’t believe it.
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dàiyù |
待 遇 |
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payment, treatment |
treat treat |
dàiyù hĕn gāo
a. 待遇 很 高。
payment very high
The payment is very high/good.
tāmen gĕi de dàiyù tài dī
b. 他们 给 的 待遇 太 低 。
they give DE payment too low
The payment they offer is too low.
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…xīn |
…薪 |
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…salary |
…salry |
yuè 月 month + xīn 薪= yuèxīn 月薪 monthly salary
nián 年 year + xīn 薪 = niánxīn 年薪 annual payment
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bàituō |
拜 托 |
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it relies on you or sorry to trouble you |
respect trust |
This is a polite but slightly old fashioned expression. It is used to ask someone to do some thing for the speaker.