新同事New Colleagues

New words

• 同事tóngshì — colleague
• 办公室bàngōngshì — office
• 聊天liáotiān — to chat
• 咱们zánmen — we, us (incl. you)
• 姓xìng — surname; to be surnamed
• 总是zǒngshì — always
• 员工yuángōng — staff, employee

The story

小林：你就是新同事大卫吧？你好你好！我是小林！You must be our new colleague David! Hi, hi! I'm Xiaolin!

大卫：你好！你……姓林？Hi! Your... surname is Lin?

小林：对！我姓林，大家都叫我小林。你姓什么？Yes! My surname is Lin, everyone calls me Xiaolin. What's your surname?

大卫：我姓……美国人的姓跟中国人的不同，很长。你叫我大卫吧。My surname is... American surnames are different from Chinese ones — they're long. Just call me David.

小林：大卫？那你姓大吗？我叫你小大吧！David? So your surname is Da? I'll call you Little Da!

大卫：我这么高，你叫我“小大”？I'm this tall and you call me "Little Big"?

小林：来，我带你看看咱们的办公室！Come on, I'll show you around our office!

小林：那是张经理的办公室。他总是一个人在里边。That's Manager Zhang's office. He's always in there by himself.

Opening the lesson…