开会The Meeting

New words

• 开会kāihuì — to have a meeting
• 产品chǎnpǐn — product
• 讨论tǎolùn — to discuss
• 主意zhǔyi — idea
• 同意tóngyì — to agree
• 主要zhǔyào — main; mainly

The story

张经理：九点了。咱们开会。It's nine. Let's start the meeting.

小林：大卫，这是你第一次开会吧？别紧张！David, this is your first meeting, right? Don't be nervous!

大卫：对。我的简历上，开会经验：零。Yep. On my résumé, meeting experience: zero.

张经理：去年咱们公司的成绩不够好。今年必须提高！Last year our company's results weren't good enough. This year they must improve!

张经理：今天咱们讨论一个新产品：一种新的猫饭。Today we're discussing a new product: a new kind of cat food.

张经理：今天主要讨论两个问题。第一，这个产品叫什么名字？Today we're mainly discussing two questions. One: what do we call this product?

张经理：第二，也是最主要的问题：猫最想吃什么？Two, and this is the main question: what do cats most want to eat?

张经理：先讨论名字。谁有主意？Names first. Who has an idea?

Opening the lesson…