外地来的商人The Businessman

New words

• 商人shāngrén — businessman, merchant
• 外地wàidì — other parts of the country, out of town
• 目标mùbiāo — goal, target
• 解决jiějué — to solve
• 困难kùnnan — difficulty; difficult

The story

张经理：今天的客人很重要。他是从外地来的大商人。Today's visitor is very important. He's a big businessman from out of town.

小周：外地来的？我也是从外地来的！From out of town? I'm from out of town too!

小林：小周，你是实习生，他是商人。不一样。Xiaozhou, you're an intern, he's a businessman. Not the same.

商人：你们好。我先看看报纸。你们说，我听。Hello. I'll just read my paper first. You talk, I'll listen.

小周：您好！这是我打印的产品说明，一共五十页！Hello! Here's the product manual I printed for you. Fifty pages in all!

商人：不用了。我在看体育新闻：那场球又打平了。No need. I'm reading the sports news: that match was a draw again.

大卫：这个商人的声音，我好像在哪儿听过……This businessman's voice... I feel like I've heard it somewhere...

商人：我在外地有一百个宠物店。我的目标是：明年卖一万个聪明碗。I have a hundred pet shops out of town. My goal: to sell ten thousand Smart Bowls next year.

Opening the lesson…