新部门A New Department

New words

• 成立chénglì — to set up, found
• 部门bùmén — department
• 领导lǐngdǎo — leader, boss; to lead
• 管理guǎnlǐ — to manage
• 科技kējì — science and technology, tech
• 作为zuòwéi — as (作为领导…)

The story

小雨：今天你回公司上班了。紧张吗？You're back at work today. Nervous?

大卫：有一点儿。张经理说，公司成立了一个新部门。A little. Manager Zhang says the company has set up a new department.

大卫：他只说：“作为老员工，你明天早一点儿来。”All he said was: "As one of our old hands, you'll come in a bit early tomorrow."

小雨：所以你昨天去理发了？So that's why you got a haircut yesterday?

大卫：包子，下来！你坐在我的包上了！Baozi, get down! You're sitting on my bag!

包子：喵。Meow.

小雨：你看，你连一只猫都管理不了。See? You can't even manage one cat.

汤圆：啊啊！Ah-ah!

Opening the lesson…