进展怎么样？Any Progress?

New words

• 进展jìnzhǎn — progress
• 报告bàogào — report; to report
• 邮件yóujiàn — mail, email
• 处理chǔlǐ — to handle, deal with
• 调整tiáozhěng — to adjust
• 意外yìwài — unexpected; accident

The story

张经理：部门成立两个月了。从今天起，你们每天给我写一个报告。The department was set up two months ago. From today, you'll write me a report every day.

大卫：报告什么？A report on what?

张经理：报告机器人的进展。每天五点以前，发邮件给我。On the robot's progress. Email it to me before five o'clock every day.

张经理：下个星期，公司要公开宣布这个产品。还要请春晚的龙来！Next week, the company is going to announce this product publicly. And we're inviting the dragon from the gala!

小林：张经理，我们两个办公室之间只有几米……Manager Zhang, our two offices are only a few metres apart...

张经理：我喜欢邮件。邮件很正式。I like email. Email is formal.

张经理：在邮件里，问题能表达得更清楚。In an email, problems can be expressed more clearly.

小雨：半夜了，你还在写什么？It's the middle of the night. What are you still writing?

Opening the lesson…