第一笔钱The First Profit

New words

• 回报huíbào — return, payback
• 财富cáifù — wealth
• 资源zīyuán — resources
• 发挥fāhuī — to bring into play (发挥作用)
• 充分chōngfèn — full, fully
• 整体zhěngtǐ — the whole; overall

The story

小雨：一个多月了。今天我组织一个会，看看公司赚了多少。A month and a bit. Today I've organised a meeting to see how much the company has made.

小周：我打印了三份。I've printed three copies.

小雨：整体来看，公司不错。Looking at the whole, the company's doing well.

大卫：太好了！Great!

小雨：我说的是整体。单独看我丈夫，不太好。I said the whole. Looking at my husband alone, not so good.

小雨：每个人都发挥了作用。小周发挥了技术，小林发挥了手机。Everyone has played a part. Xiaozhou put his technology to use, and Xiaolin her phone.

小黄：我十八岁！I'm eighteen!

小雨：小黄也发挥了作用。Xiaohuang has played a part too.

Opening the lesson…