年会The Annual Meeting

New words

• 季度jìdù — quarter (of a year)
• 收益shōuyì — earnings, profit
• 趋势qūshì — trend
• 破产pòchǎn — to go bankrupt
• 表扬biǎoyáng — to praise

The story

小雨：欢迎大家！这是包子有限公司第一次年会。Welcome, everyone! This is the first annual meeting of Baozi Ltd.

钱律师：我今天是客人。你们看，我的表没开。I'm a guest today. Look, my watch isn't running.

大卫：真的？今天不要钱？Really? No charge today?

钱律师：这个问题，五十块。That question is fifty yuan.

小雨：下面说收益。第一季度，公司刚开始，收益很少。Next, earnings. In the first quarter the company had only just started, so earnings were small.

金总：趋势呢？And the trend?

小雨：第二季度，趋势很不好。四月，我们差点儿破产。In the second quarter, the trend was very bad. In April we nearly went bankrupt.

大卫：差点儿破产？！你怎么不告诉我？Nearly bankrupt?! Why didn't you tell me?

Opening the lesson…