1. S
shāng wù hàn yǔ
Business Chinese

2. S Flight
S hotel
S formal meeting
S agenda
S negotiation
S company visit

3. Flight
S 头等舱：tóu děng cāng
S First class
S 例句：一张去纽约的头等舱机票。
S eg: A first class ticket to New York

4. S 商务舱：shāng wù cāng
S Business class
S 例句：一张去澳门的商务舱机票。
S eg: A business class ticket to Macau

5. S 经济舱：jīng jì cāng
S Economic class
S 例句：一张去芝加哥的经济舱机票。
S eg: An economic class ticket to Chicago

6. S dān chéng piào single ticket/ one-way ticket
S wǎng fǎn piào round ticket

7. S nǐ shen me shí hòu dào běi jīng ？ When will you arrive at
Beijing?
S nǐ shen me shí hòu qù dōng jīng ？ When will you go to
Tokyo?
S nǐ shen me shí hòu lái nán jīng ？ When you will come to
Nanjing?

8. S nǐ de fēi jī shí me shí hòu dào xiāng gǎng ？When will
your flight arrives at Hongkong?
S nǐ de huǒ chē shí me shí hòu dào běi jīng ？When will
your train arrive at Beijing?
S nǐ de dòng chē /gāo tiě shí me shí hòu kāi ？When will
your high speed D-train/ G-train set off?

9. cóng ……qǐ fēi fly from…
cóng ……chū fā set off from…
wǒ de fēi jī cóng fèi chéng qǐ fēi 。 My plane takes off from
Philadelphia.
wǒ de huǒ chē cóng shàng hǎi chū fā 。My train leaves from
Shanghai.
wǒ de fēi jī cóng xī ní qǐ fēi 。My plane takes off from Sydney.
wǒ chéng de shì cóng luò shān jī zhí dá xiāng gǎng de fēi jī
/háng bān 。My flight is a non-stop one from Los Angeles to
Hongkong.
zhí fēi háng bān /zhí dá háng bān non-stop flight

10. zài ……zhuǎn jī transfer in…
S wǒ de fēi jī zài bō shì dùn zhuǎn jī 。My flight transfers in
Boston.
S My flight takes off from Shanghai, then transfers in
Chicago, and then transfers in Philadelphia, and finally
arrives at New York at 7:15 p.m.

11. S wǒ de háng bān /fēi jī míng tiān zǎo shàng jiǔ diǎn dào
dá běi jīng shǒu dōu jī chǎng 。
S My flight arrives at Beijing Capital Airport at 9:00 a.m.
tomorrow.
S Practice: Her flight sets off from London Heathrow Airport
at 4:45 p.m. the day after tomorrow.

12. jiāng zài ……nèi qǐ fēi
…shall take off in a period of
time
S fēi jī jiāng zài yī gè xiǎo shí nèi qǐ fēi 。The plane shall
take off in one hour.
S huǒ chē jiāng zài èr shí fèn zhōng nèi chū fā 。The train
shall set off in 20 minutes
S Practice:
S We shall set off in half an hour.
S Her flight arrives at Beijing in 20 minutes.

13. ……hòu V
V happens after…(a period of
time)…
S 我们半个小时后出发。We will set out half an hour later.
S 他们几个月后到达了弗吉尼亚。They reached Virginia
months later.
S Practice:
S He graduated from Wharton Business School two years
later.

14. nǐ yūn jī ma ？Do you have
airsickeness?
S nǐ yūn chuán ma ？ Are you a bad sailor?/Do you have
sea-sickeness?
S yūn jī yào medication for air-sickness
S yūn chuán yào medication for sea-sickness

15. qǐng wèn nín dài ……le ma ？
Do you bring…?
S jī piào flight ticket
S hù zhào passport
S xíng lǐ baggage
S xiāng zǐ box
S bāo bag
S qiān zhèng visa

16. S tuō yùn xing lǐ check luggage
S suí shēn xié dài carry on (belongings)
S tuō yùn de xíng lǐ checked luggage
S suí shēn xié dài de xíng lǐ carried-on belongings

17. S dēng jī board (v.)
S dēng jī kǒu boarding gate
S XXhào dēng jī kǒu No. X boarding gate
S dēng jī pái boarding pass

18. zhù nǐ yī lù shùn fēng ！
Bon Voyage!
S dào le gěi wǒ fā gè xìn xī 。Send me a text when you
arrive.
S dào le gěi wǒ dǎ gè diàn huà 。Give me a call when you
arrive.
S dào le gěi wǒ fā fēng yóu jiàn 。Send me an e-mail when
you arrive.
S dào le bào gè píng ān 。Inform me if you arrive
peacefully.

19. Business Chinese 2

20. Sb arrives. …dào le 。
S gǔ gē gōng sī de wáng jīng lǐ dào le 。 Manager Wang
from Google arrives.
S yì dà lì dài biǎo tuán dào le 。 Italian delegation arrives.

21. Positions zhí wèi
S Company’s name (gong si) +de + position
S tài píng yáng gōng sī de zǒng jīng lǐ general manager from
Pacific compnay
S wò ěr mǎ chāo shì de xiāo shòu yuán Salesman from Walmut
S KPMGgōng sī de kuài jì accountant from KPMG
S mó gēn sī tǎn lì gōng sī de jīn róng fèn xī yuán financial
analyst from Morgan Stanley

22. S běi jīng jiā lè fú chāo shì de fù zǒng jīng lǐ Vice general
manager from Beijing Carrefour Supermarket
S xiāng gǎng dí shì ní lè yuán de gōng guān jīng lǐ Public
Relation Manager from Hongkong Disney Land
S hé píng wài mào gōng sī de rén shì bù mì shū Human
Resource Secretary from Peace Foreign Trade Company

23. S jiē jī pick sb up from the airport
S guì bīn shì VIP room
S xiān huā flower

24. S huān yíng nǐ lái …… Welcome to… (say to one person)
S huān yíng nǐ men lái ……Welcome to…(say to more than one
person)
S lǚ tú xīn kǔ le ！
S háng bān hái shùn lì ma ？Is everything OK in your flight?
S lǚ tú hái shùn lì ma ？ Do you have a nice flight?
S ràng nǐ men jiǔ děng le 。 Sorry for keeping you waiting.

25. S zhè shì ……gōng sī de …… This
is…(position )from…(company)
S hěn gāo xìng zài ……jiàn dào nǐ ！ Nice to meet you in…
S yě xǔ nǐ men hái bú rèn shí 。 Maybe you don’t know each
other.
S wǒ néng xiàng nín jiè shào yī xià ……ma ？Can I introduce
sb to you?

26. Nice to meet you!
S hěn gāo xìng rèn shí nín ！
S rèn shí nǐ hěn gāo xìng ！

27. S zǎo jiù tīng shuō guò nín lā ! I have heard about you long
time ago!
S jiǔ yǎng jiǔ yǎng ！ Have heard a lot about you before(a
way to show respect)!
S nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ ！ I feel flattered.
S zhè shì wǒ de míng piàn ！This is my business card.
S xī wàng nín zài ……guò de yú kuài ！Wish you a happy
stay in…!
S Practice:
S Philadelphia, Nanjing, Beijing,

28. S wǒ men zhè cì lái ，zhǔ yào shì xiǎng ……
S We mainly want to…during this trip.
S kǎo chá yī xià gōng chǎng see the factory
S cān guān yī xià gōng sī see the company
S tán pàn negotiate
S liǎo jiě yī xià nǐ men gōng sī learn about your company

29. S kǎo chá tóu zī huán jìng see the investment environment
S zuò chéng jǐ bǐ shēng yì make several deals done
S duō rèn shí yī xiē shāng yè shàng de péng yǒu know
more business friends

30. Key Words
S tóu zī invest (v)
S tóu zī nǐ men gōng sī invest your company
S tóu zī 500wàn měi yuán invest 5 million dollars
S tóu zī gōng yè invest industry
S tóu zī nóng yè invest agriculture
S tóu zī fáng dì chǎn yè invest real estate

31. S ā fán dá zhè bù diàn yǐng gòng tóu zī 5yì měi yuán 。
S Film Avantar had an investment of 0.5 billion in total.
S Our company plans to invest 4.5 billion in this project.

32. References to ladies
S There are different references for women with different
background, jobs and ages.
S For those professional women with high education background,
we call them “职业女性”， “知识女性”
S For those ladies whose husband is a soldier or works for the
army, we call them 军嫂。
S For those ladies with strong working ability, we call them 女强人。

33. Business Chinese 3

34. S Andrew: xiāng gǎng tài píng yáng duì wài mào yì gōng sī
zǒng jīng lǐ
S General Manger of HK Pacific Foreign Trade
Company
S Carol：wò ěr mǎ yà tài dì qū fù zǒng cái
S Vice President of Walmut in Asia-Pacific Area

35. S C：zǎo shàng hǎo ，zěn me yàng ，lái xiāng gǎng de dì yī wǎn shuì
dé hǎo ma ？
S Good morning. Do you sleep well in your first night in Hongkong?
S A：zǎo shàng hǎo ，Carol。wǒ shuì dé bú tài hǎo ，nǐ ne ？
S Good Morning Carol, I didn’t sleep very well. How about you?
S C：wéi shí me ne ？shì yīn wéi jiǔ diàn zhì liàng bú hǎo ma ？
S Why? Is it because of the hotel?
S A：bú shì de ，shì yīn wéi shí chà 。wǒ hái zài shì yīng shí chà /wǒ hái
zài dǎo shí chà 。
S No. it is because of time jet lag. I am still adjusting to it.

36. S C: xiāng gǎng hé luò shān jī xiàng chà duō shǎo gè xiǎo shí ？
S What’s the time difference between Hong Kong and Los Angeles?
S A：hǎo xiàng shì 16gè xiǎo shí 。xiāng gǎng xiàn zài shì shàng
wǔ 7diǎn ，ér luò shān jī hái shì zuó tiān xià wǔ 3diǎn 。
S Seems 16 hours. Hong Kong is 7:00 a.m. now and Los Angeles is
still in yesterday’s 3:00 p.m.
S C: xiǎng bú xiǎng qù hē bēi kā fēi ？shùn biàn liáo liáo wǒ men de
shāng yè jì huá ？
S Do you want to have a cup of coffee and talk about our business
plan?

37. S A:En ！wǒ men kě yǐ yī biān chī zǎo diǎn /zǎo fàn ，yī
biān tán 。
S En! We can talk it over our breakfast.
S C: zhèng hé wǒ yì 。
S That’s exactly what I am thinking now./Couldn’t agree
more.

38. In the cafe
A:rú guǒ nín xiàn zài fāng biàn de huà ，wǒ xiǎng xiàn zài tǎo lùn yī xià
zán men de tán pàn rì chéng 。
If it is convenient to you, I want to discuss our agenda.
C:hǎo ya ，méi wèn tí 。 OK, no problem.
A: rú guǒ nín yǒu shí me yì jiàn de huà ，wǒ men hái kě yǐ duì rì chéng
shāo jiā xiū gǎi 。
If you are not satisfied with it, we can edit on it.
C:wǒ men néng zhǎo míng fān yì ma ？zhè yàng gōu tōng gèng yǒu
xiào ，yě gèng zhuān yè 。
Can we find a translator? It will be more effective and professional.
A:wǒ men gōng sī yǐ jīng ān pái le fān yì ，fàng xīn ba 。
Our company has already arranged a translator. Don’t worry.

39. S rì chéng ān pái agenda
S shāng liàng yī xià rì chéng ān pái discuss
S bú zhī dào nín yǒu shí me ān pái ？ May I know what is your
agenda?
S bú zhī dào nín mù qián yǒu shí me ān pái ？May I know what is
your agenda so far?
S wǒ kàn yī xià /chá yī xià wǒ de rì chéng ān pái 。Let me check
my agenda.

40. S wǒ chá yī xià diàn zǐ yóu jiàn 。 Let me check my emails.

41. rì chéng ān pái
agenda
S zǎo shàng 9:00 hé ……gōng sī dài biǎo tuán chī zǎo fàn have breakfast
with…delegation.
S zǎo shàng 10：00 dài ……dài biǎo tuán cān guān gōng sī
show…delegation around in the company
S zǎo shàng 10：30 hé xīn yuán gōng jiāo liú communicate with new
employees
S zhōng wǔ 11：30 hé kè hù chī fàn have lunch with clients
S xià wǔ 1：00 xiū xī rest
S xià wǔ 1：30 péi xùn xīn yuán gōng new employees training
S xià wǔ 2：20 gěi kè hù dǎ diàn huà call clients

42. S xià wǔ 3：00 xiàng jīng lǐ huì bào debrief to manager
S xià wǔ 3：30 hé hé yīng guó zǒng gōng sī dài biǎo jìn háng diàn
huà huì yì have telephone conference with British headquarter
representative
S xià wǔ 4：00 xià wǔ chá afternoon tea time
S xià wǔ 4：25 hé kè hù tán pàn negotiate with clients
S xià wǔ 6：00 jiā bān work overtime
S xià wǔ 7：00 huí jiā xiū xī go home

43. S wǒ men huì zài tái wān dāi jǐ tiān 。 We will spend several days
in Taiwan.
S wǒ men fǎng wèn wán tái wān hòu ，hái yào qù fǎng wèn běi
jīng 。 We also need to visit Beijing after our visit in Taiwan.
S wǒ men zài chéng dōu zhī dāi sān tiān 。 We only spend three
days in Chengdu.
S fǎng wèn de rì qī dìng le ma ？ Is the visit date settled?
S huì yì de rì qī dìng le ma ？Is the conference date settled?
S miàn shì de shí jiān dìng le ma ？ Is the interview time settled?

44. Business Chinese 4
qǐng nín cān jiā ！
You are invited!

45. S No business activities can be completed without the
cooperation and participation of company members. This
helps them to expand their business and achieve
success. How do you invite other people to a social event
in Chinese?

46. S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：zhāng xiān shēng nǐ hǎo ! wǒ xiǎng yāo qǐng nín cān jiā
wǒ men de ……huó dòng 。
S Miss Li: Hello Mr. Zhang. I want to invite you to our …
S (gōng sī nián huì annual dinner /jī wěi jiǔ wǎn huì cocktail
banquet/qìng zhù huó dòng celebration event)
S zhāng xiān shēng ：lǐ xiǎo jiě nǐ hǎo ！qǐng wèn shí me shí hòu ？
S Mr. Zhang: Hello, Miss Li. When is it?
S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：xià gè yuè 18hào ，bú zhī dào nín yǒu kōng cān jiā ma ？
S Miss Li: 18th in next month. May I know if you are free to attend?

47. S zhāng xiān shēng ：wǒ chá kàn yī xià wǒ nà gè shí hòu de rì chéng ，
qǐng děng děng 。ò ！yīng gāi kě yǐ ba ！
S Mr. Zhang: Let me check my agenda at that time. Please wait. Oh, I
should think so.
S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：nín shì wǒ men de zhòng yào kè hù ，wǒ men fēi cháng xī
wàng nín néng chū xí ！
S Miss Li: you are our important customer. We really hope you can come!
S zhāng xiān shēng ：nǐ zài gěi wǒ mì shū dǎ gè diàn huà ，gào sù tā
ràng tā bǎ ……pái shàng rì chéng 。
S Mr. Zhang: Call my secretary and ask her to put it into my calendar.
S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：qǐng wèn tā de diàn huà shì duō shǎo ？
S Miss Li: What is her telephone number, please?

48. S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：nà shuō hǎo le ，nín yī dìng yào lái ya ！
S Miss Li: Promise? Be sure to come!
S zhāng xiān shēng ：fàng xīn ba ，wǒ yī dìng huì qù de 。
S Mr. Zhang: don’t worry. I will go definitely.
S lǐ xiǎo jiě ：wǒ mǎ shàng gěi nín fā qǐng jiǎn 。
S Miss Li: I will send you the invitation right away.

49. How we say…?
S I will consider about it!
S I am afraid that I can’t go.
S In Chinese culture where modesty is highly valued, direct
expression is seldom used in person-to-person
communication.

50. Scenario two
S wáng jīng lǐ ：nǐ hǎo ，Kas，zuì jìn guò de zěn me yàng ？
S Manager Wang: Hello, Kas, how is going recently?
S Kas：wáng jīng lǐ ，nǐ hǎo ！wǒ hái bú cuò 。
S Kas: Hi Manager Wang, I am fine.
S wáng jīng lǐ ： nà hǎo 。míng tiān shàng wǔ wǒ men jì shù bù kāi
huì ，tǎo lùn xīn chǎn pǐn de shè jì hé shì chǎng xiāo shòu fāng àn 。
xī wàng nǐ néng lái cān jiā 。
S Manager Wang: Alright. We are having a meeting at the Tech
Department tomorrow morning to discuss the design of our new
product and its marketing program/ We hope you will be able to
come.

51. S Kas: jì shù bù ？kě shì wǒ shì zuò jīn róng fèn xī de ya ！zhè yǒu guān xì
ma ？
S Kas: Tech Depart? But my field is financial analysis. Is it related?
S wáng jīng lǐ ：wǒ men xī wàng tīng tīng nǐ de yì jiàn ！
S Manager Wang: We would like to have your opinion!
S Kas： Alright, when and where? (translate)
S wáng jīng lǐ ：9：30 a.m. tomorrow in conference room101. (translate)
S Kas: xiè xiè nǐ de yāo qǐng ，wǒ yī dìng qù ！

52. S xī wàng nín néng cān jiā ！ We hope you can come!
S Sb jiāng zài …（time）jǔ bàn …（event）…！ Sb will hold
…(event) …in …(time)
S wǒ men xī wàng tīng tīng nǐ de yì jiàn 。 We would like to have
your opinions.
S wǒ gěi nín fā le qǐng jiǎn 。 I have sent you invitation.
S qǐng nín yī dìng lái ！ Please make sure to come!
S qǐng nín yī dìng chū xí ! Please make sure to be at present.

53. S wǒ kǎo lǜ yī xià ba 。 I will consider about it.
S wǒ kàn kàn wǒ de rì chéng ān pái 。 Let me check my
calendar/agenda/

54. Business Chinese 5
qǐng xiào nà ！
Please kindly accept this small gift!
S The exchange of gifts as a symbol of friendship, is an
important part of business activities, especially in oriental
culture. What Chinese expressions can you use to sound
suitably elegant and appropriate to the occasion both as
gift sender and receiver?

55. S Kas: liú zǒng ，xiè xiè nín cān jiā wǒ men de huó dòng ！
S Kas: President Liu, thank you for attending our event！
S President Liu: nǐ men de huó dòng bàn de hěn chéng gōng ！
S P: Your event is jolly successful.
S Kas：guò jiǎng le ！zhè shì wǒ men gōng sī zhǔn bèi de yī fèn
xiǎo lǐ wù ，qǐng nín shōu xià ！/qǐng nín xiào nà ！
S K: I feel flattered. There are some small gifts from our company.
Please kindly accept them.

56. S President Liu: zhè tài bú hǎo yì sī le ！wǒ zěn me hǎo yì sī shōu ？
S P: Thank you so much! I cannot accept them(just polite
expression even if you indeed want to take them).
S Kas: zhè zhī shì yī diǎn xiǎo xiǎo de xīn yì ，bú chéng jìng yì ，
qǐng xiào nà ba ！
S K: they are just a few small gifts that can hardly express our
sincere thanks. Please kindly accept them.

57. S President Liu：nǐ men tài kè qì le ！
S P: How nice of you!
S Kas：xī wàng yǐ hòu wǒ men néng gèng hǎo de hé zuò ！
S K: I hope we can have even better cooperation in future!

58. President Chen and Kas
S President Chen: Kas. zhè cì lái zhōng guó xīn kǔ nǐ le ！shí
jiān guò dé zhēn kuài ，míng tiān nǐ jiù yào huí guó le ！
S P: Kas, you have done a great job while you are in China. How
time flies and you are leaving tomorrow.
S Kas:shì ā ，míng tiān wǒ jiù yào zǒu le ，suī rán wǒ zài zhōng
guó hěn máng ，dàn shì wǒ guò de hěn yú kuài ！
S K: Yeah, I am leaving tomorrow. Although I was very busy in
China, I had a really good time!

59. S Presideng Chen:duō kuī le nǐ de gōng zuò ，nǐ wéi wǒ men
jiě jué le hěn duō wèn tí ！gěi le wǒ men hěn dà de bāng
zhù ，xiè xiè ！
S P: Thanks for your work. You helped us solved many
problems and gave us great support. Thanks!
S Kas: nín guò jiǎng le ！zhè shì wǒ yīng gāi yīng gāi zuò de 。
S K: I feel flattered! That’s what I have come here for.

60. S President Chen:wéi le xiàng nǐ biǎo shì gǎn xiè ，wǒ dài
biǎo wǒ men gōng sī xiàng nǐ zèng sòng yī diǎn jì niàn
pǐn ，qǐng shōu xià ！
S P: In order to express our gratitude, I, on behalf of our
company, present you with this souvenir. Please kindly
accept it!

61. S Kas：ò ，hái yǒu lǐ wù ？chén zǒng ，tài xiè xiè le ！
S Kas: Oh, a present? President Chen, thank you so much!
S President Chen：xī wàng bú jiǔ yǐ hòu wǒ men hái néng
jiàn miàn ！bǎo chí lián xì ！
S President Chen: I hope we will be able to meet again!
Keep in touch！

62. Key sentences.
S wéi le ……+ V
S In order to…
S xiàng …Sb …biǎo shì …… express……to sb.
S wǒ dài biǎo …… I, on behalf of...,
S xiàng to…
S xiàng nǐ biǎo dá xiè yì 。 Express thanks to you!

63. S …Sb…jiù yào …（V）le sb is about to do…
S nǐ míng tiān jiù yào zǒu le 。 You are leaving tomorrow.
S huì yì jiù yào kāi shǐ le 。 The meeting is about to begin.
S chūn tiān mǎ shàng jiù yào lái le 。 Spring is coming
soon.

64. S yī diǎn ér lǐ wù some small gifts.
S xiǎo xiǎo lǐ wù ，bú chéng jìng yì 。There are just small gifts
that cannot express our great gratitude to you.
S nǐ men tài kè qì le ！ You are so nice!
S wǒ zěn me hǎo yì sī shōu ？ (Literally means how do I have the
face to accept it?)
S Sb zěn me hǎo yì sī V… How does sb have the face to do…?

65. Please kindly accept it!
S qǐng （nín ）shōu xià （ba ）！
S qǐng （nín ）xiào nà （ba ）！

66. zhēn shì xīn kǔ nǐ le ！
Expression used to express your gratitude
after sb has done his job or given help to
you.

67. S bǎo chí lián xì ！ Keep in touch!
S nín guò jiǎng le ！ nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ ！ I feel flattered
S duō kuī le ….! Thanks to …!

68. Business Chinese 6
It’s on me! (It’s my treat)
wǒ lái mǎi dān ！
S When you eat out with friends, who pays the bill? We are
going to learn some useful expressions on this topic.

69. S “Chinese people are well known for their hospitality.
When they dine out, they always vie with one another to
pay the bill. They considered it a way to express their
generosity and friendliness. Paying the bill gives them
face. But do remember to pay the bill next time if a friend
has paid for your mean last time. Please Chinese people
also have high regard for “reciprocal courtesy ”. But now,
an increasing number of people (especially young people)
prefer to go Dutch. ” (Shangwu Hanyu Tigao)

70. S AAzhì Go Dutch
S lún liú mǎi dān pay by turns
S wǒ qǐng kè I will pay for it./ It is my treat.
S wǒ lái mǎi dān 。 I will pay for it.

71. S Manager Li：chī hǎo /wán le ma ？Kas？
S M: Are you done, Kas?
S Kas：chī hǎo /wán le ！
S K: I am done!
S Manager Li： xiǎo jiě ！mǎi dān ！
S M: Miss, the bill, please.
S Kas：wǒ lái ba ！Please let me pay.
S Manager Li：zhè zěn me háng ？shuō hǎo le wǒ qǐng kè ！
ér qiě ，nín shì kè rén ，zěn me hǎo yì sī ràng nín fù qián ？
S M: No. I promised it’s my treat. Besides, you are guest, how can I let you
pay?

72. S Kas：nín tài kè qì le ！hái shì ràng wǒ lái ba !
S K: You are so kind but I insist that it should be on me.
S Manager Li: āi ya ，Kas，bié zhēng le ！nǎ néng ràng nín pò fèi ？bú háng bú háng ！
S M: Aiya! Kas, don’t argue with me. I can’t let you pay, no no!
S Kas： hǎo ba ！zhēn shì ràng nín pò fèi le ！xiè xiè nín de kuǎn dài ！
S K: Ok, thanks for your hospitality!
S Manager Li： bú yòng kè qì ！
S M: you are welcome!

73. Lily, Rebecca and Betty just
finished their lunch in White
Dog Restaurant

74. S Lucy: jīn tiān de cài dōu hěn hǎo chī ！yóu qí shì zhè gè cài (pointing to
an empty plate)!
S L: all those dishes were yummy, especially this one(pointing to an
empty plate).
S Rebecca: zhè shì zhè jiā cān guǎn de tè sè cài ，dāng rán hǎo chī lā !
S R: This one is the specialty dish of the restaurant. Of course it is tasty.
S Betty： fú wù yuán ，jié zhàng ！ B: Waiter, check, please.
S Lucy and Rebecca: wǒ lái jié zhàng ba 。L and R: Please let me pay.
S B: dōu bié kè qì ，jīn tiān wǒ qǐng kè 。(All of you) don’t argue. It’s my
treat today.

75. S L:zěn me néng zǒng ràng nǐ mǎi dān ？shàng cì jiù shì nǐ fù de 。
S L: It’s unfair that always pay for our meals. You did so last time.
S R: nà yǒu shí me ？jīn tiān de cài dōu shì wǒ ài chī de ，yīng gāi ràng
wǒ fù 。
S R: so what? All the dishes today were my favorites, I should pay.
S Others: wǒ lái ，wǒ lái ！Others: let me pay!
S R:dōu bié zhēng le ，jīn tiān wǒ fù 。cóng míng tiān kāi shǐ ，wǒ men
AAzhì ba ，shěng de zhēng lái zhēng qù ，hǎo bú hǎo ？
S R: (all of you) stop arguing, I will pay today. From tomorrow, let’s go
Dutch so that we don’t need to argue over and over, alright?
S Others: háng ！Others: OK!

76. Key Sentences Patterns
S chī hǎo le ma ？ Are you done (in restaurant)?
S nòng hǎo le ma ？Have you fixed it?
S mǎi hǎo le ma ？Have you bought?

77. S zěn me néng ràng sb V ?= bú néng ràng Sb V
S zěn me néng V is used to form a rhetorical question to express
that sb cannot let sb do sth.
S wǒ zěn me néng ràng nǐ fù qián ？=wǒ bú néng ràng nǐ fù qián
S tā zěn me néng ràng yī gè xiǎo nǚ hái qù ？=tā bú néng ràng yī
gè xiǎo nǚ hái qù
S nǐ yāo qǐng wǒ ，wǒ zěn me néng bú lái ？=nǐ yāo qǐng wǒ ，
wǒ bú néng bú lái 。

78. S zǒng ràng Sb V
S Always keep sb doing…
S tā zǒng ràng tā bà bà sòng tā shàng xué 。 She always
keeps her father sending her to school.
S lǎo shī zǒng ràng xué shēng xiě hěn duō zuò yè 。
Teachers always keep students doing a lot of homework.

79. S shěng de V
S Avoid doing… (usually don’t put sb in front of it)
S wǒ men AAzhì ba ，shěng de chǎo jià 。 Let’s go Dutch
to avoid arguing.
S wǒ zì jǐ lái zuò zhè jiàn shì qíng ba ，shěng de má fán bié
rén 。
S I will do it myself to avoid troubling others.

80. V +lái + V qù
the two verbs are identical, this pattern
indicates a repeated action
S zhēng lái zhēng qù argue over and over
S pǎo lái pǎo qù run over and over/run back and forth
S chǎo lái chǎo qù quarrel over and over
S zǒu lái zǒu qù walk over and over / walk back and forth
S xuǎn lái xuǎn qù choose over and over

81. dōu +V
（to more than one person）
do…(a imperative command)
S dōu zǒu ba ！ (all of you) Go away.
S dōu lí kāi 。 （all of you）Leave here.
S dōu zuò xià ！ （all of you） sit down.

82. dōu bié + V
(to more than one person) don’t …(a
negative imperative
command)
S dōu bié zhēng le ！ （all of you） stop arguing.
S dōu bié chī le ！（all of you）stop eating!
S dōu bié kàn le ！（all of you）stop watching!
S dōu bié xiào le ！（all of you） stop laughing!

83. Business Chinese 7
qǐng chǔ lǐ yī xià zhè xiē wén jiàn
Please have those documents
processed

84. Judith and Kas
S J: zhè shì gè gè bù mén shàng gè jì dù /yuè de gōng zuò zǒng jié 。
S These are the summary reports for the last quarter submitted by various
departments.
S K: fàng zài zhè ér ba 。wa ，zhè me duō ā ，nǐ xiān bāng wǒ chù lǐ yī xià
ba 。
S Put them here, please. Wa, so many! Will you have them processed for
me?
S J:nín de yì sī shì ……？ You mean?
S K: zhè xiē wén jiàn nǐ xiān kàn kàn ，zhǎo chū gè gè bù fèn zài shàng gè
jì dù de zhǔ yào wèn tí jí jìn bù ，zhěng lǐ yǐ hòu jiāo gěi wǒ 。
S You can go over those documents first and find out the major problems
and progress the departments had in the last quarter, and have them
sorted out before you hand them to me.
S J:nín shí me shí hòu yào ne ？ When do you need them?
S K: dà gài xià gè xīng qī yī ba 。 Around next Monday.

85. S J: nà wǒ xià zhōu yī zǎo shàng gěi nín ba ! I will hand them to
you next Monday morning.
S K: zuì hǎo （zài ）zhōu mò zhī qián gěi wǒ 。xīn kǔ nǐ le ！
S You had better give them to me by this weekends. Thank you!
S J: （leaving and muttering）kàn lái jīn tiān yòu yào jiā bān lā ！
S (leaving and muttering) I will have to work late into the night!

86. S K：Judith，nǐ shōu dào le zǒng gōng sī de chuán zhēn ma ?
S Judith, have you received the fax from headquarter?
S J：shí me chuán zhēn ？What fax?
S K：shì guān yú shì chǎng tuī guǎng ，guǎng gào fèi yòng de 。It’s
about marketing expansion and advertising expenses.
S J：ò ，shōu dào le ，wǒ dǎ yìn chū lái le ，tā men zài nǐ de zhuō zǐ
shàng 。
S Oh, I did and I have printed them out. They are on your desk.
S K：hǎo de ，wǒ qù kàn kàn 。 Ok, I will go and have a look.
S J：wǒ qù fù yìn yī xià ，yě ná gěi qí tā bù mén kàn kàn ba 。
S I will have them copied and distribute the copies to other
departments.

87. S K:duì le ，bǎ zhè xiē kè hù zī liào yě ná qù yī qǐ fù yìn ba 。
wǒ yě yào duì zhè xiē zī liào jìn háng guī lèi hé fèn xī 。
S By the way, have those clients documents duplicated as
well. I need to classify and analysis them.
S J： méi wèn tí ！Sure.

88. Relevant words and phrases
S cún dàng to keep in the achieves
S fù yìn jiàn copy (n.)
S dǎ yìn print (v.)
S fā sòng to send out
S xiāo huǐ to destroy
S bǎo cún to keep (v.)

89. Key Sentences
S zhè me adj. So adj.
S zhè me duō ā ！ So many/much!
S zhè me xiǎo ā ！ So little/small!
S zhè me yōu xiù ！ So excellent!
S zhè me wǎn ！ So late!
S Practice： So early! So expensive! So cheap!

90. …yǐ hòu , later, after
S chī wán zǎo fàn yǐ hòu ，wǒ men chū qù pǎo bù le 。
S After having breakfast, we went out for running.
S sān diǎn yǐ hòu zài lái 。
S Come again after 3:00 p.m.
S Practice:
S Remember to give me your business card after the
meeting.

91. …（subject）…shì ……de
indicates ownership or
category
S zhè běn shū shì wǒ de 。
S This book is mine.
S zhè xiē wén jiàn shì gōng sī de 。
S This document is of the company.
S tā shì zuò jīn róng fèn xī de 。
S He is doing financial analysis.
S zhè běn shū shì guān yú zhàn zhēng de 。
S This book is about wars.
S Practice:
S The plan is about national security.

92. Sb bǎ …Object… + vt. le
“ba”sentence
S wǒ dǎ suì le huā píng 。 I broke the vase.
S wǒ bǎ huā píng dǎ suì le 。
S wǒ chī le fàn 。 I ate the rice.
S wǒ bǎ fàn chī le 。

93. Object +bèi + Sb +V+ le 。 “bei” passive sentence

94. Other active sentences
S wǒ chī fàn 。 I eat.
S tā kàn shū 。 He reads books.
S lǎo shī zhèng zài jiǎng kè 。The teacher is giving a
lesson.
S mā mā dǎ sǎo fáng jiān 。Mom is cleaning the house.

95. Sb +bǎ …Object… +vt.+ le
“ba”sentence
S wǒ chī fàn 。 I eat rice.
S wǒ bǎ fàn chī le 。
S tā kàn shū 。 He reads a book.
S tā bǎ shū kàn le 。
S lǎo shī jiǎng kè 。The teacher is giving class.
S lǎo shī bǎ kè jiǎng le 。

96. Object+ bèi+ Sb +V+ le 。
“bei” passive sentence
S wǒ chī fàn 。 I eat rice.
S fàn bèi wǒ chī le 。 The rice is eaten by me.
S tā kàn shū 。 He reads a book.
S shū bèi wǒ kàn le 。 The book is read by me.
S mā mā dǎ sǎo fáng jiān 。 Mom cleans the room.
S fáng jiān bèi mā mā dǎ sǎo le 。 The room is cleaned by mom.

97. Practice
S tā mǎi le nà běn shū 。 He bought that book.
S “Ba” and “bei”?
S yé yé hē le chá 。Grandpa drank the tea.
S wǒ wàng jì le zhè jiàn shì 。 I forgot the thing.

98. Business Chinese 7
qǐng ràng wǒ xiàng nín jiè shào yī xià wǒ mén de qǐ yè
/gōng sī
Please let me introduce you our company
S Kate：hěn gāo xìng jiàn dào nín ！ Very glad to meet you!
S Zhizi:wǒ yě hěn gāo xìng ！/ wǒ yě shì ！ So am I .
S Kate:qǐng ràng wǒ xiàng nín jiè shào yī xià wǒ men de qǐ yè ba ！
Please allow me to introduce you our company.
S Zhizi: hǎo ā ！fēi cháng róng xìng 。That’s great! It is my honor.
S Kate: wǒ men gōng sī chéng lì 30duō nián le 。xiàn zài yǐ jīng jù
yǒu xiàng dāng dà de guī mó 。wǒ men zài hěn duō chéng shì dōu
yǒu bàn gōng shì 。shì chǎng jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù ！
S Our company was set up 30 years ago and has grown in size. We
have offices in many cities。 We have rich experience.
S Zhizi:wǒ zhī dào zhè yī diǎn 。 I am aware of this.

99. S Kate：wǒ men de fēn xī /xiāo shòu /shè jì shí lì hěn qiáng 。yǒu hěn duō
yōu xiù de fèn xī yuán /xiāo shòu yuán /shè jì shī 。Our
analyzing/sales/designing ability is very strong. We have many excellent
analyst/salesmen/designers.
S Zhizi: zhè yī diǎn hěn zhòng yào . That is important.
S Kate: wǒ men yǒu hěn duō chéng gōng de àn lì 。bāng zhù guò hěn duō
gōng sī dǎ kāi guò shì chǎng 。
S We have many successful cases and helped many companied open the
market.
S Zhizi: nǐ men de chǎn pǐn /fú wù zī liào néng gěi wǒ yī fèn ma ？ Can you
give a copy of your product/service catalog?
S Kate: dāng rán kě yǐ 。wǒ men fēi cháng yuàn yì yǔ guì gōng sī hé zuò ，
yī dìng bú huì ràng nǐ men shī wàng de ！
S Certainly, we are very willing to cooperate with your company and will not
let you down.

100. Kas and Zhizi
S Kas：wǒ men gōng sī yǐ jīng yǒu 25nián lì shǐ ，zài měi guó hé yīng guó de zhī míng dù hěn
gāo 。
S Our company has a history of 25 years and is very well-known in US and UK.
S Zhizi: shì ā ，wǒ zhī dào nǐ men gōng sī hěn yǒu míng 。Yes, I am aware that your company
is well-known.
S Kas:mù qián wǒ men gōng sī yǐ jīng chéng wéi kuà guó gōng sī ，zài 20duō gè guó jiā yǒu fèn
gōng sī 。yóu qí shì zài ōu zhōu bú shǎo guó jiā 。Now our company has become a
transnational company and have branch offices in over 20 countries， especially in European
countries.
S Zhizi:wǒ tīng shuō le 。chú le ōu zhōu ，wǒ hái zhī dào nǐ men zài yà zhōu de rì běn ，mǎ lái
xī yà ，xīn jiā pō ，zhōng guó ，hán guó děng dōu yǒu fèn gōng sī 。wǒ men yě fēi cháng
kàn zhòng guó jì shì chǎng ，yóu qí shì yà zhōu shì chǎng 。
S I have heard about that. Apart from Europe., I know you have branch offices in Japan,
Malaysia, Singapore，China, Korea etc. in Asia. We value international market as well,
especially Asian market.

101. S Kas：nǐ men zài zhōng guó de yè wù shùn lì ma ？
S Is your business in China smooth?
S Zhizi:wǒ men zài zhōng guó de yè wù mù qián hěn bú cuò ，dàn shì dǎ
suàn kuò dà guī mó 。
S Currently, our business in China is good and we plan to scale.
S Kas：nǐ men zài zhōng guó yǒu zì jǐ de gōng chǎng ma ？Do you have
your own factory in China?
S Zhizi:mù qián méi yǒu ，dàn shì jì huá jiàn zào zì jǐ de gōng chǎng 。
Currently no, but we plan to build our own company.
S Kas：wǒ men kě yǐ zhuān mén yuē gè shí jiān yī qǐ chī fàn ，hǎo hǎo tán
tán 。We can schedule a time to have meal and talk over it.
S Zhizi: wǒ yě zhèng yǒu cǐ yì 。That’s exactly what I think.

102. qǐng ràng sb +V +ba 。
Please let sb do…
S qǐng ràng wǒ xiàng nín jiè shào wǒ men gōng sī ba 。
S Please let me introduce you our company.
S qǐng ràng wǒ hé tā yī qǐ qù ba 。
S Please let me go there with him together.
S qǐng ràng tā men liǎng gè zǒu ba 。
S Please let they two leave.

103. fēi cháng róng xìng ！It is my
honor!

104. …chéng lì XXnián le 。
…was set up XX years ago.
S =……has a history of XX years. ……yǒu XXnián de lì shǐ 。
S xiàn dài ào lín pǐ kè yùn dòng yǒu 100duō nián de lì shǐ 。
S Modern Olympic sports has a history of over 100 years.

105. chú le ……hái /yě ……
Apart from…
Except…
S chú le wáng xiān shēng ，lǐ xiǎo jiě yě qù le 。
S Apart from Mr.Wang， Mrs. Li went there as well.
S chú le huì shuō yīng yǔ ，tā yě huì shuō hàn yǔ 。
S Apart from English, he can also speak Chinese.

106. zhè yī diǎn hěn zhòng yào 。
This is very important.
S nà yī diǎn hěn zhòng yào 。 That is important.
S zhè bú zhòng yào 。 This is not important.

107. …de zhī míng dù hěn gāo 。
…is well-known
S nài kè gōng sī de zhī míng dù hěn gāo 。
S Nike company is well-known.
S dōng fāng míng zhū de zhī míng dù hěn gāo 。
S Oriental Pearl is well-known.
S tā zài xué xiào de zhī míng dù hěn gāo 。
S He is well-known in school.

108. Business Chinese 8
We’d like to have your comments
qǐng tán tán nín de kàn fǎ /yì jiàn

109. S shì chǎng diào chá market research
S xiāo fèi zhě diào chá customer research
S gù kè diào chá customer research
S wèn juàn diào chá questionnaire
S cǎi fǎng interview
S fǎn kuì feedback
S yì jiàn hé jiàn yì opinions and suggestions

110. yí jiā gōng sī de yuán gōng zhèng zài yī jiā chāo shì zuò
shì chǎng diào chá ，le jiě gù kè duì chǎn pǐn de yì jiàn 。
Staff from Ikea is doing market research in a supermarket.
They want to know customer’s opinion about their products.
S gōng sī zhí yuán ：xiǎo jiě nín hǎo ，qǐng wèn nín dān wù nǐ liǎng fèn zhōng ma ？
wǒ men yí jiā gōng sī zhèng zài jìn háng shì chǎng diào chá ，xiǎng qǐng nín huí dá
jǐ gè wèn tí 。kě yǐ ma ？
S Company staff: Hello, Miss. Can you spare a few minutes? We are conducting a
market survey and would like to ask you a few questions, may I?
S gù kè ：nǐ shuō ba
S Customer:。 Please go ahead.
S gōng sī zhí yuán ：nín zhī dào yí jiā zhè gè pǐn pái ma ？yǐ qián shǐ yòng guò yí jiā
de chǎn pǐn ma ？
S Have you ever heard of Ikea before? Have you ever used it?

111. S C:zhī dào ，shǐ yòng guò 。 Yes, I have.
S S: nǐ jué dé zhè gè pǐn pái de chǎn pǐn zhì liàng rú hé ？
What do you think of the quality of this brand?
S C:wǒ jué dé tǐng bú cuò de 。 I think I is quite good.
S S: nǐ jué dé shǐ yòng qǐ lái fāng biàn ma ？ Is it
convenient to use?
S C: hái kě yǐ . Not bad.

112. S S: nín xǐ huān yí jiā chǎn pǐn de shè jì ma ？nín rèn wéi tā de shè jì
yǒu méi yǒu jìng zhēng lì ？ Do you like the design? Do you think
the design is competitive.
S C:shè jì dōu fēi cháng jiǎn dān shí yòng 。bú guò yǒu xiē chǎn pǐn
kě yǐ gèng hǎo diǎn 。 The design is simple and convenient. But
some products could be better designed.
S S: nín néng jù tǐ tán tán ma ? Can you talk in a detailed way?
S C: wǒ xǐ huān gèng huó pō kě ài de zào xíng 。 I prefer a more vivid
and lovely style.
S S: nín jué dé jià gé hé shì ma ？ Do you think the price is
reasonable?
S C: yí jiā de xiāo fèi hái shì tǐng dà zhòng huà de 。 Ikea is affordable
to many people.

113. S S:nín néng tán tán duì yí jiā de zǒng tǐ kàn fǎ ma ？Can you talk about
your general impression of Ikea?
S C: zhè gè pǐn pái zǒng tǐ shàng hái shì hěn wán měi de ！xiàn zài xiāo
fèi zhě de yào qiú yuè lái yuè gāo ，dàn shì yí jiā jī běn shàng hái shì
néng mǎn zú xiāo fèi zhě de gè zhǒng yào qiú 。
S This brand is generally perfect. Now customers’ requests are
increasingly demanding but Ikea can still basically meet varied
requests of customers.
S S: xiè xiè nín ！qǐng liú xià nín de lián xì fāng shì ，bǐ rú diàn huà hé
diàn zǐ yóu jiàn 。wǒ men huì gěi nín zèng sòng yí jiā gòu wù yōu huì
quàn 。
S Thank you! Please leave your contact ways, for example your
telephone number and email(address). We will send you coupon.
S C:hǎo de ！xiè xiè nǐ men ！

114. Key sentences
S qǐng wèn néng dān wù nín jǐ fēn zhōng ma ？
S Can you spare a few minutes?
S qǐng wèn néng dān wù nín yī xià ma ？
S Can you spare some time, please?

115. S wǒ men zhèng zài ……
S Wee are now…(doing…)
S wǒ men zhèng zài yóu yǒng 。We are now swimming.
S wǒ men zhèng zài kāi huì 。 We are now having
conference.
S tā men zhèng zài hé xué shēng shuō huà 。 They are
now talking with the students.

116. yǐ qián ……guò ma ？
Have you (p.p.) before?
S yǐ qián yuē huì guò ma ？ Have you dated before？
S yǐ qián shǐ yòng guò zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn ma ？Have you
used this product before?
S yǐ qián lái guò zhōng guó ma ？Have you come to China
before?
S nǐ yǐ qián qù guò měi guó ma ？ Have you been to US
before?

117. nǐ jué dé ……rú hé /zěn me
yàng ？
What do you think of…?
S nǐ jué dé zhè jiā gōng sī rú hé ？What do you think of this
company?
S lǎo bǎn jué dé zhè cì lǚ háng zěn me yàng ？ What does
boss think of this trip?
S guì gōng sī jué dé wǒ men de chǎn pǐn zěn me yàng ？
What does your company think of our products?

118. S tǐng bú cuò de 。Excellent!
S tǐng bàng de ！Excellent!
S tǐng hǎo de ！Excellent!
S hěn wán měi ！ Perfect!
S hái kě yǐ ！ Not bad!
S hái bú cuò ！ Not bad!

119. …jī běn shàng hái shì hěn
/tǐng+ adj
be basically/generally…
S tā jī běn shàng hái shì hěn chéng gōng de 。 He is
generally successful.
S bǐ qǐ yīng guó rén ，měi guó rén shàng hái shì tǐng kāi
fàng de 。
S Compared with British, Americans are generally open.
S zhè jiā gōng sī jī běn shàng hái shì hěn lìng rén mǎn yì 。
S This company is generally satisfactory.

120. yuè lái yuè + adj./adv.
Be increasingly …
S tā yuè lái yuè nǔ lì 。 He is increasingly hardworking.
S zhí yuán men xiàn zài yuè lái yuè lǎn . Staff are
increasingly lazy now.
S tā zài zhōng guó de yè wù yuè lái yuè dà 。 His business
in China is gaining size.
S xué shēng men yuè lái yuè diào pí 。 Students are more
and more naughty.

121. dà zhòng huà xiāo fèi
be affordable to people with
average income

122. Two review lessons