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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Renegotiation

Sit with Lan at the laptop for a video call with Seattle: hear what the quality manager asks, offer two ways out, either late delivery or a smaller quantity, hear which she takes, keep the price unchanged, and close it with four words that make it a deal.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The company's small office in Longjing village late one evening, a laptop open to Seattle's morning, Lan beside Owen relaying the quality manager's English.

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请 帮 我 翻译。qǐng bāng wǒ fānyìPlease translate for me.
她 问， 今年 怎么 交货？tā wèn, jīnnián zěnme jiāohuòShe asks, how do we deliver this year?
有 两 个 办法。yǒu liǎng ge bànfǎThere are two options.
要么 延期 交货，yàome yánqī jiāohuòeither we deliver late
减少 数量。jiǎnshǎo shùliàngreduce the quantity
要么 延期 交货， 要么 减少 数量。yàome yánqī jiāohuò, yàome jiǎnshǎo shùliàngEither we deliver late, or we reduce the quantity.
她 说， 延期 到 几 月？tā shuō, yánqī dào jǐ yuèShe says, postpone to which month?
九月。 价格 不 变。jiǔyuè. jiàgé bú biànSeptember. The price doesn't change.
她 说 可以， 但是 数量 不 变。tā shuō kěyǐ, dànshì shùliàng bú biànShe says fine, but the quantity doesn't change.
好， 九月 交货， 价格 不 变。hǎo, jiǔyuè jiāohuò, jiàgé bú biànGood: delivery in September, price unchanged.

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