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day 176copies and contracts

unit 26 · business & the economy

    copies and contracts

    Talk about contracts, copies and farm work, and say “in one go” with 一口氣.

    today’s words

    • 影印 yǐngyìn · photocopy
    • 簽約 qiānyuē · sign a contract
    • 出產 chūchǎn · produce, yield
    • 面談 miàntán · interview, meet in person
    • 尋 xún · look for, seek (written)
    • 單子 dānzi · list, form, slip
    • 工錢 gōngqián · pay (for labour)
    • 勞工 láogōng · worker, labourer
    • 勞力 láolì · labour, physical effort
    • 農夫 nóngfū · farmer
    • 提早 tízǎo · bring forward, do earlier
    • 影本 yǐngběn · photocopy, copy (of a document)
    • 運轉 yùnzhuǎn · run, operate (machines, organisations)
    • 規畫 guīhuà · plan; plan out
    • 一口氣 yīkǒuqì · in one go, in one breath
    • 消 xiāo · vanish, subside, go down
    • 優美 yōuměi · graceful, beautiful

    sentences

    • 他一口氣喝完了一大杯水。 · He drank a big glass of water in one go.
    • 她一口氣看完了那本小說。 · She read the whole novel in one sitting.
    • 會議提早至早上九點。 · The meeting has been brought forward to 9 am.
    • 公司下星期要跟他面談。 · The company is interviewing him next week.
    • 這台機器運轉得很好。 · This machine is running well.