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day 1partners and teams

unit 1 · people & character

    partners and teams

    Talk about teams, projects and starting a business, and speak frankly with 說真的 and 不瞞你說.

    today’s words

    • 面試 miànshì · (job) interview; to interview
    • 工程師 gōngchéngshī · engineer
    • 團隊 tuánduì · team
    • 小夥子 xiǎohuǒzi · young man, lad
    • 創業 chuàngyè · start a business
    • 夥伴 huǒbàn · partner, companion
    • 創意 chuàngyì · creativity; a creative idea
    • 富有 fùyǒu · be full of; rich (in)
    • 上班族 shàngbānzú · office workers, nine-to-fivers
    • 懶惰 lǎnduò · lazy
    • 素質 sùzhí · quality, calibre (of people)
    • 瞞 mán · hide the truth from
    • 誠摯 chéngzhì · sincere, heartfelt
    • 粗魯 cūlǔ · rude, rough
    • 稱號 chēnghào · title, honorary name
    • 設計師 shèjìshī · designer
    • 簡報 jiǎnbào · presentation, slides
    • 專案 zhuān'àn · project
    • 但 dàn · but (short, written)
    • 整整 zhěngzhěng · a whole, fully (time, amount)
    • 對比 duìbǐ · contrast, comparison
    • 依舊 yījiù · still, as before
    • 處於 chǔyú · be in (a state, a stage)

    sentences

    • 說真的,一個人創業太累了。 · Honestly, starting a business on your own is exhausting.
    • 不瞞你說,我面試了五個工程師。 · To be honest with you, I’ve interviewed five engineers.
    • 安娜是一家設計公司的設計師。 · Anna is a designer at a design company.
    • 我們的團隊很小,但很有創意。 · Our team is small, but very creative.
    • 這個專案我們整整做了半年。 · We spent a whole six months on this project.