酷兔英语

    吴杰:你好,请问陆经理在吗?    李雪虹:您好。请问您是哪位?    吴杰:我是南方公司的吴杰,今天和陆经理约好了下午三点半见面。    李雪虹:吴先生您好,请先坐一会儿。陆经理现在在见一个重要的客人,一会儿就能见您了。    吴杰:好的,谢谢。对了,请问您怎么称呼?    李雪虹:我叫李雪虹。您叫我小李就行。    吴杰:你是李雪虹?你小时候是不是在东方胡同住过?    李雪虹:对啊,怎么,你认识我吗?    吴杰:你不记得我了吧?我们以前是邻居啊,我那时候叫吴壮壮!    李雪虹:啊,怪不得看着这么眼熟呢!当然记得!可是,你怎么改名字了?    吴杰:我本来就叫吴杰啊,壮壮是我的小名。    李雪虹:哦,原来是这样。太巧了,没想到我们会在这儿见面!    吴杰:对啊。你一直在这儿工作吗?    李雪虹:我去年才过来。啊,那位客人走了,我想你可以过去了。    吴杰:谢谢!一会儿再聊!     WJ: Hello, is Manager Lu in?
LXH: Hello, may I have your name, sir?
WJ: I'm Wu Jie from Nan Fang Corporation, I have an appointment with Manager Lu at 3:30 p.m.
LXH: Hello Mr Wu, please have a seat first. Manager Lu is currently with an important guest, He'll see you shortly.
WJ: Sure, thanks. So, how do I address you?
LXH: I'm Li Xue Hong, you can call me Xiao Li.
WJ: You are Li Xue Hong? Did you live in Dongfang Hutong in your younger days?
LXH: Yes, why? Do you know me?
WJ: Don't you remember me? We used to be neighbors, I used to be known as Wu Zhuang Zhuang!
LXH: Ah! No wonder you looked so familiar! Of course I remember you! But why did you change your name?
WJ: Wu Jie is my name, Zhuang Zhuang is my nickname.
LXH: Oh, so that's how it is. What a coincidence, I never imagined we'd meet here!
WJ: Yea. Have you been working here all this time?
LXH: I just started last year. Ah, his guest just left, you can go over now.
WJ: Thanks! We'll chat some more afterwards!


-- atchooo@

Lesson Summary:
Chinese people have a formal name and a nickname. Close friends know each other by their nicknames, and perhaps may have forgotten each others' actual names. Let's listen to our dialogue today, which takes place in a business setting. Lesson Content: WJ: Hello, is Manager Lu in?
LXH: Hello, may I have your name, sir?
WJ: I'm Wu Jie from Nan Fang Corporation, I have an appointment with Manager Lu at 3:30 p.m.
LXH: Hello Mr Wu, please have a seat first. Manager Lu is currently with an important guest, He'll see you shortly.
WJ: Sure, thanks. So, how do I address you?
LXH: I'm Li Xue Hong, you can call me Xiao Li.
WJ: You are Li Xue Hong? Did you live in Dongfang Hutong in your younger days?
LXH: Yes, why? Do you know me?
WJ: Don't you remember me? We used to be neighbors, I used to be known as Wu Zhuang Zhuang!
LXH: Ah! No wonder you looked so familiar! Of course I remember you! But why did you change your name?
WJ: Wu Jie is my name, Zhuang Zhuang is my nickname.
LXH: Oh, so that's how it is. What a coincidence, I never imagined we'd meet here!
WJ: Yea. Have you been working here all this time?
LXH: I just started last year. Ah, his guest just left, you can go over now.
WJ: Thanks! We'll chat some more afterwards!