LESSON NOTES

Chinese Listening
Comprehension for Advanced
Learners #1
A Chinese Business Presentation

CONTENTS

2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
3 Pinyin
4 English
4 Vocabulary
5 Sample Sentences

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. ⼀个男⼈正在会议上报告公司的销售业绩。

2. 他在报告时使⽤了哪两个图表？

3. 请看你们⼿中的资料。左边的表显⽰了我们公司过去三年的销售额以及本
年度的销售预期。右边的表则列举出了到今年⼗⽉为⽌每⽉的各项分类数
据。

4. 现在，请看左边的表。可以看出在过去三年⾥，我们的销售额持续平稳增
长。如果能保持增长的势头，那么今年的销售额将会超过去年。

5. 接下来，请看右边这张表。从这张表可以看出我们在四⽉和⼋⽉的促销活
动是富有成效的。

6. 但是在促销活动之后的五⽉和九⽉，销售额有所下降。

7. 是的，但这种反弹效应是在所难免的。我预计如果我们能保持增长的话，
今年的年度销售额将会⾼于去年。

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. ⼀個男⼈正在會議上報告公司的銷售業績。

2. 他在報告時使⽤了哪兩個圖表？

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3. 請看你們⼿中的資料。左邊的表顯⽰了我們公司過去三年的銷售額以及本
年度的銷售預期。右邊的表則列舉出了到今年⼗⽉為⽌每⽉的各項分類數
據。

4. 現在，請看左邊的表。可以看出在過去三年裡，我們的銷售額持續平穩增
⻑。如果能保持增⻑的勢頭，那麼今年的銷售額將會超過去年。

5. 接下來，請看右邊這張表。從這張表可以看出我們在四⽉和⼋⽉的促銷活
動是富有成效的。

6. 但是在促銷活動之后的五⽉和九⽉，銷售額有所下降。

7. 是的，但這種反彈效應是在所難免的。我預計如果我們能保持增⻑的話，
今年的年度銷售額將會⾼於去年。

PINYIN

1. Yí gè nánrén zhèngzài huìyì shàngbào gào gōngsī de xiāoshòu yèjì .

2. Tā zài bàogào shí shǐyòng le nǎ liǎng gè túbiǎo ?

3. Qǐngkàn nǐmen shǒuzhōng de zīliào . Zuǒbiān de biǎo xiǎnshì le wǒmen gōngsī guòqù
sān nián de xiāoshòu'é yǐjí běnniándù de xiāoshòu yùqī . Yòubiān de biǎo zé lièjǔ chū le
dào jīnnián shíyuè wéizhǐ měi yuè de gèxiàng fēnlèi shùjù .

4. Xiànzài , qǐngkàn zuǒbiān de biǎo . Kěyǐ kànchū zài guòqù sān nián lǐ , wǒmen de
xiāoshòu'é chíxù píngwěn zēngzhǎng . Rúguǒ néng bǎochí zēngzhǎng de shìtóu ,
nàme jīnnián de xiāoshòu'é jiāng huì chāoguò qùnián .

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5. Jiēxiàlái , qǐngkàn yòubiān zhè zhāng biǎo . Cóng zhè zhāng biǎo kěyǐ kànchū wǒmen
zài sìyuè hé bāyuè de cùxiāo huódòng shì fùyǒu chéngxiào de .

6. Dànshì zài cùxiāo huódòng zhī hòu de wǔyuè hé jiǔyuè , xiāoshòu'é yǒusuǒ xiàjiàng .

7. Shì de , dàn zhèzhǒng fǎntán xiàoyìng shì zàisuǒnánmiǎn de . Wǒ yùjì rúguǒ wǒmen
néng bǎochí zēngzhǎng dehuà , jīnnián de niándù xiāoshòu'é jiāng huì gāo yú qùnián .

ENGLISH

1. A man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting.

2. Which TWO charts is he using for his presentation?

3. Please look at the handout. The left chart shows our company's sales over the past
three years and the sales forecast for the current year. And the right chart shows the
monthly breakdown in sales up to October of this year.

4. Now, please have a look at the left chart. It shows that sales have been steadily
increasing over the past three years. And if we can keep increasing our sales, the
total sales for this year will show an increase over last year.

5. Next, please see the right chart. The right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in
April and August were fairly effective.

6. I see, but the sales decreased in May and September following the campaigns.

7. Yes, but this kind of rebound is unavoidable. I expect the annual sales for this year will
show an increase over last year if we can keep increasing our sales.

VOCABULARY

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 Simplified Traditional Pinyin English Class

sales
销售业绩 销售业绩 xiāoshòu yèji performance phrase

表；表格 表；表格 biǎo; biǎogé chart noun

每⽉各项分类 每⽉各项分类 měi yuè

gèxiàng fēnlèi monthly
数据 数据 phrase
shùjù breakdown

反弹 反弹 fǎndàn rebound noun

促销活动 促销活动 cùxiāo huódòng campaign noun

(zǒng)
（总）销售额 （总）销售额 xiāoshòué total sales phrase

销售预期 销售预期 xiāoshòu yùqī sales forecast phrase

chíxù píngwěn to increase

持续平稳增长 持续平稳增长 zēngzhǎng steadily phrase

to report,
报告 报告 bàogào report verb, noun

减少 减少 jiǎnshǎo to decrease verb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

考虑到这个公司的销售业绩，或许 ⼈们⽤表格把复杂的概念形象化。
rénmen yòng biǎogé bǎ fùzá de gàiniàn xíng
投资是值得的。
xiàng huà .
kǎolǜ dào zhège gōngsī de xiāoshòu yèji , huòxǔ
tóuzī shì zhíde de.
People use charts to visualize complex

Considering the sales performance of ideas.

this company, it may be worth investing.

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看⼀看每⽉各项分类数据，就会对 不管怎样，我们都要找到弥补这次
财政状况更清楚。 新反弹的⽅法。
kàn yí kàn měi yuè gèxiàng fēnlèi shùjù , jiù huì bùguǎn zěnyàng , wǒmen dōu yào zhǎodào míbǔ
duì cáizhèng zhuàngkuàng gèng qīngchǔ . zhècì xīn fǎndàn de fāngfǎ .

Looking at the monthly breakdown, the At any rate, we have to find a way to
financial situation becomes clearer. compensate for that new rebound.

为了促销产品，他们打算开展⼀次 去年的总销售额⽐⼤家预想的都要
全国性的促销活动。 ⾼。
wéile cùxiāo chǎnpǐn , tāmen dǎsuàn kāizhǎn yícì qùnián de zǒng xiāoshòué bǐ dàjiā yùxiǎng de dū
quánguóxìng de cùxiāo huódòng . yào gāo .

In order to promote the product, they Last year's total sales were a lot higher
are running a nationwide campaign. than everybody had expected.

做销售预期是⾮常有必要的商业⾏ 看起来我们每⽉的花销都在持续平
为。 稳增长。
zuò xiāoshòu yùqī shì fēicháng yǒu bìyào de kàn qǐlái wǒmen měi yuè de huā xiāo dōu zài
shāngyèxíngwéi . chíxù píngwěn zēngzhǎng .

Developing sales forecasts is a It seems that our monthly expenses are

necessary business practice. increasing steadily.

我的秘书想让我这个周末就提交报 ⽔⼿报告了他是如何被救⽣员解救
告，这样我就可以休几天假了。 的。
Wǒ de mìshū xiǎng ràng wǒ zhège zhōumò jiù huǐshǒu bàogào le tā shì rúhé bèi jiùshēng yuán
tíjiāo bàogào , zhèyàng Wǒ jiù kěyǐ xiū jǐ tiān jià jiějiù de.
le .
The sailor reported how he was rescued
My secretary wants to deliver the by the coast guard.
reports this weekend, in order to get a
couple of days off.

最近滥⽤毒品的报告数量有所减少。
zuìjìn lànyòng dúpǐn de bàogào shùliàng yǒusuǒ jiǎnshǎo .

The number of reported drug abuse has decreased recently.

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