EP88 加班 Work Overtime

 Chinese 101: Talk about working for extra hours

 

Grammar: Spoken language “来着”;

 

Language Tips: Reasons for working extra hours & How to stop working long hours

 

Story of the Day: Make a frantic last-minute effort 临时抱佛脚 lín shí bào fó jiǎo

 

Dialogue:

 

A:今天你可以准时下班吗?  

 

jīn tiān nǐ kě yǐ zhǔn shí xià bān ma?

 

Can you get off your work on time today?

 

B:不一定,我还有一些工作没有完成。

 

bù yī dìng , wo hái yǒu yī xiē gōng zuò méi yǒu wán chéng.

 

Not sure. I still have some work to finish. 

 

A:看来你今天又要加班了,会很晚吗?  

 

kàn lái nǐ jīn tiān yòu yào jiā bān le, huì hěn wǎn ma?

 

It seems that you are going to work overtime today. Until very late?

 

B:不会太晚的,大约一小会儿就能搞定。  

 

bú huì tài wǎn de, dà yuē yī xiǎo huì ér jiù néng gǎo dìng.

 

It won’t be too late. I can get it done in a short while.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【准时】zhǔn shí:on time

 

【下班】xià bān: get off from work

 

【不一定】bú yī dìng: it depends, not sure

 

【一些】yī xiē: some

 

【完成】wán chéng: done, finish

 

【加班】jiā bān: working extra hours

 

【大约】dà yuē: about

 

【一小会儿】yī xiǎo huì ér: a short while

 

【搞定】gǎo dìng: get sth. done

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Jessica

 

Programme Editor: Lu Chang

 

Producer: Lu Chang