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(Nillah opens door and Dominic enters.)
Nillah: Hi Dominic, nice to see you and come in. Hey, why don’t you make yourself comfortable?
Dominic: OK.
Dominic: So, how are you feeling?
Nillah: I’m nervous! You know for you guys it’s ok, because all you have to dress up is just in a suit, but for us girls, it’s a little more complicated, dressing up for an important event. But anyway I’ll be back in a couple of minutes.
Dominic: OK.
(Dominic sits down and picks up a newspaper. Nillah walks into her room and throws clothes out of her door. One dress lands on Dominic as he’s reading the newspaper. Nillah tries different outfits a couple of times, looks at herself in the mirror and seems dissatisfied. More clothes fall on Dominic. Eventually a very elegant Nillah walks out of her room.)
Dominic: Wow! I have to compete with this?
Nillah: I look good and I feel smart. But you look good too. Come on let’s go.
Dominic: OK, well, while we head to the company for our interviews, let’s hear what some other foreigners have to say about working in China.
(Rob talks about how he found his job in China.)
(Dominic and Nillah in the company)
Receptionist: 你们好，请问有什么需要帮忙的吗？
Nillah: 您好，我们是来面试的。
Receptionist: 你们叫什么名字？
Nillah: 我叫Nillah Nyakoa.
Dominic: 我叫Dominic Swire.
Receptionist: 好的，请稍等，请问需要咖啡吗？
Nillah: 不用，谢谢。
GRAPHIC FLASH: 我们是来面试的。面试 interview, 来 to come, 是…的 here it stresses the purpose of coming, 我们we, 我们是来面试的。We’ve come for an interview.
Nillah: This is perhaps the most nervous time of the whole process, moments before the interview.
Dominic: One of the things you can do to improve the atmosphere of the interview is memorize a few Chinese phrases.
Nillah: If your Chinese is not that good, you can learn how to say this: 不好意思，我中文说得不太好。
Dominic: 不好意思，我中文说得不太好。
Nillah: Not bad. You know, I can even employ you myself.
Dominic: Thank you. You give me a world of confidence.
Dominic: Now let’s listen to some more Chinese phrases you might find of interest.
GRAPHIC FLASH: 不好意思，我中文说得不太好。好 good, 不太好 not that good, 说 to speak, 中文 Chinese, 我中文 my Chinese, 我中文说得不太好。My Chinese isn’t that good. 不好意思 sorry, 不好意思，我中文说得不太好。Sorry, my Chinese isn’t that good.