Monday, August 24, 2009

Get online -- 下載新的生詞

Getting online is easy in Chinese.

下載 -- download [internet files]
上載 -- upload [internet files]
上網 -- get on the internet [go online]
網站 -- website


我回家就上網看世界日報。
[The first thing I do when I get home is go online and read the World Journal].

這個網站看不到,怎麼辦?
[This web site won't load. Is there anything I can do about it?].

我可以下載多快?那要看你付給電話公司多少錢。
[How fast can I download? That depends on how much you pay the phone company].

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Working at work -- 公司生活

Some simple words for the workplace.

老闆 -- boss
經理 -- manager
手下人 -- subordinates
同事 -- co-worker
薪水 -- salary

經理不在的時候只好讓顧客當我的老闆。
[When my manager is not around, the customer is my boss].

這三天以來我的同事不知不覺地晚一個小時上班。
[For the last three days my co-worker has unknowingly arrived an hour late].

老闆的薪水當然比手下人的多很多。
[The manager's salary is without question more than his subordinates'].

上班無聊。下班很累。生活有意思嗎?
[Bored at work, tired at home, what's the point of living?].