HSK 4Lesson 48
A good attitude matters in every job. A hospital director gives a young nurse feedback, a reporter interviews a car mechanic about thirty hard years, a young police officer wants to give up after a failure, and an office worker thanks the repairman who fixes the printer.
You will learn to talk about attitude, ability and performance at work, hard work and difficulties, failing and not giving up, and to address and thank skilled workers.
Part 1 · 12 new words
Contains 4 words
attitude
ability
performance; to perform
hard; tiring
Contains 4 words
difficulty; difficult
to fail; failure
Contains 4 words
master (skilled worker)
police officer
Part 2 · 8 phrases
他对客人的态度很好，大家都喜欢找他。
He has a great attitude toward customers, so everyone likes to go to him.
她的中文能力很好，已经可以做翻译了。
Her Chinese ability is good; she can already work as a translator.
他这个月表现不错，经理表扬了他。
He did well this month, and the manager praised him.
送快递很辛苦，下雨下雪也得出门。
Delivering packages is hard work; you have to go out even when it rains or snows.
我最大的困难是听不懂他们说的话。
My biggest difficulty is that I can't understand what they say.
这次失败了没关系，别放弃，下次再来。
It's fine that you failed this time. Don't give up; come back next time.
Part 3 · 4 conversations
At the end of the year, the hospital director talks to Xiao Zhang, a young nurse, about how she has done.
院长Hospital director
小张，这一年你辛苦了，大家都说你表现不错。
Xiao Zhang, thank you for all your hard work this year; everyone says you've done well.
护士Nurse
谢谢院长。我还有很多不会的地方。
Thank you, Director. There's still a lot I can't do.
to give up
to continue
reporter; journalist
head of a hospital, college or institute
你说得很好，请继续说。
You're speaking well—please keep going.
师傅，请问去火车站怎么走？
Excuse me, sir, how do I get to the train station?
你工作态度很好，对病人也很有耐心，可是打针的水平还要提高。
Your attitude to work is very good and you're very patient with the people you look after, but your injection skills still need to improve.
护士Nurse
是，我打针的时候还是有点儿紧张。
Yes, I still get a bit nervous when I give injections.
院长Hospital director
下个月医院有一个学习班，我想让你去参加。
Next month the hospital is running a training course, and I'd like you to go.
护士Nurse
太好了！我一定好好学，明年不让您失望。
Great! I'll study hard, and next year I won't let you down.
A reporter interviews an old car mechanic about the hard early years of his job.
记者Reporter
师傅，您好！我是记者，想写一篇文章介绍您。您修车修了三十年，辛苦吗？
Hello, sir! I'm a reporter, and I'd like to write an article about you. You've been repairing cars for thirty years. Is it hard work?
师傅Mechanic
当然辛苦。夏天热，冬天冷，手每天都是脏的。
Of course. It's hot in summer and cold in winter, and my hands are dirty every day.
记者Reporter
刚开始的时候，您遇到过什么困难？
When you first started, what difficulties did you run into?
师傅Mechanic
那时候我什么都不会，车常常修不好，顾客很不满意。
Back then I couldn't do anything. I often failed to fix the cars, and the customers were very unhappy.
记者Reporter
您想过放弃吗？
Did you ever think of giving up?
师傅Mechanic
想过。可是我的师傅说，能力可以慢慢学，态度才是最重要的。所以我就继续干下去了。
I did. But my own master said that skill can be learned bit by bit, and attitude is what matters most. So I kept at it.
A young police officer has spent three days looking for an old man's wallet without success, and a senior officer talks to him.
小警察Young officer
那位老人的钱包不见了，我找了三天，还是没找到。
That old man's wallet has gone missing. I've looked for three days and still haven't found it.
老警察Senior officer
刚做警察，遇到这种事很正常。
When you've just become a police officer, it's normal to run into this kind of thing.
小警察Young officer
可是老人很着急，我觉得自己太失败了。我是不是不应该做警察？
But the old man is very worried, and I feel like a complete failure. Maybe I shouldn't be a police officer?
老警察Senior officer
一次没成功就放弃？我年轻的时候，失败过很多次，比你多多了。
Giving up after failing once? When I was young, I failed far more often than you.
小警察Young officer
那您那时候是怎么做的？
So what did you do back then?
老警察Senior officer
把情况再查一遍，看看哪里还有问题。明天我跟你一起继续找。
Go over the facts again and see where something is still unclear. Tomorrow I'll keep looking with you.
小警察Young officer
好，我现在就把那天的情况再看一遍。
OK, I'll go back over what happened that day right now.
The printer at the company where Li Wen works part-time has broken down again, and Li Wen asks the repairman to fix it.
李文Li Wen
师傅，打印机又坏了，麻烦您看看。
Excuse me, the printer's broken again. Could you take a look, please?
师傅Repairman
好，我看看……问题有点儿麻烦，要半个小时。
Sure, let me see … It's a bit tricky. It'll take half an hour.
李文Li Wen
没关系，我们下午才用，您慢慢修。
That's fine. We don't need it till the afternoon, so take your time.
师傅Repairman
李先生，修好了，您打印一张试试。
Mr Li, it's fixed. Try printing a page.
李文Li Wen
可以了！师傅，辛苦了。上次来的人说修不了，让我们买新的。
It works! Thank you so much for your trouble. The person who came last time said it couldn't be fixed and told us to buy a new one.
师傅Repairman
其实问题不大。只要有耐心，就没有什么困难。
Actually it's not a big problem. As long as you're patient, there's nothing difficult about it.
李文Li Wen
您这种工作态度真好。下次再坏了，我们还找您。
You really have a great attitude to your work. Next time it breaks, we'll call you again.
