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BCT Reading – A Busy Man’s Diary

 

A very difficult reading, not only because of it’s full of content, but also it’s handwritten

a nightmare for any non-native. So the strategy I took here was to read the questions first

then skim-read the text.

 

The questions are not too hard to decipher,

the first being if there was more work to do,

in which time-slot, only, could you 安排[ānpái] organise it?

So, look for a free time period!

 

From this diary 日历[rìlì],what can you know?

A. Now, it’s Winter 四季度[jìdù](the fourth quarter)

a quick glance tells us it’s July.    FALSE

B. The plans 计划[jìhuà] have not changed 变动[biàndòng]

Hmm, some plans have been crossed out FALSE

C. a contract 合同[hétong] has a problem MAYBE

D. Everything recorded 记[jì] is work affairs 工事[gōngshì] MAYBE

 

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9:00 met the general manager 总经理[zǒngjīnglǐ]

discussed 谈[tán] the fourth quarter budget 预算[yùsuàn]

 

9:40 (changed to 改[gǎi]到 Thursday)

机动[jīdòng]=flexible, time to deal with 处理[chǔlǐ] some letters 信件[xìnjiàn]

ANSWER FOR QUESTION 1 A. 9.20-10.20

10:20 Modify 修改[xiūgǎi] the article 条款[tiáokuǎn]

in the Canadian contract

re-sign 重[chóng]签[qiān]

ANSWER FOR QUESTION 2 C  莫合同有问题

NOW SCAN TO MAKE SURE D ISN’T THE ANSWER.

12:00 Notes on a business lunch

宴请[yànqǐng]=entertain a Singaporean 新加坡[xīnjiāpō]company 公司[gōngsī]

Go to the newly established area’s 施工[shīgōng]建厂[jiàn][chǎng]

which means construction site

to deal with a problem 处理问题

6:00 After work 下了班,pick up 接[jiē]

岳母[yuèmǔ] mother-in-law

which means D. is FALSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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