Intermediate - Post-Graduation Plans A:

la! shushu, n lai Uncle, you came!

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B:

an n ` e b` daxu y sh` a! y zhuany dou y` e le. zhen ou chuxi! Yep! You graduated before I knew it. Your future is bright!

A:

urongy` b` ` de sh haob` ai, cai y` e. shangxu e hou xiang gong` xianz ` ai ` b` zuo. y` e le, y` ou b` u xiang le. Oh, it wasnt easy to graduate. When I was studying I wanted to work. Now that Ive graduated, I dont want to.

B:

` ` xuesheng ` gongzu ` y n de. b` nashi, zuo sh` zu` kaix uguo o e hao a! n le name ` benshi, hen xue duo sh` sh hou y` ong le. Yeah, a students life is the happiest. But working is good too! You learned so many things, so its time to use them.

A:

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` ai ` y tai ` duo daxu ` e b` le. m xianz ou benshi de ren ngpai y` e de ` hao gongzu ` wo zhezh ` ong ` e zhaobud dou ao o, put daxu ong ` le. b` y` e de jiu meix` ` geng Nowadays there are too many people with an education. Graduates from top universities cant even nd jobs. Someone like me, a graduate of an average university, has even less hope.

B:

ngren y` ` ` ai ` jiang nianq ao y ou z` x` n. shushu gaosu n , xianz ` nengl` , b` ng. n ` jia de sh` gongzu o ush` wenp sh x de na ` ma? gongs z enmey` ang? xiang j` xu ` zuo Young people should have condence. Im telling you, what were talking about here is work ability, not a diploma. How was the company you interned at? Do you want to keep doing it?

A:

b` ` le. gongz ` d e wo y ` x wo u xiang gan tai , erqi e b` utai huan. Im through with that. The pay was too low, and besides, I didnt like it much.

B:

` ang b` ` gao le. zhey` ux ng, y anguang b` uneng tai Thats no good. Your expectations cant be too high.

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A:

de y d ` ai ` hao duo gongs wo aoqiu j ng hen le. xianz dou y ` esheng, shao, erqi e xuebud ` dongxi. q fu daxu qian ao My demands are already really small. Nowadays so many companies bully university students. The pay is low, and you cant learn anything.

B:

` ong j nazh gongs b` uneng qu. bie , shushu bang n zhao ` n jianl` f wo. zhao. n ba agei You cant go with one of those companies. Dont worry, Ill help you look. Send me your resume.

A:

` mash ang ` b` xiexie shushu! wo jiu a. ai, y` e dengy u y` e, ` f sh f zhen an! Thank you, uncle! Ill send it to you right away. Oh, graduation just means unemployment. How stressful!

Key Vocabulary
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an y zhuany b` y` e chuxi urongy` haob` benshi daxu ` e m ngpai meix` z` x` n ng wenp sh x y anguang q fu jianl` sh y` e

in the blink of an eye to graduate bright prospects with great difculty ability famous university hopeless condence diploma to intern expectation; vision to bully resum unemployed

Supplementary Vocabulary

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` e u sanli daxu y oux` sh x sheng q w` ang e zhuany` ` j gongzu o ngy` an

second-rate university hopeful trainee; intern to expect major (in university) work experience

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