Kilo Lingo

上班第一天

Reading time
3 min
Total words
297
Unique words
158
Avg frequency
#174

Story

Today is Xiao Yu's first day working at a company. She arrived very early. She was a little afraid, and a little happy too.

She got to the company. A man walked over to her. He said: hello, I am the boss here. Everyone is nice, you do not need to worry, and if you have questions you can ask us.

hóng

Xiao Yu saw many people. They all smiled at her. A woman said to her: hello, I am called Xiao Hong. You sit here, and if you have a question just ask me. Xiao Yu said: thank you.

hóng

Later, the boss gave Xiao Yu some things to do. Xiao Yu really wanted to do it well. But she was too afraid, and did it wrong. Her face went red. She said: sorry, sorry.

hóng

Xiao Hong saw. She said: it is fine. On the first day, everyone is like this. She came to help Xiao Yu, telling her bit by bit how to do it. Xiao Yu said: now I know. Thank you.

Everyone went to eat together. They asked Xiao Yu a lot of things. Xiao Yu laughed too. She thought: the people here are really nice.

Later, Xiao Yu finished. The boss looked and said: you did very well. Xiao Yu was very happy.

In the evening, she went home. She thought: today was really good. I can do this job. Tomorrow I will do even better.

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Words in this story

Curriculum
83 words
#Word
1of, possessive and modifier particle
1I, me
2you (singular)
4to finish, to understand (as liǎo); also aspect particle (as le)
4he, him
5she, her
7我们we, us
9not, no
9他们they, them
11good, well, OK
13to have, there is/are
14then, just, exactly, as soon as
18怎么how
18知道to know (a fact)
19to say, to speak
20all, both, already
20to be (linking verb)
21to go
22very, quite
24to want; will; need to
25also, too, as well
29to think; to want; to miss
30person, people
31can, to know how to; will; meeting
33to come
35correct, right; toward; pair
37to do, to make, to work as
40to give; for (beneficiary marker)
41可以can, may (permission or possibility)
45to arrive; to (destination); result complement
47现在now, at present
48这个this one, this (with general measure word)
56to walk; to leave, to go
58complement marker (result/degree)
60这里here, this place
61这样like this, this way, such
62general measure word for people and things
63to look, to watch, to read, to see
64matter, affair, thing (abstract)
70告诉to tell, to inform
74先生Mr., sir; husband (informal)
83谢谢thank you
92to be called; to call out; to order
102东西thing, object, stuff
108一起together, with each other
114看到to see, to catch sight of
125问题question, problem, issue
126工作work, job, to work
130to eat
133really, truly, genuine