3.4 Employee ID Card
Storyline
Lily explains how to use their new employee ID cards and highlights the company’s high-tech environment. She and Mr. Chen remind the interns of their main task: helping employees stay safe online. Mr. Chen encourages the interns to share ideas, sparking a lively discussion.
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Text Recording
赵莉莉: | 这是你们的员工卡。员工卡上面有你们的名字和照片,每天进公司办公大楼要刷脸。 |
周萌: | 刷脸?怎么刷脸? |
李梅: | 进餐厅也要刷脸吗? |
赵莉莉: | 办公楼的门口有自动摄像头,你进大楼的时候就自动刷脸了。 |
陈老师: | 进餐厅不用刷脸。付钱需要刷员工卡。 |
王杰丹: | 员工卡上没有二维码,也没有条形码,怎么刷卡呢? |
赵莉莉: | 员工卡里有晶片(RFID),可以自动扫码。 |
张笛: | 我们可以在公司的饮料机上扫码买饮料吗? |
陈老师: | 公司给员工提供免费的咖啡、茶和水,如果你想喝别的饮料,你需要扫码买。 |
周萌: | 太好了。 |
赵莉莉: | 你们的实习工作是要帮助我们公司的员工知道怎么上网更安全。你们想怎么做?请你们讨论一下吧。 |
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Pinyin and English Annotation Unit 3.2 Pinyin and English
Reading Exercise
Sentence Structure
怎么
Meaning:
怎么 means “How” .It is used to ask how something is done or how something happens.
When to Use:
- To indicate that the list is incomplete and there are more items in the same category.
- Often appears at the end of a list of items or actions.
- Used in casual or spoken Chinese, making the sentence less formal.
Structure: Subject + 怎么 + Verb + (Object)
Examples:
- 你怎么去学校?
Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào?
→ How do you go to school? - 这个字怎么写?
Zhè ge zì zěnme xiě?
→ How do you write this character?
怎么also is used to ask why in an informal or curious way (less formal than 为什么).
Structure: Subject + 怎么 + Verb/Object?
Examples:
- 你怎么不去?
Nǐ zěnme bù qù?
→ Why aren’t you going? - 他怎么还没来?
Tā zěnme hái méi lái?
→ Why hasn’t he come yet?
如果
Meaning:
如果 means “if.” It is used to introduce a hypothetical condition that leads to a result. It functions similarly to “if… then…” in English.
When to Use:
- To express a condition and its consequence
- Commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese
- Often paired with 就 (jiù) in the result clause, though 就 is sometimes optional in casual speech
Structure:
如果 + condition (clause), 就 + result (clause)
Examples:
- 如果你想喝别的饮料,你需要扫码买。
Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng hē bié de yǐnliào, nǐ xūyào sǎomǎ mǎi.
–If you want to drink other beverages, you need to scan the QR code to buy them. - 每天进公司大楼的时候,要用员工卡。
Měitiān jìn gōngsī dàlóu de shíhòu, yào yòng yuángōng kǎ.
Meaning: When entering the company building every day, you need to use an employee card
Grammar Practice
ions
Translation Exercise
photograph; zhàopiàn
to go forward
building (a relatively large, multi-story one)
face scan; shuā liǎn
doorway; ménkǒu
automatic; zìdòng
webcam; shèxiàngtóu
to pay money; fù qián
to need; xūyào
two-dimensional barcode; èr wéi mǎ
barcode; tiáoxíngmǎ
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card, etc.); shuākǎ
inside; lǐ
chip; jīngpiàn
to scan a QR code or barcode; sǎo mǎ
drink; yǐnliào
Machine
if; rúguǒ
to drink; hē
else, other; bié de
to know; zhīdào
to discuss