jīn tiān
今天
lái de
来得
hěn
很
zǎo
早
Arriving Very Early Today
xiǎo pān小潘yīn因shàng cì上次chí dào迟到ér而tí qián提前dào gǎng到岗,liǎo jiě了解zhōng guó中国zhí chǎng职场duì对shí jiān时间de的jī běn基本yāo qiú要求。

Because Xiao Pan was late last time, he arrives early for work and learns the basic expectations about time in Chinese workplaces.

黄刚
xiǎo pān小潘,nǐ你jīn tiān今天lái de来得hěn很zǎo早a啊,bǐ比shàng bān shí jiān上班时间zǎo早le了bàn gè xiǎo shí半个小时。

Xiao Pan, you came very early today, half an hour before work starts.

小潘
shì是de的,shàng cì上次wǒ我lái de来得yǒu diǎn有点wǎn晚,zhǔn bèi准备yě也bù tài hǎo不太好,suǒ yǐ所以jīn tiān今天xiǎng想zǎo diǎn早点lái来。

Yes. Last time I arrived a little late and wasn’t very well prepared, so today I wanted to come earlier.

黄刚
zhè yàng这样hěn很hǎo好。yì bān lái shuō一般来说,wǒ men我们yào要tí qián提前yì diǎn一点dào到,zhè yàng这样kě yǐ可以xiān先zhǔn bèi准备gōng zuò工作。

That’s very good. Generally speaking, we should arrive a little early so we can prepare for work first.

小潘
wǒ我yǒu diǎn有点dān xīn担心shí jiān时间wèn tí问题,bù不zhī dào知道jǐ diǎn几点lái来cái才zuì最hé shì合适。

I’m a bit worried about the timing. I’m not sure what time is most appropriate to arrive.

黄刚
bù yòng不用tài太jǐn zhāng紧张。àn shí按时dào到shì是jī běn基本,rú guǒ如果néng能zǎo dào早到shí fēn zhōng十分钟zuǒ yòu左右,jiù就gèng更hǎo好。

No need to be too nervous. Arriving on time is the basic requirement. If you can arrive about ten minutes early, that’s even better.

小潘
míng bái明白le了。tài太wǎn晚bù hǎo不好,tài太zǎo早yě也bù不yí dìng一定xū yào需要,duì对ma吗?

I understand. Being too late isn’t good, but arriving too early isn’t necessarily required either, right?

黄刚
duì对,zhòng yào重要de的shì是yǒu有shí jiān时间zhǔn bèi准备,bú yào不要yǐng xiǎng影响gōng zuò工作。

Right. What matters is having time to prepare and not affecting the work.

小潘
xiè xiè谢谢nín您,wǒ我yǐ hòu以后huì会zhù yì注意shí jiān时间ān pái安排。

Thank you. I’ll pay attention to my schedule from now on.

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