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Nowadays, conference calls are the norm. Whether your team members live within a 30-minute radius of one another or live on different continents, you’ll likely conduct all meetings over conference calls. 

By now, you know some of the perils of conference calls. Someone forgets to mute themselves, and you hear them breathing or eating their lunch, someone forgets to unmute themselves when they start talking, someone is talking, and then their kid or spouse barges in their office making noise. No matter what unusual situation unfolds during a conference call, someone has to manage the conversation and make it as effective as possible. 

In this episode, you will learn how to lead conference calls. We’ll focus on audio conference calls, not video conference calls, which deserve their own episode. 

Episode originally published on December 11, 2020.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/conference-calls/

Theme music by Lucas Knutter. 

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Express to Impress

How to Lead Conference Calls

“呢” 的对话 （Dialogue with "ne" in Chinese)
Today we will talk about the character “呢“ in Chinese dialogue.
One of uses is about the topic just like the quiz followed.

Quiz - 1
Q: 我吃过饭了，你呢？（Wǒ chī guò fàn le , nǐ ne?)
 A: 我很好，谢谢！ (Wǒ hěn hǎo, xièxie.)
     我还没吃。 (Wǒ hái méi chī.)                              ✔
     我也喜欢吃。 (Wǒ yě xǐ huān.)
**The topic is about “I have already had meal, what about you?”  So the answer should be 
     related to the topic, and tell the truth.

Quiz - 2
Q: 我是中国人，你呢？（Wǒ shì Zhōngguó rén, nǐ ne?)
A: 是的。 (Shì de.)
   我是加拿大人。 (Wǒ shì Jiā ná dà rén。）          ✔
   我不知道。 （Wǒ bù zhī dào.)
** The topic is about nationality. So the answer should be related to the topic, and tell the truth.

Quiz - 3
Q: 我还不会做中国菜，你呢？（Wǒ hái bú huì zuò Zhōngguó cài, nǐ ne?)
A: 我会做饺子。 (Wǒ huì zuò jiǎozi.)                    ✔
    我不喜欢吃中国菜。 (Wǒ bù xǐhuān chī Zhōngguó cài.)
** The topic is about can cook Chinese dishes or not. So the answer should be related to the topic, and tell the truth. You can tell the specific dish you can cook too.

Quiz - 4
Q: 我有一个四岁的儿子和一个三岁的女儿，你呢？
  （Wǒ yǒu yí gè sì suì de érzi hé yí gè sān suì de nǚér, nǐ ne?
A: 我喜欢女孩。 (Wǒ xǐhuān nǚ hái.)
    我只有一个儿子，他已经十二岁了。(Wǒ zhǐ yǒu yí gè érzi, tā yǐjīng shí èr suì le.)   ✔
** The topic is about how many kids you have in your family and the ages. You should answer according to this topic.

Quiz - 5
Q: 我觉得看中文电视可以帮助学习汉语，你呢？ 
  （Wǒ jué de kàn zhōng wén diànshì kěyǐ bāngzhù xuéxi Hànyǔ, nǐ ne?)
A: 我也这样想。（Wǒ yě zhè yàng xiǎng。）           ✔
    中文很难。 (Zhōng wén hěn nán.)
**The topic is asking your opinion about watching TV in Chinese can help learning Chinese? You should feed back your opinion on it. 


   








Correction notebook   错题本 (Mandarin)

“呢” 的对话 （Dialogue with "ne" in Chinese)

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