Intermediate - A Promotion (C0123)

今天我有好消息。老板告诉我她准备升我做市场部经理。
jīntiān wǒ yǒu hǎo xiāoxi 。lǎobǎn gàosù wǒ tā zhǔnbèi shēng wǒ zuò shìchǎng bù jīnglǐ 。
I got some great news today. My boss told me that she is going to promote me to marketing manager.

太好了！你想到会升职吗？
tài hǎole ！nǐ xiǎngdào huì shēng zhí ma ？
That’s fantastic! Did you expect to get a promotion?

没有。我从来没有想到这么快会升职。但是，老板说我的工作态度和表现都很出色。她说我应该被升职。
méiyǒu 。wǒ cóngláiméiyǒu xiǎngdào zhème kuài huì shēng zhí 。dànshì ，lǎobǎn shuō wǒ de gōngzuò tàidu hé biǎoxiàn dōu hěn chūsè 。tā shuō wǒ yīnggāi bèi shēng zhí 。
No. I never expected to get a promotion so soon. But my boss said that my working attitude and performance are excellent and that I deserve a promotion.

你加多少薪水？
nǐ jiā duōshǎo xīnshuǐ ？
How much of a raise are you getting?

百分之十。
bǎifēn zhī shí 。
Ten percent.

Vocabulary

消息	xiāoxi	news
升职	shēngzhí	to promote
想到	xiǎngdào	to think of
态度	tàidu	attitude
从来没有	cónglái méiyǒu	have never
出色	chūsè	remarkable
百分之……	bǎifēnzhī ...	... percent
降职	jiàngzhí	demotion
辞职	cízhí	to resign
跳槽	tiàocáo	to change companies
炒鱿鱼	chǎo yóuyú	fire;dismiss
加薪	jiāxīn	raise sb's pay