欢迎 Welcome in Chinese

今天jīntiān，公司gōngsī来lái了le一个yí ge新xīn同事tóngshì。

Today, a new coworker came to the company.

大家dàjiā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“欢迎huānyíng你nǐ来lái我们wǒmen公司gōngsī！”

Everyone smiles and says: "Welcome to our company!"

新xīn同事tóngshì说shuō：“谢谢xièxie大家dàjiā，我wǒ很hěn高兴gāoxìng认识rènshi你们nǐmen。”

The new coworker says: "Thank you everyone, I'm happy to meet you all."

我wǒ说shuō：“不客气bú kèqi，坐zuò吧ba，我们wǒmen一起yìqǐ喝茶hē chá。”

I say: "You're welcome, sit down, let's have tea together."

下班xiàbān的时候de shíhou，新xīn同事tóngshì对duì我wǒ说shuō：“公司gōngsī里li的de人rén真zhēn好hǎo。”

When it's time to get off work, the new coworker says to me: "The people at this company are really nice."

她tā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“谢谢xièxie你们nǐmen，我wǒ很hěn喜欢xǐhuan这个zhège公司gōngsī！”

She smiles and says: "Thank you all, I really like this company!"

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Key words 生词

欢迎huānyíngto welcome

同事tóngshìcoworker

公司gōngsīcompany

认识rènshito get to know

喝茶hē cháto drink tea

喜欢xǐhuanto like

欢迎（welcome）

欢迎 greets someone arriving somewhere new, like a new coworker or a guest.

大家说：“欢迎你来我们公司！”— Everyone says: "Welcome to our company!"

很高兴认识你/你们（nice to meet you）

很高兴认识你 is the standard line for meeting someone for the first time.

我很高兴认识你们。— I'm happy to meet you all.

一起 + verb（doing something together）

一起 goes before a verb to show that people do the action together.

我们一起喝茶。— Let's drink tea together.

1. What does 欢迎 mean?

2. Why does everyone welcome the new coworker?

3. What does the new coworker say about the company at the end of the day?

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