Day 122: A Bike Challenge for the Team
At a logistics firm in Münster, Kemal Aksoy (A), a junior employee, drops in on his manager, Guido Terhorst (B), about bike leasing and Stadtradeln, a three-week campaign in which teams collect cycling kilometres.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Herr Terhorst, hätten Sie kurz Zeit? Es geht ums Dienstradleasing.
Mr Terhorst, have you got a moment? It's about the bike-leasing scheme.
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B
Die Verträge sind unterwegs. Ich habe mich darum gekümmert, dass auch E-Bikes dabei sind.
The contracts are on their way. I made sure e-bikes are included too.
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A
Super, danke! Außerdem würde ich gern ein Firmenteam fürs Stadtradeln anmelden, die Organisation übernehme ich.
Great, thanks! I'd also like to enter a company team for Stadtradeln, and I'll do the organising.
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B
Klingt gut, aber das hängt davon ab, ob sich genug Kollegen motivieren lassen.
Sounds good, but it depends on whether enough colleagues can be talked into it.
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A
Zwölf aus dem Lager haben schon zugesagt. Und die Betriebsärztin soll ganz begeistert sein.
Twelve from the warehouse have already said yes. And the company doctor is said to be really keen.
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B
Das dürfte stimmen. Sie liegt mir seit Wochen damit in den Ohren, dass ich mich zu wenig bewege.
That's probably true. She's been on at me for weeks about how I don't get enough exercise.
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A
Dann trage ich Sie als Nummer dreizehn ein. Ihr E-Bike ist ja schon unterwegs.
Then I'll put you down as number thirteen. Your e-bike's already on its way, after all.
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