Learn Business Mandarin | Episode 5: Financial Reparations | Role-Playing Video Lessons



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This is the final video from a series of role-playing video lessons that is targeted towards advanced learners of Mandarin who are planning to use Mandarin in business settings. Each video lesson includes a role-playing exercise that simulates a business scenario that may possibly be encountered in real life. Students can practice with their classmates or by themselves, playing both roles.

In the video, important keywords from the lesson are displayed on the screen. Additional vocabulary and supplemental materials that accompany each video lesson are available on the following website:

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These materials include downloadable vocabulary lists, grammar and cultural notes, additional exercises, and other related resources for learning.

In this scenario, a silk fabric supplier had recently failed to deliver a large order of goods on time, causing a fashion luxury brand company to be completely taken by surprise and therefore had to shut down production right before international fashion week. The fashion luxury brand company requested a huge amount of payment from the silk fabric supplier for the loss caused by the shutdown. A representative of the silk fabric supplier made a special visit to the fashion luxury brand company to try and negotiate in an effort to reduce the compensation cost.

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