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好的。饮料需要吗？

Hǎo de. Yǐnliào xūyào ma?

Okay. Would you like any drinks?

请小周准备上周的数据，小吴带客户资料，我会提前检查投影和网络。

Qǐng Xiǎo Zhōu zhǔnbèi shàng zhōu de shùjù, Xiǎo Wú dài kèhù zīliào, wǒ huì tíqián jiǎnchá tóuyǐng hé wǎngluò.

Xiao Zhou, please prepare last week's data; Xiao Wu, bring the client materials. I will check the projector and network in advance.

以前：会议材料每人打印一份，一周大约用16包纸。

Yǐqián: huìyì cáiliào měi rén dǎyìn yí fèn, yì zhōu dàyuē yòng shíliù bāo zhǐ.

Before: meeting materials were printed for everyone, using about 16 packs of paper per week.

现在：先看电子文件，只有需要签字的材料才打印。

Xiànzài: xiān kàn diànzǐ wénjiàn, zhǐyǒu xūyào qiānzì de cáiliào cái dǎyìn.

Now: digital files are read first, and only documents requiring signatures are printed.

以前申请停车证，需要先到服务大厅取号、交材料。现在可以先在手机上填写信息并上传材料。

Yǐqián shēnqǐng tíngchēzhèng, xūyào xiān dào fúwù dàtīng qǔ hào, jiāo cáiliào. Xiànzài kěyǐ xiān zài shǒujī shàng tiánxiě xìnxī bìng shàngchuán cáiliào.

Previously, applying for a parking permit required first going to the service hall to take a number and submit documents. Now information and documents can be submitted by phone first.

工作人员网上检查以后，会发送消息告诉你材料是否完整。

Gōngzuò rényuán wǎngshàng jiǎnchá yǐhòu, huì fāsòng xiāoxi gàosu nǐ cáiliào shìfǒu wánzhěng.

After staff check the documents online, they send a message telling you whether the materials are complete.

这样仍然需要到现场一次，但可以减少排队和重复交材料的时间。

Zhèyàng réngrán xūyào dào xiànchǎng yí cì, dàn kěyǐ jiǎnshǎo páiduì hé chóngfù jiāo cáiliào de shíjiān.

This still requires one in-person visit, but it can reduce time spent queuing and resubmitting documents.