晚宴结束,Jason跟同事Harold一起往外走。Jason是从中国来的,对西方人交往时回避谈钱的问题感到不解,问这样做是不是为了不去刺激那些没什么钱的人。Harold回答说: Harold: Yes, I think you hit

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晚宴结束,Jason跟同事Harold一起往外走。Jason说: Jason: That was a lovely party, wasn't it? Harold: Yes, it was. The food was pretty good, too. J: I was a little puzzled about something, though. H: What was that? J: At one point in ou

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Henry买了最新的超小电脑Orange SuperCom 4,拿给同事Sara和Mark看。Sara问他: Sara: So did you already own an Orange SuperCom 3? Henry: Yeah, I sold it on eBay last week. M: I used to rush out and buy the latest gadgets as well, but

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i 公司电脑系统遭到骇客入侵,Dylan跟同事Cory和Brenda一起讨论,Dylan说: D: We may never be able to trace the origin of this attack. But what we can do is work harder to make our systems impenetrable. B: Yes, a lot of people are

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