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陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作。他中午吃饭在餐厅找到美国同事Amy。 (Office ambience) C:Amy, 能找到你,太好了。 A:Will you join me? C:好啊,我正好有事问你。 A:What is it? C:我有个同事两个星期

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Kim跟朋友Anita一起出去吃饭。 K: Hey, Anita! Great to see you! A: Long time no see! I'm so glad you had time to meet for lunch! K: I've missed you. How have you been? A: Pretty good. The boys are doing well in school and John is enjoying his

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公司总裁Tim召集部门经理开会,讨论节能措施。 Tim: Morning everyone. As promised, we are returning to our topic from till couple of weeks ago: How can we make this firm more green? I'm sure you all remember environmental consultant

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公司开会前,经理Jeff说,总裁John Henderson的母亲去世了。大家问George, 遇到这种情况,中国人一般会怎样处理。 J: What do they say in China? G: A sentence with four Chinese characters that roughly means: May your p

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Tom和Vivian是香港一家跨国公司的雇员。Vivian被升职,要调到美国奥兰多的办事处。她知道Tom是从芝加哥调到香港来的,所以向Tom征求意见。Tom谈到利弊时说: T: On a financial note, you'll probably be

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