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美国总公司代表Pete来北京视察，由中国雇员Jack接待。 Jack: Good evening, Pete. I trust you had a nice siesta. 皮特，晚上好。我相信你午休得很好。 Pete: Yes. It was just what the doctor ordered. 是的。这是医生要求的。 J: Id like you to meet Henry Johnson. Mr. Johnson has been working at our Beijing office for over a year now. I think you two are from the same city. 我希望你去见亨利约翰逊。约翰逊先生在北京工作超过一年了。我想你们两个来自同一个城市。 P: Hey there, Henry. Call me Pete. A New Yorker, eh? 嘿，亨利，叫我皮特吧。是纽约人吧? Henry: Born and raised in Brooklyn. Good to meet you, Pete. 在布鲁克林出生和长大的。皮特，很高兴见到你。 Jack问Pete休息得怎么样，siesta is spelled s-i-e-s-t-a, siesta指午饭后的短暂休息。Pete的回答，it was just what the doctor ordered. 说一件事情is just what the doctor ordered，意思是这正是最需要的。Jack给Pete引见Henry, Henry在北京办事处工作。Pete和Henry都是纽约人，New Yorker. Henry说自己是born and raised in Brooklyn，土生土长的纽约布鲁克林区的人。 P: Brooklyn...thats a great neighborhood. Im originally from Queens but moved down to Manhattan a while back. So...youre an expat in China...hows life over here working out for you? 布鲁克林，真是个不错的邻居。我很来住在皇后区后来搬到曼哈顿。所以你在中国是个老外你在这儿的工作怎么样? | 
