A Marketer's Morning (Part 1)

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李安lǐ ān是shì一位yī wèi行销xíng xiāo员yuán,在zài一家yī jiā科技kē jì公司gōng sī工作gōng zuò。Li An is a marketer who works at a tech company.他tā早上zǎo shang七点qī diǎn起床qǐ chuáng,先xiān喝hē一yī杯bēi水shuǐ,然后rán hòu洗脸xǐ liǎn、刷牙shuā yá。He wakes up at seven, drinks a glass of water, then washes his face and brushes his teeth.

他tā喜欢xǐ huan边biān听tīng音乐yīn yuè边biān准备zhǔn bèi早餐zǎo cān。He likes to make breakfast while listening to music.今天jīn tiān他tā吃chī吐司tǔ sī、鸡蛋jī dàn,还有hái yǒu一yī杯bēi黑hēi咖啡kā fēi。Today he eats toast, eggs, and drinks a cup of black coffee.

吃完chī wán后hòu,他tā打开dǎ kāi电脑diàn nǎo看kàn邮件yóu jiàn。After breakfast, he opens his computer to check emails.有yǒu几个jǐ ge客户kè hù发fā来了lái le新的xīn de合作hé zuò计划jì huà。Several clients have sent over new partnership proposals.八点半bā diǎn bàn,他tā穿上chuān shang整齐zhěng qí的de衬衫chèn shān,出门chū mén去qù公司gōng sī。At eight thirty, he puts on a neat shirt and heads to the office.

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