At the Office (Part 2)

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林Lín工程师gōng chéng shī九jiǔ点diǎn到dào公司gōng sī。Engineer Lin arrives at the company at nine o'clock.他tā先xiān打开dǎ kāi电脑diàn nǎo,查看chá kàn今天jīn tiān的de邮件yóu jiàn。He first turns on his computer and checks his emails.

同事tóng shì小陈xiǎo chén走过来zǒu guò lái说shuō:“早zǎo啊ā,今天jīn tiān有yǒu会议huì yì!”His colleague Xiao Chen walks over and says, "Morning! There's a meeting today!"他们tā men一起yī qǐ去qù会议室huì yì shì,听tīng经理jīng lǐ讲jiǎng新的xīn de项目xiàng mù计划jì huà。They go to the meeting room together and listen to the manager explain the new project plan.会议huì yì一个yī ge小时xiǎo shí后hòu结束jié shù。The meeting ends after an hour.

林Lín工程师gōng chéng shī开始kāi shǐ写xiě程序chéng xù,要yào测试cè shì一个yī ge新的xīn de系统xì tǒng。Engineer Lin starts coding to test a new system.他tā很hěn认真rèn zhēn,不想bù xiǎng出错chū cuò。He works carefully and doesn't want to make mistakes.中午zhōng wǔ十二shí èr点diǎn,他tā和hé同事tóng shì一起yī qǐ去qù楼下lóu xià吃chī午饭wǔ fàn。At noon, he goes downstairs to eat lunch with his colleagues.

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