Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment.
也许我对午餐、茶水间闲聊、关心他人、深入而有意义的谈话的期望是我上次在那种办公室环境中遗留下来的。
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Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip, and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a legacy of the last time I was in that kind of office environment.
也许我对午餐、茶水间的八卦、关心、深刻和有意义的谈话的期待，是上次那种办公室环境留给我的后遗症。
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It was a story they'd shared around the watercooler.