假设下个星期六的晚上你要邀请朋友共进晚餐，而你未做任何准备，那是多么尴尬的事情啊。

Let's suppose you invited friends over for dinner next Saturday night. You would look pretty silly if you didn't plan what you were going to eat.

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邀请我前来共进晚餐的，是我的一位大学朋友、时任纽约美联储银行副行长助理蒂尔福德·盖尼斯。

I'd been invited to dinner by Tilford Gaines, a college friend who was now an assistant vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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有一天，牛顿邀请的老朋友与他共进晚餐。

One day Newton invites an old friend to dine with him.

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