And we've been talking about this after-work party for a while.

而且我们说要举行个下班后的聚会都说了好久了。

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That's all they do all night, but they also are talking and they're talking very well as a matter of fact, and the goal of this conversation is, or of this party rather, Symposium means by the way drinking together.

他们彻夜豪饮,但同时也谈经论道,事实上,他们还讨论得不亦乐乎,这场讨论的目的,或是说这场聚会的目的是,顺便说下,"Symposium"的意思是"一起喝酒"

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