Try this one the next time you're in a meeting or a conference and there's a lull in the conversation: "Giraffe walks into a bar, says, 'the highballs are on me."

下次在会场或在会议上出现冷场的时候，试着讲讲这个：“长颈鹿走进一家酒吧，说‘来杯苏打(姜汁)威士忌’”。

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The new lounge, accessible to first - and business-class passengers, will feature two conference rooms, shower facilities, a smoking lounge, a full-service bar and several workstations.

最新的休息厅中将接待商务舱和头等舱乘客，拥有两间会议室，一间吸烟室，且安装有淋浴设施、一间服务周到的酒吧和数个工作间。

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A federal judge orders the National Conference of Bar Examiners to let Stephanie Enyart, 32, take the test on a laptop equipped with software that magnifies the text and converts it to an audio feed.

一位联邦法官勒令律师资格考试考官全国大会允许32岁的Stephanie Enyart使用笔记本电脑，以利用安装在电脑上的软件来放大文字并将其转化为音频馈送。

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At a news conference Tuesday, a group of senators introduced an amendment to the Senate war funding bill that would bar the release of Guantanamo detainees on to U.S.soil.

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No member of the Shadow Cabinet had their resignation briefed out at 3am in the conference hotel bar.

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The present drive for a moratorium is backed not only by the death penalty's usual opponents but also by the American Bar Association, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and such influential newspapers as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the St Louis Post-Dispatch.

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It now has 37 ensuite bedrooms, including two four-poster suites, two restaurants, conference facilities and a bar.

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