One day, as I was falling asleep, while listening to endless speeches at a conference, my brain suddenly perked up when I caught a whiff of lemon from someone's cologne.

一天当我在一次会议上听着无休止的演讲时，慢慢坠入梦乡，突然闻到来自某个人科隆香水的柠檬味道，我的大脑兴奋起来。

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One day, as I was falling asleep, while listening to endless speeches at a conference, my brain suddenly perked up when I caught a whiff of lemon from someone’s cologne.

一天当我在一次会议上听着无休止的演讲时，慢慢坠入梦乡，突然闻到来自某个人科隆香水的柠檬味道，我的大脑兴奋起来。

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The breakfasts, the lunches and the dinners, the endless speeches and the private seminars, the industry forums and the business commissions: all have represented a ruthless determination to achieve that.

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