Try this as an experiment: smile at someone as you pass them on the street or walking around the office.

试着做下面这个试验：在街上或办公室对与你擦肩而过的人微笑。

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This would explain why, say, the oft-prophesied paperless office never came to pass.

这也许能够解释一些现象，比如，之前常预言的无纸办公室并没有出现。

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I pass the post office on my way to school.

在我去学校的路上总要路过邮局。

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