I got a chance to actually meet an online friend in real life when I went on vacation to San Francisco.

在去旧金山度假的途中，我得以有机会在现实生活中与每一位网友见面。

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If you visited a friend, you took the first chance you had to surreptitiously scan that friend's shelves to get a handle on the person.

如果您访问了一个朋友，你会先看看他的书架上有什么来了解他。

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You, on the other hand, would have a great chance to polish your English, and with a little bit of luck and a lot of courtesy, you might make a new foreign friend.

另一方面，你也有很好的机会提高英语，如果再有一点点运气和多多的礼貌，说不定还会结交一个老外朋友。

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Today, leads are far more than a call from a friend, a business card from an event or a chance encounter on a flight.

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