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尊敬的道尔博士：我想就昨天的所作所为向你表达歉意。
我知道自己很容易钻牛角尖，所以昨天听到你说“我们就关了它再重开嘛”的时候，我当时的反应有点太过激了。
我的工作就是为其设计稳定原型，也花了很多心力对引力子阵列的电容进行微调，所以你说的实在…
…但你确实没说错。我的确应该先试试那些简单的方法。这个项目对我来说意义重大，所以有时可能不够尊重别人提出的建议。但我同意你的观点，也想对你说一声谢谢。所以，谢了。
敬上
科林
英文原文
Dear Dr. Doyle
I wanted to drop you a line to apologise for my behaviour yesterday. I know I can get a bit in my own head about these things, and when you suggested we just ‘turn it off and turn it on again’ I think I may have spoken a little curtly. Stabilisation prototyping is all I do, and I had spent so long trying to tweak capacitance on the gravitonic array that the idea of just...
...but you’re right. I should have tried the simple things first. This project is very important to me, and sometimes I don’t see other people as much as I should. But you were right, and I should have said thank you. So thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Colin Chapman
Exotic Matter Laboratory
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科林，
你的工作确实举足轻重，我也并没有感到被冒犯。
还有，请叫我艾米莉就好。
英文原文
Dear Colin,
What you do is important, and I didn’t think you were being curt.
And please, call me Emily.