The Email Mistake

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早会zǎo huì结束jié shùhòu小郭xiǎo guō回到huí dào座位zuò wèiAfter the morning meeting, Xiao Guo returns to his desk.打开dǎ kāi电脑diàn nǎo看见kàn jiàn很多hěn duō邮件yóu jiànHe opens his computer and sees many emails.yǒu一封yī fēngshì老板lǎo bǎn发的fā deOne of them is from the boss.

他说tā shuōyào文件wén jiàn发给fā gěi客户kè hùIt says to send a file to the client.小郭xiǎo guō马上mǎ shàngxiě邮件yóu jiàn可是kě shì太快了tài kuài leXiao Guo writes the email right away—but too quickly.不小心bù xiǎo xīn错误的cuò wù de文件wén jiàn发出去了fā chū qù leHe accidentally sends the wrong file.

几分钟jǐ fēn zhōnghòu老板lǎo bǎn打电话dǎ diàn huà来了lái leA few minutes later, the boss calls.“你发错了fā cuò le!”老板lǎo bǎnde声音shēng yīnhěn严肃yán sù“You sent the wrong one!” the boss says seriously.小郭xiǎo guō心里xīn lǐhěn紧张jǐn zhāng不知道bù zhī dàogāi怎么办zěn me bànXiao Guo feels nervous and doesn’t know what to do.

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