So it was with some surprise that a mutual friend of ours called recently to suggest that the two of us meet.

所以我们的一位共同的朋友最近打电话来说我们最好能见个面。

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Vogel joked that he hoped the only reason his friend would be called on to use his access within "the next hundred years or so" would be if Vogel forgets his own passwords.

沃格尔开玩笑说，他希望他朋友登陆他的邮箱的唯一理由就是，百年后他自己忘记了密码。

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And so he called his friend Fuguo, a taxi driver and local personality, who he said would take us to meet the Master.

于是他打电话给他朋友富国(Fuguo)，一个计程车司机，本地名人，他说会带我们见大师。

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