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誰說天下沒有免費午餐?
似乎，連硅谷富裕的工程師也喜歡免費的午餐供應。
Even the well-off engineers of Silicon Valley fall for the offer of a free lunch, it seems.
在硅谷，員工們紛紛涌向其它提供免費食物并能滿足其人際交往欲望的公司，這一現象被稱為"午餐2.0"(Lunch 2.0)。
In a phenomenon dubbed Lunch 2.0, workers in the Valley are descending on other companies for free food and the chance to satisfy their appetite for making contacts.
這一切源于4位試圖偷偷溜進雅虎(Yahoo)和谷歌(Google)等公司的硅谷員工，他們希望品嘗這些公司免費的美味午餐。
It started with four men trying to sneak into companies such as Yahoo and Google to sample their free gourmet lunches.
不過，這一創意已開始被人利用，并加以發展。數家公司已開始邀請所有來訪人員享用免費午餐。
But the idea has been picked up and developed. Several companies have begun inviting all- comers for a free lunch.
當然，它不是慷慨之舉。這些午餐不僅可以進行人際交往和填飽肚子，還是宣傳產品和網羅人才的時機。
Except, of course, it is not free. The lunches are partly about networking and eating, but they are also about pitching products and sizing up talent.
在上周的最新一個例子中，有100多人出現在社交網絡平臺Ning位于加州帕羅奧多的辦公室享用午餐。
