Now people do not have to use a dog, but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.

现在人们不必使用狗，但他们把它当作朋友，就像家庭中的一个成员一样。

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"I love coming here, I would do anything to help this synagogue, it's part of my life and want to see it here forever," he says as his friend, the rabbi, looks on with a smile.

“我喜欢来这儿，为了这座教堂，我可以做任何事。它是我生命的一部分，我希望它永远坐落在这里”，说这话时，他看了一眼身边的朋友——神父先生，两人相视一笑。

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It could be something you do outside of work - a hobby, a side job, something you do as a volunteer or a parent or a spouse or a friend.

它也可能是工作之外的东西——业余爱好，兼职，或者你作为志愿者，父母，爱人，朋友所做的一些事情。

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More than anything they always say 'oh, do this - we'll do two for this price and we'll do it as a favour for you and be your friend' up until a time you've got nothing.

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