Now whenever I hear of a friend who's lost a loved one, I no longer call with the polite offer, "If there's anything I can do…" Instead I try to think of one specific task that suits that man's need, like taking the dog to the boarding kennel, or house sitting during the funeral.
现在，每当我听到朋友失去亲人，我不再打电话礼貌地提出“如果有什么我能做的……”相反，我试图想出一个特定的适合那人需要的任务，如带狗去寄宿养犬处，或在葬礼时看房子。
After that, you can search for house sitting assignments and contact house owners by email.
注册后，你可以搜索招募看房帮手的信息并通过邮件与房主取得联系。
It is a super insulated, luxury 3 bedroom house sitting in a beautiful water side location enjoying stunning views of the Solent and the Isle of Wight.
它是超保温的豪华三居室房屋，坐落在有着美丽海景一侧的位置上，享受着索伦特和怀特岛的壮丽景色。
Then I lucked into house sitting for a family friend in Paris, France for three months, which gave me the opportunity to write hip restaurant reviews and sip coffee casually for four hours a day.
后来我为我家的一个世交看房子，在法国巴黎住了三个月，在这期间我写了一些餐馆评论，而且每天都有四个小时在悠闲的品尝咖啡。
Sitting around the house like a bum, doing nothing for a day.
像一个流浪汉一样坐在房子周围，一天什么都不做。
A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house.
有个小女孩坐在最后面那栋房子的门槛上。
Otherwise I might just have gone straight back to Connecticut, where Will was house-sitting for me.
否则我可能直接回康涅狄格州了，威尔正帮我看房子呢。
Obviously, camping can't be as comfortable as living in a permanent house, but modern tents can be very comfortable indeed, with windows, bedrooms, kitchens and sitting rooms.
显然，露营不可能像住在固定的房子里那样舒服，但是现代的帐篷确实可以很舒服，它配有窗户、卧室、厨房和客厅。
That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory.
顺着卡罗琳手指的方向，我看到了山腰中一幢整洁而又简练的A型框架的小房子，大小适中地坐落在花丛锦簇之中。
When the rest of the league’s best players were invited to play at the White House this summer, Bryant ended up sitting on the side with Russell because of his knee surgery.
当这个夏天，联盟中其他最好的球员们都被邀请去白宫打球时，科比最终因为他的膝盖手术与拉塞尔一起坐在场边。
I finished reading the book in one sitting, an extremely rareoccurence with an 8 month old in the house.
我一口气读完了这本书，对家里有个8个月大婴儿的人这可是少有的事儿。
That would work, but you probably wouldn't be very happy sitting around your house, or the beach, with shoes on all the time.
这样会奏效，但是或许你并不喜欢在房子里或者沙滩上老是穿着鞋子。
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
在王宫的太监古实人以伯米勒，听见他们将耶利米下了牢狱（那时王坐在便雅悯门口）
I would take my drawings down to Gipsy House for him to look at while sitting on the sofa in the dining room.
我曾经为他把那些插图拿到Gipsy小屋，让他坐在餐厅的沙发里审视。
Rich stepped into the house and saw the elderly couple sitting side by side on the couch.
Rich走进房间，看到他们夫妇肩并肩坐在沙发上。
An image from that evening remains etched in my brain: we're sitting and joking in the cozy living room in front of the fire (the house had an actual working fireplace).
当晚的情景深深地铭刻在我的脑海里：我们坐在温暖的客厅里，笑语不休，炉火正旺(那幢房子有一个货真价实的壁炉)。
Third, as I found out later, he had arthritis since he was a teenager, and after sitting at a desk all day he needed to rough-house with us to get the stiffness out of his joints.
第三，我后来才发现，他从十几岁就换上了关节炎，当他在桌子边上坐了一天之后，他需要和我们在家里玩去赶走关节的僵硬。
Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him.
那时，以利沙正坐在家中，长老也与他同坐。
One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage: they call it here `the house' preeminently.
不用经过任何穿堂过道，我们径直进了这家的起坐间：他们颇有见地索性把这里叫作“屋子”。
We needed to save, so instead of moving back into our mortgage-heavy home, we continued to rent it and looked into house-sitting opportunities.
我们需要存钱，因此我们没有搬回有沉重的抵押贷款的家，而是继续把它出租，并寻找代人看管房子的机会。
The patient is picturing a guy in sweatpants sitting around the house drinking beer.
病人描绘出了一个穿着短裤闲坐在屋里喝啤酒的人。
He wanted to go surfing in South Africa, so he got a job house-sitting to pay for it.
他父亲也说：“他想去南非冲浪，因此找了个替人照看房屋的工作来筹备资金。”
Now, the White House ballrooms were filled with energy and music as we danced. The East sitting room became a peaceful place to read and study.
现在，白宫舞厅里回荡着我们舞蹈时的激情和音乐，东起居室成了安静地阅读和学习的场所。
And if a woman feels stressed out because the house is a mess and the guy's sitting on the couch while she's vacuuming, that's not going to put her in the mood.
如果妻子看到房间里乱糟糟而感到紧张，但她在打扫房间时，丈夫却若无其事地坐在沙发上，这会影响她的情绪。
When we pulled up in front of the house, Bo was sitting on his porch.
我们开车到他家门前时，波正坐在门廊下。
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
忽然从天上有响声下来，好像一阵大风吹过，充满了他们所坐的屋子。
He is sitting in the living room of Keanne's house.
他坐在安娜家的客厅里问道。
The single story he told that stood out in my mind, however, was the story of the time he was offered the job of house-sitting for a friend.
他讲的最为印象深刻的就是一个朋友给他一份看家工作的故事。
It's when you're sitting in your house, thinking about running and feeling tired, that it seems hard.
当你坐在屋子里想着跑步，感觉疲惫时，便似乎很困难。
On the first floor there was a small sitting room and a bedroom for me, along with a kitchen and a bathroom, which was the first thing you saw when you entered the house.
一楼有个小起居室和我的一间卧室，另外还有一个厨房和一个卫生间。
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