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。
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。
As the business grew, she reinvested profits, expanding into pet-sitting and house-sitting.
随着生意越做越大，她把利润再次投入了公司，并将生意拓展到了照料宠物和看管房子这些业务上。
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。
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 house, sitting on a podium with a swimming pool and a lawn terrace, is clad with black lacquered aluminium panels and white cedar accents.
该别墅坐落在带泳池和草坪露台的平台上，包覆着黑漆铝面板和白色雪松。
During the day, too, occupants rotate house-sitting duties.
而白天，他们也轮流值班守护。
During the day, too, occupants rotate house-sitting duties.
而白天，他们也轮流值班守护。
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