It comes down to three things: Understanding the benefits of talking to strangers. Knowing how to deal with the occasional rejection or unpleasant encounter. Breaking down your fear through practice.

归结为三件事：理解与陌生人交谈的好处，明白怎样应付偶然出现的拒绝或者使人生厌的遭遇，通过练习克服恐惧。

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The 43-year-old woman lived in constant fear of strangers, whether at parties with her husband or at school functions1 with her three children.

一位43岁的妇女总是生活在对陌生人的恐惧中，无论是和丈夫一起出席晚会，还是和她的三个孩子参加学校的典礼。

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28 p.m., syncing up: Three laptop-toting strangers sitting around a table on the sundeck strike up a conversation about a new social-networking startup.

下午3点28分，同步启动：3个携带笔记本电脑的陌生人围坐在露天平台上的一张桌子旁，开始讨论一家刚创立的社交网络公司。

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The three strangers meet on their homeward journey and agree to share a car when flights out of JFK are suspended after a power outage.

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Children abducted by relatives, runaways, and abductions by strangers are the three classifications of what came to be repackaged and rebranded by activists as "missing children" in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Best said.

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Despite the long presidential campaign, the pair are virtual strangers and have met just three or four times in the past.

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