If you feel that the talks are getting a little too much and your inter-personal relations are getting affected, confront the person behind the whole thing.

如果你觉得闲言碎语有些过分，影响到了你的人际关系，那就勇敢直面背后煽风点火的人吧。

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Take care, however, not to enter someone's "personal space" by getting too close, too soon.

但要注意，不要过快地靠别人太近，以免进入别人的“个人空间”。

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Americans work much closer to the 40-hour-week than I suspected, though I do know from personal experience that many work far too much, some tackling more than one job and still not getting healthcare benefits.

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