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。

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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。

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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。

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One soldier told of guarding the president's house on a day when Lincoln was sitting on the porch with his young son Tad.

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Or one of my favorite examples, you could be sitting in your-- you read this sort of thing in the newspaper periodically-- you could be sitting in your living room when suddenly an airplane crashes into your house, killing you.

或者像我最喜欢用的一个例子那样，你可能坐在你-,你按时读报纸之类的东西-,你可能正坐在你家起居室里,这时突然有架飞机撞进了你家，杀死了你。

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When I first started teaching this course and had six students, I remember one day sitting in Leverett House, having lunch by myself and one of the students comes in and says, "can I join you?" "Sure." we have lunch.

当我开始教授这门课时,有六名学生，我记得有一天坐在学生宿舍里，独自用餐，一名学生走进来说，“能一起吃吗？““当然“，我们共进午餐。

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Miss Mills told the court she lived with Bellfield at a flat in Walton-on-Thames but on the day Milly went missing they were house sitting in west London.

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The house is sitting in the high temperature of the surrounding atmosphere of summer highs.

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Meanwhile, Issa has accused the White House of sitting on the inspector general's findings about the GSA for 11 months.

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