Instead of taking the time to talk about your background, learn to tell interesting stories about what you've done or things that have happened to you.

要尽可能多的告诉她你做过的或者经历过的有趣的事情，而不是一味的谈论你的背景。

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One way to tell if you're really friends is: your friend can talk about others he or she is attracted to without upsetting you.

一种辨别你们是不是真朋友的方法是：异性朋友可以谈论他或她所喜欢的人，而不会让你感到烦恼。

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If you have no one to talk to, seek out a hotline in your area or go to an online forum and anonymously tell people about your loneliness.

如果你找不到倾听者，你可以寻求热线帮助或者在线的论坛帮助，用化名把你的孤独告诉别人。

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The next day we were sitting on the deck and I was trying to get him to tell me stories or talk to me about ingredients, and it was like banging my head against a wall all day long, in the hot sun, with a hangover.

WSJ: The Chef and the Critic

Your student may tell you about friends whose drinking habits scare you to death or talk about his or her own hair-raising adventures.

FORBES: A Sober Assessment of High-Risk Drinking on College Campuses

She said that to be redeemed, Mr. Armstrong needed to tell the whole truth to Usada or the World Anti-Doping Agency and talk about others who aided and abetted him in doping.

WSJ: Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping, 'One Big Lie'