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。

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.

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但是，当然了，我需要每个人都对我的电子邮件、短信和电话立刻作出回应。

But I do, of course, need everyone else to respond to my emails, texts and calls right away.

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我每两个月清理一次电话簿，删除那些我不再需要的联系人。

I clean out my phone every couple of months, deleting people I don't need anymore.

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