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7 tips for better family communication

你经常和家人聚在一起谈论生活中的问题或者每天发生的事吗？你所认为的“家庭沟通”是不是指在走向浴室，经过家人身边时点点头呢？交谈对于任何一种亲密关系都至关重要，而且对家庭沟通来说尤其关键。想改善你的家庭沟通技巧吗？试试这些简单的妙计吧……

Do you regularly get together to talk with your family about problems or the day's events? Or is your idea of family communication nodding to one another as you pass each other on the way to the bathroom? Conversation is the key to any strong relationship, but family communication is especially important. Want to improve your family's communication skills? Try implementing these simple steps...
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Hope that floats like a butterfly

当拳王阿里点燃亚特兰大奥运会的火炬时，他知道自己并没有被帕金森症打败。一直照顾他的妻子朗尼•阿里说：“谁能想到他是一个与病魔战斗的人呢？现在人们可以了解到他最真实的一面了。即使不开口讲话，他仍然拥有激励人心的力量。”

Love doesn't stop when a parent, spouse, or friend gets sick. Here, remarkable stories of stepping up, sticking around, and finding joy.
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        A friend walk in when the rest of the world walks out."

　　当其他人都离去时，朋友会走向你，

　　Sometimes in life, You find a special friend;

　　有时在生活中你会遇到一个奇特的朋友

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         There’s a moment in the Disney classic, Cinderella, when the ragamuffin her oine lays claim to her wayward glass slipper and Prince Charming adoringly sweeps her into his arms and waltzes her away. It ’s a scene that draws longing sighs from every woman who watches it。
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感恩节临近了，有位一年级老师给班上的学生布置了一项有趣的作业——画出他们想感谢的东西。

当孩子们接着做其它作业时，老师在道格拉斯的桌旁停下来，弯下腰问他那是谁的手。小男孩眼望别处怯怯地说：“老师，那是你的手。”

她回想起，有时她会像对其他学生一样，牵着他的手一起去这儿，到那儿。她常说：“拉着我的手，道格拉斯，我们走到外面去。”或者“让我教你怎样拿铅笔。”又或者：“我们一起来做这件事吧。”而道格拉斯最感激的正是老师的手。
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听闻父母要离婚的消息，我泪如雨下。我的家庭曾经那样美满和睦，而如今，支撑我理想和信念的家庭支柱却轰然崩塌……

去年，我结婚了，但这样的故事仍在不停重演，那么当爱我们的父母要离婚时，我们应该如何面对呢？

My heart broke the day my mom told me she didn't love my dad anymore. It was June, without a cloud in the sky on that hot Arizona day. After completing my sophomore year of college in California, I decided to go home for a weekend visit with my parents. As always, it was nice visiting my family, but at the same time something didn't feel right. Shortly before I left to go back, my mom asked me to take a walk around our block. The walk was mostly silent, and then, without looking at me, she dropped the bomb.
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卡车的油箱着火了，38岁的罗尼·桑德斯命悬一线。在驱车前往印第安纳波利斯州的路上，一辆道奇车突然在他前方的冰面道路上停了下来。罗尼可以看到道奇车后座有几个孩子。卡车的庞大身躯或许能最大程度上使他免遭伤害，但是23吨的重量足以碾碎道奇车里的每个人。

“在肯塔基州，路边的堤很陡，但那个时候，我没有考虑这个。我在想的是为了避免别人送命，我得将卡车开进路沟。”

Looks like a brush fire, Kim Cooper thought as she spotted an orange glow ahead on Interstate 75. It was near dusk, and she and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky hauling auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a freight company. Steve, 59, was fast asleep in the truck's living quarters as Kim, 52, drove up to the scene. That's when she saw it was much worse than a brush fire.
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How to be the most attractive person in the world

有没有吸引力并不取决于你赚多少钱，也不取决于你的老爸是谁。而且，这完全不取决于你是否长得像汤姆·克鲁斯或者他的妻子凯蒂·赫尔姆斯。这仅仅取决于一些简单的细节，像汤姆·克鲁斯一样的人也不一定能办到。而来自任何种族，任何国家，任何背景的人，都能成为世界上最有吸引力的人。

By Susan Brown
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The Brave Spider 

“But I’m only twenty-five years old.”
“I know.”
“I’ve got two boys to raise by myself.”
I sat in Dr. Anderson’s office, trying to convince him that I didn’t have time for cancer, that I couldn’t work it into my schedule and that I simply would not be told that I had it.
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在巴黎的站台上见到他之后，我们之间没有激情的拥吻，只有埃菲尔铁塔下的畅谈。尽管我们之间没有迸发出激情的火花，我也无法写出更精彩的故事，但我赢得了珍贵的友情。我很清楚这正是我想要的。他和我共度了完美的一周，倾听我讲述了回忆，我还有什么渴求呢？

“只是朋友”不一定会令人失望，有时候这正是你所需要的。

If ever the scene had been set, this was it.

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