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Last year my sister moved to a small city in the north for a new job.去年，我姐姐为了新工作搬到了北方的一座小城。 The first week was hard, and she called me every evening.第一周很难熬，她每天晚上都给我打电话。 I listened briefly, because she needed to share her inner thoughts.我「简短地」听着，因为她需要说出「内心的」想法。 She asked why the days there felt so long and slow.她问，那里的日子为什么显得那么长、那么慢。 A new place always feels strange at first.一个新的地方起初总是让人觉得陌生。

She said the air was dry.她说那里空气很干燥。 There was an acute pain in her back from the boxes.搬那些沉箱子，让她的背有一种「剧烈的」疼痛。 Her body needed time to get used to the cold weather.她的身体需要时间习惯寒冷的天气。 I said a new habit is slow and no one can rush it.我说，新习惯养成得很慢，谁都急不来。

She works from home, so her main issue was the quiet.她在家里工作，所以主要的「问题」是太安静。 To focus, she began to write a brief list every morning.为了「集中注意力」，她开始每天早上写一张「简短」的清单。 She had to pause and ask what she truly wanted.她不得不「停顿」一下，想想自己真正想要什么。

She told me she ought to walk outside at lunch.她告诉我，午休时她「应该」到外面走走。 One evening she stood at the door and looked at the sky with new awareness.一天傍晚，她站在门口，看着天空，心里有了新的「意识」。 She said she would stop worrying about the small stuff.她说，不再为那些小「东西」发愁。