066 Level 3 谈论朋友-跟读版

1. Having more friends reduces your chances of making risky decisions. 朋友多可以降低做危险决定的风险。

2. Friends are more important to us than we could ever imagine. 朋友的重要性，比我们想象的更甚。

3. We need friends for the same reason we need pets: they both provide us with companionship and emotional support. 我们需要朋友的理由和养宠物是一样的：因为我们都需要藉此得到陪伴和感情支持。

4. My favorite quote on friendship goes like this: Friends are God’s apology for your family. 我最喜欢的关于朋友的引语是这样的：朋友乃是上帝对我们家庭不和美的补偿。

5. Some people might not have enough energy to maintain several friendships at the same time. 有些人可能没有足够的精力同时维持好几份友情。

6. Is there a perfect number of friends one should have? 关于一个人究竟有几个朋友最为完美，可有定数？

7. Our desire to build good and lasting friendships is often undermined by a lack of focus on what friendship should really be about. 我们渴望建立良好持久友谊的愿望，往往受累于缺乏对于真正的友谊是什么有了解。

8. According to the research of some brilliant Australian scientists, having friends increases how long you live. 根据某些超级有才的澳大利亚科学家的研究，朋友有助于人活得更加长寿。

9. When you feel guilty to hang out with a particular friend, that person is probably a toxic friend you should get rid of. 如果你和一个朋友相处总是感觉到罪恶，那就这个人是你应该舍断离了。

10. Toxic friends won’t even listen to your opinion. They just want to win an argument. 负能量的朋友甚至不会听你的意见。他们是每个争论都要争输赢。

独白练习：

Have you ever wondered why we need friends?

I don’t know about you, but I think the most important reason we need friends is that 朋友多了可以帮助我们降低做危险决定的几率。In addition, friends provide us with companionship and emotional support,有朋友还可以让我们寿命延长。

Some people might find it rather challenging to 同时维持好几份友谊。

That’ s exactly why we need to have at least one best friend.

朋友比我们想象的要更加重要。

独白练习参考英文答案：

Have you ever wondered why we need friends?

I don’t know about you, but I think the most important reason we need friends is thathaving more friends reduces our chances of making risky decisions.

In addition, friends provide us with companionship and emotional support,they probably increases how long we live.

Some people might find it rather challenging tomaintain several friendships at the same time.

That’ s exactly why we need to have at least one best friend.

Friends are more important to us than we could ever imagine.