Through Yale you know a lot of people and they don't have to be close friends but they are acquaintances.

通过耶鲁，你能认识很多人,这些人不一定是亲密的好朋友,他们只是相识的人。

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And that's closer, but the interesting answer sociologists come to is it's not so much you develop powerful friends; rather, you develop powerful acquaintances.

这个答案更接近了，但社会学家给出的有趣答案,并不是你能结交到有权势的朋友;,而是你能结交到有权势的相识之人。

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Of course it happens, but much more common is somebody you already know, somebody you have seen repetitively you suddenly find attraction-- attractive and a relationship forms. Okay?

这种情况当然会发生，但是更为常见的是,你遇到一个已经相识的人，这个人，你看到过很多次,突然间，你发现-,对方非常迷人，并开始和他交往？

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And sociologists point out that for a lot of aspects of your life, like getting a job, acquaintances matter, connections matter, and the connections you establish by going to a place like Yale hold you in good stead for the rest of your life, above and beyond any intellectual qualities that this place may offer.

社会学家指出，在你生活里很多方面，例如找工作，相识的人很重要，关系很重要，你去一个像耶鲁这样的地方建立的关系,能为你的余生带来好处，比这个地方教给你的知识更有好处。

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