Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

I think we all understand the importance of children growing up together and having the opportunity to work together to become friends, to learn the results of conflicts and to basically interact in a social environment.

我们都明白,孩子共同成长,有机会合作是很重要的,他们要成为朋友，要知道发生冲突的后果,要在社会环境里互动。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

So mostly it's just work and practice and a lot of fun with my friends, but it's pretty normal.

所以，我的本科生活就是学习，训练，和朋友们一块放松，很普通的学生生活。

MIT的时尚品味 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

More than half of them sold their work or gave it away to family and friends.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

I think all my friends from school and work are coming over.

我想我学校和公司的所有朋友都会来。

Who 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The volunteers learn about local culture and make friends as they work in the community.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

We're here with everybody, with friends from work, co-workers.

我们和大家来这儿，和工作中的朋友，同事。

中央公园的时光 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Their friends work out a plan to make the two secretly fall in love.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

But just go to cs50.net, click office hours and you'll see the Google Calendar with all of the office hours that are still happening tonight, as well as tomorrow and these are just an opportunity to chat, to ask questions one on one with the teaching fellows or course assistants or frankly just a way to hang out during brain break and work on projects and then see what some of your friends might be tackling themselves.

但是我要提醒大家去cs50，net网站看看,这里清清楚楚告诉你,什么时候该学习工作，当然也包括今晚的明天的，我们还有一个机会供，一个与研究生助教或课程辅导员交流的机会,更直白来说,是提供你们开小差的机会,看看你们周围哪些人,在开小差呢。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Most of my friends work to earn enough money to live.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

To his friends,family and colleagues, Norman Borlaug was a marvel, continuing to work on agricultural projects and academic pursuits as he reached the age of 95.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Mayor Bandic is a controversial figure with media reports that he fled police after being caught driving drunk and allegations he fixes bids for city work projects linked to his friends, while overpaying his aids.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"This is a rough-and-tumble place and it's nice to come back to two people who care about me, who care about my success, who care about the difficulties I might be having either at work or at home and just to have two friends who are a sounding board."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07