"Research has found that when we are with a group of our 'real' friends, we shift our behavior to be more like them. We now know that this occurs when we read a book, as well," Young adds.

研究还发现，当我们跟一群‘真正’的朋友在一起时，我们改变自己的行为以更像他们。

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According to Facebook the average user has 130 friends, but many of these are chance acquaintances or people they will never meet in real life.

Facebook的数据显示，平均每位用户有130名“好友”，但这些“好友”中的许多人都是偶然认识的人，或根本不会在现实生活中遇见的人。

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Sometimes we may feel extremely sad when a friend has cheated us, for real friends should not be like that.

有时候，我们会因为被朋友欺骗了而感到特别伤心，因为真正的朋友不应该是这样子的。

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She knows too much and as a result has few real friends.

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And because most of the people one associates closely with family members and real friends are also FB friends, FB has become a frequent subject of conversation in the First World of actual human intercourse.

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In a cross-cultural twist, the new Noddy who now has a Canadian accent and real-life child friends, could even be re-exported back to Britain.

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