That as the little fellow had set his heart on parting with his school-mates on the seventeenth, it would be better to indulge the fancy if he grew no worse.

由于这小家伙决心在十七日那一天跟他的同学们离别，因此如果他的状况没有恶化的话，那么最好是满足他的愿望；

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They've been best mates since school.

他们从上学时期以来就是最要好的朋友。

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Similarly, befriending coworkers or school mates might be easier for you than approaching a complete stranger - you know you have at least one thing in common already.

同样的，帮助同事或者校友大概是会比接近一个完全陌生的人要来得容易——你知道的，你至少已经和他们有一个共同点。

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Australian friends Stuart Appleby and Robert Allenby are also paired together, as are Boo Weekley and Bubba Watson, former high school team-mates.

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And the 29-year-old - who along with his team-mates visited a school in Goodna, on the outskirts of the Queensland capital, on Friday - said he hopes the match will further raise publicity for the relief effort.

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Bopara is the role-model for the next generation - a boy who scrambled 10 team-mates together from his inner London state school to enter a Capital Kids competition run by the Lord's Taverners, which they won.

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