'As adults we can often forget how powerful these small things are and how the little things can make a difference. Small gestures are just as important as big ones.
"我们成人时常忘了这些小事有多么巨大的力量和多么大的影响.在友情中,这些小事和大事一样重要."
'With growing external pressures being put on friendships these days, it's important to nurture and make time for our friendships.
"如今随着友情中的外部压力越来越大,找时间培养友情显得越发重要."
'If we could only do one additional thing a week to show we care and love our friends, it would create a stronger framework for the future.'
"如果我们仅仅每周多做一件事向朋友表示关心和爱,这会为未来的友情创造更加坚实的基础."
Later in life we find ourselves losing friends.
晚年的时候,我们会发现自己在不断失去朋友.
Over half (54 per cent) of us have lost friendships through moving, while 36 per cent say that over time they grew apart from close pals.
超过一半的人（54%）在人生前行的过程中失去了一些朋友；36%的人说,随着时间的推移,他们和好友疏远了.
Having children has also caused 19 per cent to drift away from childless friends.
19%的人因为孩子疏远了那些没有孩子的朋友.
And new relationships play a big role in finding - and keeping - friends, with one in 10 people (11 per cent) saying their friendship circles had expanded due to a new relationship and 10 per cent revealing their partner did not approve of some.
建立新恋情在寻找朋友和维系朋友关系中发挥着重要作用,十分之一的人（11%）说,他们的朋友圈因为新恋情的出现而扩大了,而10%的人表示他们的爱人与一些朋友之间相处并不融洽.
The study also looked into the amount of friends we would like to have. It found that the average Brit has four close friends, but ideally we want six.
该研究还调查了人们的理想朋友数量.结果发现,英国人普遍有四个密友,但是他们的理想数量是六个.
Tellingly, almost half (48 per cent) of women and 39 per cent of men have at least one secret they share with their best friend, which they would never tell their partner.
事实上,约半数（48%）女性和39%的男性向好友透露过至少一个自己永远不会告诉另一半的秘密.
