21歲時好友最多We're most popular at 21 (but after that, our 99 friends fall away)
We have a staggering 99 friends at the age of 21 - more than at any other time in our life, according to a new study.
一項最新的研究顯示，在我們21歲時，擁有的朋友數量達到了驚人的99個——這比我們一生中其他任何時候都多。
The typical 21 year old's social circle nearly hits 100, with 13 "best" friends, 17 "close" friends and 70 acquaintances.
比較有代表性的21歲年輕人的社交圈子，人數接近于100人，其中有13個“最要好的”朋友，17個“親密的”朋友，以及70個熟人。
The research undertaken by skin care brand Nivea found our social circle peaks at 21 as we meet people at work while keeping in touch with friends from school and university.
護膚品牌妮維雅進行的這項研究發現，我們的社交圈在21歲時達到頂峰，在這個年紀我們在工作中接觸到新的人，同時也保持著與中學大學好友的聯系。
But as our working lives take over, we lose contact with some old friends causing the number to drop to around 68 by the time we reach 29-years-old.
但當我們的人生逐漸以工作為主，我們漸漸失去了與一些老友的聯系，這導致了好友數的下降，到我們29歲的時候，社交圈的人數大約降至68人。
Although this decline continues into old age, it slows down slightly for people in their 30s when many of them become first-time parents.
盡管這種下降趨勢會一直持續到老年，但在人們30歲時會略微減慢，許多人在此時第一次為人父母。
It is believed that this is because people form new friendships while on the maternity ward, at post-natal groups and when taking their toddlers to nursery.
這是因為當人們在產科病房、面對產后群體以及在幼兒園談論自己的孩子時，建立了新的友誼關系。
The Nivea Closeness Report found the balance between our numbers of "best friends", "close friends" and "acquaintances", remains fairly constant throughout our lifetime.
妮維雅親密度報告顯示，在我們的“最要好朋友”、“親密朋友”和“熟人”的數量之間存在著一種平衡，這種平衡始終貫穿于我們一生。
The average Briton has 18 close friends and a friendship circle, when all Facebook and other social networking "friends" are included, of 208 people.
英國人均擁有18個親密好友，如果把Facebook和其他社交網絡上的“朋友”也包括在內的話，則每人都擁有一個大約有208人的好友圈。
Almost a quarter of Brits name their partner as their best friend while a fifth name their mum and 14 per their brother or sister.
近四分之一的英國人會把他們的父母歸為最好的朋友，五分之一只把媽媽當作好友，而百分之十四的人會把兄弟姐妹囊括在內。
The report found that men have more than twice the number of close friends, with around 27 compared to women who have just 12.
報告發現，男性的親密好友數有大約27人，是女性的兩倍，女性只有12人。
Londoners are also the most sociable, with 39 "close friends", while the Welsh have just 11.
倫敦人最善于交際，有39個“親密好友”，而威爾士人則只有11個。
Professor of Psychology at Manchester University Geoff Beattie said: "At school, college and university we are used to being thrown together with people and having to make a lot of new friendships."
曼徹斯特大學心理學教授杰夫·貝蒂說：“在中學、學院和大學，我們通常都是被扔進了人堆里，人們也因此建立了許多新的友誼。”
"The age of 21 is such a critical junction in life and that's why we have so many friends then."
“21歲正是這樣一個生命中重要的路口，這也就是為什么我們在那個年齡會有這么多的朋友。”
"As we get older we become more selective and have fewer, closer friends with whom we talk about the things that are really important to us."
“當我們年齡漸長，我們變得更加有選擇性，能夠與自己推心置腹的親密好友也就越來越少。”
"Perhaps when we are younger, instead of having one trusted confidante we share different things with a variety of different people".
“也許在我們更年輕一些的時候，我們能夠與各種不同的人分享不同的事，而不是只擁有一個值得信賴的知己。”
英國《每日郵報》10月31日報道 – 捷優宜興翻譯公司 – Devin 
