我通過(guò)朋友的朋友聽到這事的。

　　I heard about it through a friend of a friend.

　　他的一些朋友是那種放蕩不羈又怪里怪氣的人。

　　Some of his friends are pretty wild and wacky characters.

　　20多年來(lái)我們既是朋友又是同事。

　　We were friends and colleagues for more than 20 years.

　　不過(guò)我們?nèi)匀皇桥笥�，這令人感到欣慰。

　　We are still friends, though, which is good.

　　西蒙感到難以和其他孩子交朋友。

　　Simon finds it hard to make friends with other children.

　　朋友之間互相恭維一下有什么不妥？

　　What's wrong with a bit of smoodge between friends?