How to Build Better Friendships

没有“朋友”这盏明灯,人生道路将变得黯然无光;没有“朋友”这个音符,生命乐曲将失去动人的华章。 国人有首世代传唱的儿歌:找呀找呀找呀找,找到一个好朋友,敬个礼呀…… 然而,找朋友,交朋友也是一门艺术。 本文认为,友谊并非一种简单的自然发生而又自然消亡的现象: But friendshipes don’t just happen.They have to be created(缔造)and nurtured(培养).Like any other skill,building friendship has to be practiced. 如何create和nurture友谊,文章主要观点如下: a.“友谊第一”: 交友需要时间,但值得！ Making time for friends may mean leaving the house a bit messier,letting the grassgrow higher or skipping your favorite TV sitcom(系列喜剧).But aren’t these smallprices to pay for the pleasures of companionship? b.“问寒问暖”: But the seemingly trivial acts of caring are what keep friendships going: thebirthday call,the note scrawled in a greeting card to ask,"How's your back?" 三言两语,一声问候,暖人心怀: He found the talks that matter most tend to last only two or three minutes. It’s not the long meaning-of-life conversations that remind