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1、Pre-classreadingFriendsplayanimportantpartinourlives,andalthoughwemaytakefriendshipforgranted,weoftendon’tclearlyunderstandhowwemakefriends.Whilewegetonwellwithanumberofpeople,weareusuallyfriendswithonlyaveryfew–forexample,theaverageamongstudentsisaboutsixperperson.Inalltheca
2、sesoffriendlyrelationships,twopeoplelikeoneanotherandenjoybeingtogether,butbeyondthat,thedegreeofintimacybetweenthemandthereasonsfortheirsharedinterestsvaryenormously.Aswegettoknowpeoplewetakeintoaccountthingslikeage,race,economiccondition,socialposition,andintelligence.Altho
3、ughthesefactorsarenotofprimeimportance,itismoredifficulttogetonwithpeoplewhenthereisamarkeddifferenceinageandbackground.Somefriendlyrelationshipcanbekeptonargumentanddiscussion,butitisusualforclosefriendstohavesimilarideasandbeliefs,tohaveattitudeandinterestsincommon–theyofte
4、ntalkabout“beingonthesamewavelength.”Itgenerallytakestimetoreachthispoint.Andthemoreintimatelyinvolvedpeoplebecome,themoretheyrelyononeanother.Peoplewanttodofriendsfavoursandhatetobreakapromise.Equally,friendshavetolearntoputupwithannoyinghabitsandtotoleratedifferencesofopini
5、on.Incontrastwithmarriage,therearenofriendshipceremoniestostrengthentheassociationbetweentwopeople.Butthesupportingandunderstandingofeachotherthatresultsfromsharedexperiencesandemotionsdoesseemtocreateapowerfulbond,whichcanovercomedifferencesinbackground,andbreakdownbarrierso
6、fage,classorrace.QuestionsAccordingtothisarticle,doyouthinkitispossibleforaboyandanoldladytobecomeclosefriends?WhatisthebarrierbetweentheboyMichaelandtheoldladyMrs.Robertson-Glasgow?Whydoyouthinktheycanbesuchclosefriends?AppreciationofthetextIt’sastoryaboutboththebeautifulnat
7、ureandbeautifulfriendship.Itisabout“awisdomtutoredbynatureitself,abouttheseenandunseen,aboutthingsthatchangeandthingsthatarechangeless,andaboutthefactthatnomatterhowseeminglydifferenttwossoulsmaybe,theypossessthepotentialforthatmostprecious,rarething---anenduringandrewardingf
8、riendship.Thetwocharactersaresodifferentfromeachotherineveryaspect:a
