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1、FriendshipApersoncanhavemanyfriendsbutonlyoneortwobosomfriends.Weregardsomeofourfriendsasourintimatefriends,andothersasordinaryfriends.Thosewhoareunfaithfultouscan’tbecalledourfriends.Agoodfriendisarealfriend,andarealfriendisafriendforlife.Afriendis,asitwere
2、,asecondself.First,afriendisonewhomyoucancounton,trustandtalkto.Second,afriendissomeonewhowilllistentoyouwhenyoutalkaboutyourproblemsorbeforewhomyoumaythinkaloud.Whatismore,afriendisapersonwhowillhelpyouifyouareintrouble.Justasthesayinggoes:Afriendinneedisaf
3、riendindeed.Friendshipinvolvesaffectionandintimacy.Friendshipisbasedonwarmth,trustandsharedexperience.Truefriendshipisaplantofslowgrowth,thevalueofwhichcanstandthetestoftime.Truefriendshipislikehealth,thevalueofwhichisseldomknownuntilitislost.Lifewithoutfrie
4、ndsislikelifeonadesertisland,andlifewithoutfriendshipisnotworthliving.Sharingjoyandsorrowisthewaytoshowyourdeepfriendship.Ifyoutellyourjoytoyourfriend,yourjoywilldouble.Andifyoupouryoursorrowtoyourfriend,yoursorrowwillbereducedbyhalf.Dealingwithculturaldiffe
5、rencesPeoplefromdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages,keepdifferentvaluesystems,andhavedifferentwaysoflookingatthings.Thesedifferencesaregenerallycalledculturaldifferences.Culturaldifferencesaresubtleandareoftenunrecognizedoroverlooked.Itisupsettingtofin
6、dpeoplewhobehavedifferentlyfromus.Wemay,atfirst,assumethatsomethingiswrongwiththem..Culturalbackgroundsmayinfluencepeople’swayofthinking.First,culturalbackgroundinfluenceswhatpeopleconsidertobegoodmannersorbadmanners.Second,itinfluenceswhattheyconsidertobepo
7、liteorrude.Third,itinfluenceswhattheyconsidertobeontimeorlate.Failuretorecognizeculturaldifferencesmaycausemanyproblems.Ontheonehand,thosewhoareuninformedaboutculturaldifferencesmayhavedifficultycommunicatingwiththeirbusinessassociatesfromothercultures.Onthe
8、otherhand,inabilitytorecognizeculturaldifferencescanmakemutualunderstandingdifficult.Therearemanywaystodealwithculturaldifferences.First,wecanavoidunintentionallyoffendingothersbylearningthebasi
