美国人的友谊观 American Friendship.doc

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1、美国人的友谊观AmericanFriendshipIt’squitenaturalforAmericanstomovetheirhometodifferentplaces.Veryfewpeopleliveinjustoneplaceforalifelongtime.ThatiswhytheAmericansarealwaysreadytomakenewfriends.Theyoftendropavisittotheirnewneighbors.Andfriendshipwillbeestablishedduringchatting,

2、takinganinterestedsportsandsmallfamilyparties.Americansareveryindependent.You'dbetternotsocuriousabouttheirprivaciessuchasthesalary,diseases,andmaritalstatus.BecauseIt’snoneofyourbusiness.IfyoutrytofindtheprivacyfromanAmerican,mostprobably,youwillberegardedasimmoral.Am

3、ericanswillbewillingtohelptheirfriends.Butmostofthetime,theyhopethatthehelpingwouldbeconcerningsmallthings.It'smaybeuncomfortable,evenverystrange,toshouldermuchmoreso-calledresponsibilitiesforafriend.IfyourfriendisanAmericanstudent,neveraskabouthisorhergradesinschool.I

4、t'snotonlybecausethatAmericanschoolshavenotraditiontohavealongremarklistforallthestudents,butalso,gradeswereasortofPRIVACY.(史蒂夫和亚瑟第一次见面是在美国一所大学的化学课上。亚瑟是来自约旦的外国留学生。他想更多地了解美国文化，并希望能和史蒂夫成为好友。起初，史蒂夫显得很友好。上课前他总是热情地与亚瑟打招呼。有时他主动提出与亚瑟一起学习，甚至还邀请亚瑟共进午餐。但学期结束后，史蒂夫显得比较冷淡了。这两位先前的同班

5、同学在学校不再经常见面。有一天，亚瑟决定给史蒂夫打个电话，可史蒂夫对与其交谈似乎不太感兴趣。史蒂夫态度的改变让亚瑟感到受了伤害。“史蒂夫说过我们是好朋友，”亚瑟抱怨说，“我本来以为是朋友就永远是朋友。”)/SteveandYaserfirstmetintheirchemistryclassatanAmericanuniversity.YaserwasaninternationalstudentfromJordan.HewantedtolearnmoreaboutAmericancultureandhopedthatheandSteve

6、wouldbecomegoodfriends.Atfirst,Steveseemedveryfriendly.HealwaysgreetedYaserwarmlybeforeclass.SometimesheofferedtostudywithYaser.HeeveninvitedYasertoeatlunchwithhim.Butafterthesemesterwasover,Steveseemedmoredistant.Thetwoformerclassmatesdidn'tseeeachotherverymuchatschool

7、.OnedayYaserdecidedtocallSteve.Stevedidn'tseemveryinterestedintalkingtohim.YaserwashurtbySteve'schangeofattitude.“Stevesaidwewerefriends,”Yasercomplained,“andIthoughtfriendswerefriendsforever.”   (亚瑟有些不解。作为一个外国人，他不理解美国人对友谊的看法。美国人对“朋友”一词的使用非常广泛。他们可能把一般的熟人和亲密的伙伴都称之为“朋友”。这

8、些友谊都是基于共同的兴趣。当这些原来共同从事的活动不复存在时，友谊也可能随之淡化。现在亚瑟和史蒂夫不再是同学，所以他们的“友谊”已经发生了变化。在有些文化中，友谊意味着维系两个人的牢固的持续终生的纽带。在这些文化中，友谊