?Be true friends

河北 張秀英

□語篇導讀

真正的朋友,是互相信任、互相尊重、無話不說、在關鍵時刻能義無反顧地幫助你的人。有的人與朋友交往有始無終,有的甚至反目成仇……其實,他們都沒有掌握與朋友成功交往的技巧,彼此沒有成為真正的朋友。那么,我們究竟怎樣才能成為真正的朋友呢？

True friends are hard to find.You often think you can believe in someone,but later he or she may let you down.

A true friend is someone who will always be there for you.Through good times or bad times,they will stand by your side.They will not leave you alone when things get difficult.They will accept you without trying to change you.They will bring new and exciting things into your life and make it richer．

True friends will keep your worst secrets as you will keep theirs.They will be honest and you can always believe in them.If you talk to someone who you believe in,you don't have to worry about what you may say wrong.We can enjoy this freedom only with friends．

Friendship is a two-way street.To find a true friend,you must be a true friend as well.Be there for your friends when they are in need and share the good times with them.Offer them the same things they give to you.Friendship will fall apart quickly if only one person is giving and putting effort into it.

You will find that there is nothing more valuable than having a true friend by your side to share life with.Just as someone puts it,“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship．”

◆詞語積淀

1.accept/?k'sept/v.接受；接納；同意

2.freedom/'fri?d?m/n.自由；直率

3.two-way/,tu:'we?/adj.雙向的；雙通道的；雙方的

4.valuable/'v?lju?bl/adj.貴重的；寶貴的

5.prize/pra?z/v.珍惜；珍視

6.believe in．．．相信……；信任……；信仰……

7.stand by one's side支持某人；站在某人的一邊

8.share．．．with．．．與……分享……

◆典句賞析

1.A true friend is someone who will always be there for you.真正的朋友是隨時準備幫助你的人。

be there for sb.是常見的搭配形式,意思是“隨時準備幫助某人”。介詞for的后面既可以接名詞,又可以接代詞。

【即時嘗試】我總會在你傷心和快樂的時候隨時準備幫助你。

2.If you talk to someone who you believe in,you don't have to worry about what you may say wrong.如果你和一個你信任的人交談,你就不必擔心你可能說錯什么。

(1)這是一個主從復合句。在由if引導的條件狀語從句中,who you believe in是由who引導的定語從句,修飾先行詞someone,who在從句中作賓語；在“you don't have to worry about what you may say”中,what you may say是由what引導的賓語從句。

(2)worry about是固定詞組,意為“為……而擔心”,表示擔心的動作。如果表示“擔心……”的狀態,則往往用be worried about結構。但應注意：這兩個詞組中的介詞about不能用介詞for代替。

【即時嘗試】昨天我見到了你一直在擔心的人。

3.You will find that there is nothing more valuable than having a true friend by your side to share life with.你會發現,沒有什么比在你身邊有一個能與之分享生活的朋友更有價值了。

(1)“that there is nothing more valuable than having a true friend by your side to share life with”是由that引導的賓語從句。

(2)more valuable than意為“比……更有價值”,其中的多音節形容詞valuable與more構成其比較級形式。

【即時嘗試】我認為沒有比書更值得珍惜的東西。

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譯文助讀

真正的朋友是很難找到的。你經常認為自己可以相信某人,但后來他或她可能會讓你失望。

真正的朋友會是隨時準備幫助你的人。無論經歷好的或壞的時光,他們都會站在你這邊。當局面艱難的時候,他們不會離開你。他們會接受你,而不是努力去改變你。他們會給你的生活帶來嶄新的、令人興奮的事物,并讓它變得更加豐富多彩。

真正的朋友會保守你最糟的秘密,正如你會保守他們的秘密一樣。他們會是誠實的,你也總會相信他們。如果你和一個你信任的人交談,你就不必擔心你可能說錯什么。只有和朋友在一起時,我們才能夠享受到這種自由。

友誼是一條雙向街道。要找到一個真正的朋友,你也必須是一個真正的朋友。當你的朋友處于困境時,你應該隨時幫助他們并與他們分享美好的時光。把他們給你的東西也提供給他們。如果只有一個人在付出和努力,友誼很快就會破裂。

你會發現,沒有什么比在你身邊有一個能與之分享生活的朋友更有價值了。就像有人說：“世界上沒有什么比真正的友誼更值得珍視了。”