Unit 1 Relationship2 朋友关系

1. What's the most important thing between friends?

Candidate 1: I think the most important thing between friends is mutual(相互的) trust. One day, one of my friends asked me to fall down with my back to the ground, and she also told me that she would push me up before I really touched the ground. Without any thinking, I began to fall to her. Of course, I always trust her. And she always says she is proud of being trusted by me. Friendship has nothing to do with the distance of places friends live in, but involves the distance of their hearts. Without any trust, how can a friendship last long? I think mutual trust is the first step to be friends, and also the most important thing between friends.

Candidate 2: Friends are very important for all of us. Most of us want to have more friends in our lives. I think the most important thing between friends is trust. Trust is to have a strong reliance on our friends. Good friends never break a confidence. A friend should be someone whom one is not afraid to be upset in front of, because he can trust the friend with true feelings. Nobody wants to make friends with a person who is always suspicious(怀疑的). We all hope others would trust us and we are afraid of misunderstanding from others. So we should trust our friends. Good friends would always share some of their secrets because they believe that their friends would not tell that to other people. If you want to make more good friends, you should learn to trust your friends.

Candidate 3: What is it that makes friendship so solid that nothing can spoil(关系破坏) it? I think the answer is trust between friends. And it is also the most important thing between friends. Now the society is complicated. Mutual suspicion makes friendship cold. Only by mutual trust can friends get along well with(相处融洽) each other. Trust can also make friends believe in each other even when they are in difficulties. It is mutual trust that makes them firmly believe that they and their friends are facing difficulties together. So, I think the most important thing between friends is trust.

三个应答者都是在说朋友间最重要的是相互信任。C1讲述了一个小故事，C2和C3着重分析为什么信任最重要。一段坚固的友谊饿得基础还很多，比如忠诚、理解和包容等。

2. Is it more difficult to make a bosom friend（知心朋友） when one is grown up than before? Why? 越长大就越孤单了吗？

Candidate 1: In my opinion, when one is grown up, making a bosom friend is more difficult, because there are a series of factors influencing our friendship.
Firstly, when one is grown up, he will consider many aspects when making friends, such as his own interests, social status and family background, one's ability to do with tasks and so on. The purest factors—personality, hobbies and value are always placed in the last place. Secondly, nowadays competition in the modern society is inevitable and increasingly fierce. Each grown-up becomes sophisticated(世故的) and many people are always wearing masks to perform all kinds of characters. So we cannot really know a person deep in heart.
So, I suppose it is more difficult to make a bosom friend when one is grown up than before.
条理清晰！人在小时候，环境最单纯，和周围的人只有很纯粹的关系。而长大以后，和周围的人牵扯到利益关系，考虑的事情也就负责许多。

Candidate 2: We always hear somebody say like this: having a bosom friend is one of the nicest things in life. A bosom friend knows you from top and toe, and he can share everything with you.
But along with our growth, we find that fewer and fewer people care much about us, maybe because they are always busy, or we can not meet the needs of their interests, and they don't want to waste any time on us. There are so many reasons that always confuse us, and we just ask ourselves, "Why?"
Of course, we should admit that, the competition is so fierce today. We assume too much pressure and we need to study hard, work hard so that we can keep up with the society. Therefore, we ignore many important things, such as bosom friends.
面对复杂的人际关系，人人都渴望有知心朋友一诉衷肠。或许该从自己身上找找原因，有很多事我们不愿意和朋友坦诚相待，导致了隔阂。

以上是说朋友之间的关系，下一节说男女的关系。