?The standards of a really good friend

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

朋友是荒涼戈壁中的一泓清泉，是茫茫沙漠中的一方綠洲，是炎炎夏日里的一棵大樹(shù)，是冽冽寒冬里的一盆炭火。真正的朋友是你心靈的歸依，也是你快樂(lè)的起源。那么，真正的好朋友應(yīng)該是什么樣的呢？

What are the qualities of a really good friend?When teenagers make friends,here are a few qualities to pay attention to.

●A Good Friend Is Honest

Good friends may not share every detail of every second of their life,but they do try to make you be clear about their intentions.This means that they try to present an exact picture of who they are and how they respond in different situations to you.When something doesn’t seem right,they will let you know.

●A Good Friend Supports You And Your Goals

Good friends will help you become the person you want to be.They won’t try to change who you are and won’t drag you into situations that make you uncomfortable or put you at risk of losing something.

●A Good Friend Clearly Cares About You

Different people may have different ways to let you know how they care about you.One person may give you a big hug whereas another might gently make fun of you.A big clue that someone cares you is that they talk to you fairly often and,in general,know what’s going on in your life and express interests.

●A Good Friend Accepts You And Your Faults

Good friends are also patient with you when you make mistakes even big ones,and learn how to forgive you when you hurt them.In other words,they treat you as you’d like to be treated,even when you aren’t at your best.

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

quality/?kw?l?ti/n.素質(zhì)；品德

detail/?di?te?l/n. 細(xì)節(jié)

intention/?n?ten?n/n.目的；意圖

respond/r??sp?nd/v.回答；回應(yīng)

drag/dr?g/v.拖；拉

whereas/?we?r??z/conj.然而；但是

clue/klu?/n.線索；提示

be patient with...對(duì)……有耐心

◆典句賞析

1.They won’t try to change who you are and won’t drag you into situations that make you uncomfortable or put you at risk of losing something.他們不會(huì)試圖改變你，不會(huì)把你拖入讓你不舒服或讓你有失去某些東西的危險(xiǎn)的境地。

that是關(guān)系代詞，引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞situations；at risk of...為固定短語(yǔ)，意為“冒……險(xiǎn)”，指冒著某種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)去做還沒(méi)有發(fā)生的事情。

【即時(shí)嘗試】他已經(jīng)下定決心去那里，即使是冒著生命危險(xiǎn)也在所不惜。

2.In other words,they treat you as you’d like to be treated,even when you aren’t at your best.換言之，即使你不是最好的人，他們也會(huì)像你想要的那樣對(duì)待你。

treat...as...是固定搭配，意為“像……一樣對(duì)待……”，treat為動(dòng)詞，后面的人稱代詞用賓格形式；in other words是固定短語(yǔ)，意為“換言之”。

【即時(shí)嘗試】他們不會(huì)被當(dāng)作敵人對(duì)待.

譯文助讀

真正的好朋友該具備的品質(zhì)是什么？以下是一些青少年交朋友時(shí)需要考慮的品質(zhì)。

●好朋友是誠(chéng)實(shí)的

好朋友可能不會(huì)分享他們生命中每一秒的每個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)，但他們確實(shí)會(huì)試圖讓你明白他們的意圖。這意味著他們會(huì)努力呈現(xiàn)出一幅圖畫(huà)，這幅圖畫(huà)能準(zhǔn)確地顯示出他們是誰(shuí)以及在不同的情況下他們會(huì)做出什么反應(yīng)。當(dāng)事情看起來(lái)不對(duì)勁時(shí)，他們會(huì)讓你知道。

●一個(gè)好朋友會(huì)支持你和你的目標(biāo)

好朋友會(huì)幫助你成為你想成為的人。他們不會(huì)試圖改變你，不會(huì)把你拖入讓你不舒服或讓你有失去某些東西的危險(xiǎn)的境地。

●好朋友顯然會(huì)關(guān)心你

不同的人可能會(huì)用不同的方式讓你知道他們對(duì)你的關(guān)心。有人可能會(huì)給你一個(gè)大大的擁抱，而另一個(gè)人可能會(huì)溫柔地笑你。在意你的人最大的暗示是他們會(huì)經(jīng)常用平等的姿態(tài)來(lái)和你聊天，總的來(lái)說(shuō)，他們知道你的生活發(fā)生了什么事情，并表現(xiàn)出了興致。

●好朋友會(huì)接受你和你的缺點(diǎn)

當(dāng)你犯錯(cuò)誤時(shí)，即使是大錯(cuò)誤，好朋友也會(huì)對(duì)你非常有耐心。當(dāng)你傷害他們的時(shí)候，他們也會(huì)學(xué)著原諒你。換言之，即使你不是最好的人，他們也會(huì)像你想要的那樣對(duì)待你。