Question

A Good Friend

　　In kindergarten(幼儿园)your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red pencil when all that was left was the ugly black one．

　　In primary school your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you; held your hand as you walked through the scary(令人受惊的)halls; helped you stand up to the class bravely; shared their lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus; saved a seat on the back of the bus for you; knew who you had a quarrel on and never understood why．

　　In secondary school your idea of a good friend was the person who let you copy their ?social studies homework; went to that “cool”party with you so you wouldn’t wind up being the only fresh there; did not let you lunch alone．

　　In pre-university(大学预科)your idea of a good friend was the person who gave you rides in their new car; convinced(使……信服)your parents that you shouldn’t suffer a lot; consoled(安慰)you when you broke up with Nick or Susan; found you a date to the party or went to the party with you(both without dates); helped you pick a university and let you be sure that you would get into that university; helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time letting you go．

　　On the adulthood(成年期)your idea of a good friend was the person who was there when you just couldn’t deal with your parents; let you be sure that now that you and Nick or you and Susan were back together, you could make it through anything; just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry(污点)eyes at 18 years of memories; and once again let you be sure that you would make it in university as well as you had these past 18 years; and most importantly sent you off to university knowing you were loved．

［问题导入］How do you think about “a good friend”?

A senior citizen’s view：A good friends is one with whom we feel comfortable enough to．

A humanist’s view：A good friend is a magnet(磁铁)that attracts us all the time．

A housewife’s view：A good friend is our greatest joys and our greatest sorrows．For without our most happy friend our world is often filled with sad tomorrows．

A teenager’s view：A true friend is never forgotten, he lives within our hearts and souls，forever, and always, dancing on our stage of memories．

A writer’s view：An honest friend is necessary and important for us, but sometimes we need the friends who can tell us the truth directly．

My view：________

Answer 1

答案：

A friend is a person who will accompany you when you are hurt. When you are in trouble, people who will not help you when you are in trouble will not care for you. Those who will cherish your friendship and will tolerate your little contradictory.