Love and Friendship
They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? _ _
What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.
_ _ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. __
__ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.
Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. _ __ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.
A.What about love? |
B.My answer is “Yes”. |
C.Let us try and understand. |
D.Friendship does not have that. |
E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.
F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.
G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.
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In many parts of the world, cars play an important role in daily life and many societies would not exist without them. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by government but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. That will mean much saving, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car in the future will drive itself.
Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says, cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices(装置) to regulate(调节) the distance between one car and another. computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people.
By 2010, Dr. David Davis believes, car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road, whatever the weather conditions, by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the normal amount.”says Davis. “but all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount, and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”
A.The team there believes that by 2030 all cars will be computerized. |
B.They believe that cars will become more important in 20 years. |
C.And it will not be owned by one individual. |
D.And by 2030, cars will travel in line, linked to each other electronically. |
E.So the idea that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe.
F.Every driver will use less fuel in the car he owns.
G.The car will automatically speed up, or slow down, to match the speed of the car in front.
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There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving birds.She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt the great love from the birds.
The larger and the stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. As he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in catching him.
. She opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate love had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom. He needed to fly into the clear, blue sky.. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird’s enjoyment.She wanted the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest songs that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight, while the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
A.She gave them some delicious food and left. |
B.Suddenly she felt the bird go softly. |
C.Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. |
D.One day she left with the two birds at home alone. |
E. She took them home and put them in a small cage.
F. One day the girl left the door of the cage open.
G. She lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air.
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The following is a father’s advice to his son\daughter, who has just graduated from high school:
First of all, congratulations on your graduation! Graduation from high school means that a new stage of life is ahead of you.
Clean your own room and do your own laundry.Cleanliness is indeed close to godliness(神圣的).
Don’t mistake knowledge for wisdom. No matter how much information or knowledge you have accumulated(积累), you’ll never make sound judgments if you don’t have wisdom.
If you can imagine the possible future outcomes of your present decisions and actions, you can avoid mistakes. And if you can reflect(思考)on the mistakes you have made, you can avoid making the same mistakes again and again. Such is wisdom.
Don’t complain. When you take up a job, do your best to carry it out.
Finally, be an early bird.And the sight of the rising sun will warm your heart and give you energy for the day ahead. Besides, being an early bird, you have plenty of time to take exercise or do a lot of work.
A.After you have messed up something, you should learn to clean it up yourself. |
B.If you get up earlier than the sun, you can watch it rise up slowly into the sky. |
C.Once you started a job, you should try your best to do it well. |
D.Don’t waste time complaining about it, no matter how difficult and boring it is. |
E.At the beginning of this new stage, I have some advice for you.
F.Get up early and go for some morning exercises to build up your body.
G.Wisdom comes from imagination and reflection
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Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process.
The following methods may work best for you.
● Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
● Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show mainpoints and supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
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● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was saidor written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand(速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time.
A.Use words, not complete sentences. |
B.There are three practical note-taking methods. |
C.You must write your notes on separate paper. |
D.Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later. |
E. you will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F. That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G. First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
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When I was 16 years old,a boy gave me an important gift. ____
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was very far away.____I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt very heart broken. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then the other day, my classmates talked happily with their friends ,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual.____I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile on his face.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
____I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now!
One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me! I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
A.At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. |
B.He is living in Australia now and he loves it. |
C.It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. |
D.It was a smile. |
E.That smile changed my life.
F.It’s practically impossible to make friends here.
G.As a result, no one knew who I was.