英语教学课件参考 20240351045 英语教学法课件 Friends for Life —Joyce Brothers Even though “friend” is a term of endearment used to describe many people in our lives, we often have a hard time knowing what the term means. Psychologists identify friends as those who accept each other, confide in each other and feel responsible for each other. In our transient cultures, we depend more on friends for things we once got from families-emotional support and often even financial help. With so many people living away from their families, and so many people single into their thirties, friends provide essential companionship. Friends can occur any place-even (surprise!) in a marriage. This was the case with me. I met and fell in love with Milton Brothers at university. He became my husband soon after, and we were together 39 years-until he died at the age of 62. He was my best friend, and I still miss him desperately. Since he died, my sister, with whom I fought fiercely when we were younger, has become one of my best friends. And I’m also very close to my only daughter, Lisa Friends ranks with marriage and kinship as one of the most important relationships in our lives, yet it can be the most neglected. Friendship outside familial ties or marriage plays such an important role in life because with a friend, we can be the person we want to be. Their acceptance affirms that self and lets us develop as individuals. We make no vows to a best friend, yet we have unstated expectations: understanding, caring, concern. We expect a friendship to last. Most of us have been making friends since childhood, so we tend to think the process is instinctual. Then we find that the heart of friendship-ho...
