Friends1.朋友对我们来说非常重要。2.一个人应该广交朋友。3.然而，真正的朋友却不易寻觅。Friendsareveryimportanttous.Whenintrouble,weneedfriendstoofferusencouragementandhelp.Withsuccessachieved,wealsoneedfriendstoshareourjoys.It'shardtoimaginelifewithoutfriendship!Apersonshouldmakeasmanyfriendsashecan.Themorefriendshehas,themoremeaningfulhislifewillbe.Similarly,acountry,too,needsfriends.Chinatoday,forexample,hasfriendsallovertheworld.Withtheopenpolicybeingsuccessfullycarriedout,sheiscertaintomakemorefriendsinthefuture.However,realfriendsarenoteasytofind.That'swhywehighlyvalueourfriendshipwiththem.Falsefriendsalsoexist.Theymayhaveabadinfluenceonourcharacterandareevenworseopenenemies.Therefore,itisessentialwetakecareinmakingfriends.朋友朋友对我们非常重要。当遇到困难时，我们需要朋友给予鼓励和帮助：获得了成功，我们也需要朋友分享我们的欢乐。没有友谊的生活是难以想象的!一个人应广交朋友。朋友越多，他的生活将更有意义。同样，一个国家也需要朋友譬如，今天的中国，朋友遍天下。随着开放政策成功的施行，中国将会有更多的朋友。然而，真正的朋友却不易寻觅。这就是为什么我们非常珍视朋友之间友谊的原因。假朋友也是存在的，他们对我们的品格有不良影响，甚至是更坏的公开敌人。因此，根本的问题在于慎重交友。LearntoStandonYourOwnFeetIneveryschoola"top"crowdsetsthepace,whiletheothersfollowtheirlead.Let'ssaythetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttowearbrightredsweaters.Prettysooneverybodyiswearingabrightredsweater.Thereisnothingwrongwiththat,exceptthefactthatonsomepeopleabrightredsweaterisextremelyunbecoming.Thesituationcanevenbecomedangerous,ifthetopcrowddecidesthatitissmarttodrinkortodrivecarsatseventymilesanhour.Thenthepeoplewhofollowtheleadareendangeringtheirlives.Theyarelikethesheepbeingledtothebutcher.Now,chancesarethatyouhavecomeacrosssituationslikethesemorethanonceinyourlife;chancesarethatonetimeoranotheryouprobablydidsomethingyouknewtobewrong.Youmayhaveexcusedyourselfbysaying,"Gee,thecrowddoesit."Well,letthecrowddoit,butdon'tdoityourself.Learntosay,"No."Developyourownstandardsandyourownjudgment.Ifyouknowthecrowdisplanningsomethingyoudisagreewith,havethecouragetobowoutpolitely.You'llhavethesatisfactionofstandingonyourowntwofeet.学会自立每所学校中都有一群领头学生做出榜样，其他人蜂拥效仿。比如这些领头学生决定穿鲜红色羊毛衫很时尚，那很快人人都会穿着鲜红色羊毛衫。这件事本身没什么问题，除了有些人极不适合穿鲜红色毛衫这一事实。但如果这些领头学生觉得喝酒或以70英里的时速开车很时尚的话，情况甚至会变得危险起来。这些盲从的学生在危及自己的生命。他们就像被领到屠夫前的羊群。在你生命中，这种情况你可能遇到不止一次；可能你时不时也会做自己知道是不对的事情。你可能会为自己开脱说：“大家都在这么做嘛。”那让大家这么做好了，但你自己不要这样做。要学会说“不。”要有自己的标准和判断。如果你知道大家正计划你不赞成的事情，鼓起勇气礼貌地退出。你会为自己学会自立感到满意的。MoneyandtheMeaningofLifeRecently,aprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeanlngofLife.Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourday-to-daylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink.Oneoftheexercisesheaskedhisstudentstodoistokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendforaweek.Fromthewaytheyspendtheirmoney,theycanseewhattheyreallyvalueinlife.Hesaysourrelationwithothersoftenbecomesclearlydefinedwhenmoneyentersthepicture.Youmighthaveawonderfulfriendshipwithsomebodyandyouthinkthatyouareverygoodfriends.Butyouwillknowhimonlywhenyouaskhimtolendyousomemoney.Ifhedoes,...
