柯灵思英语听力高手第4课

Number 1; Friendship
Friends play an important part in our life. And although we may take friendship for granted, we often donot correctly understand how we make friends. When we get on well with a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. As we get to know people, we take it what account things like age, race, economic condition, social position and intelligence. Although these factors are not in primarily importance, it is more difficult to get on with people when there is a mark difference in age and background.
Some friendly relationship can be kept on argument and discussion. But it isnot usual for close friend to have similar ideas and beliefs, to have attitudes and interests in common. They often talk about being on the same believing. It generally takes time to reach this point. And more intermentally involved people become, the more they rely on one another.
In contrast with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the assosiation between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other, the results from share experience and emotions does same to creat a powerful bound which can overcome differences in background and break down barriers of age, class and race.