20090909 -- Friends For Life (1)

Friends For Life!

Choose good friends who are good for you

The Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "A friend is a gift you give yourself." So when choosing friends, be careful to give yourself good "gifts." The letters in the word friend will show you how to choose your friends!

F is for fun
Choose friends you can have fun with and with whom you can be yourself.

R is for righteous
Choose friends who will help you make good decisions. Genuine friends want you to become the very best you can be!

I is for intimate
Close, personal friends know your faults and like you anyway. You should be able to share your hopes, dreams and fears with them.

E is for encouraging
When you face challenges, friends encourage you to not give up but to do your best. They give you hope and help you look for forward to the future.

N is for near
Good friends won't abandon you during the bad times. You should be able to count on friends to be available when you need them.

D is for direct
Real friends care enough to tell you what you need to hear. They won't just say what you want to hear. Since friends can be for life, it's important to choose the best ones!



genuine adj. 真正的/真誠的
=> real, true
eg: David showed genuine surprise when we turned on the lights and everyone shouted "Happy Birthday!"
eg: Sam is a genuine man. He's always very honest with us.
eg: She accepted our gifts with genuine gratitude.

genuine adj. 非偽造的/真的
eg: genuine manuscripts of Shakespeare 莎士比亞的真跡手稿

intimate adj. 親密的/熟悉的
eg: The couple only invited close, intimate friends to their wedding.

righteous adj. 公正的/正直的/正當的
=> good and fair

abandon v. 拋棄/放棄
eg: We might have to abandon the car and walk to the gas station.
eg: The captain had to order the crew to abandon the ship in order for them to survive.
eg: Hank was abandoned by his parents when he was only 5.
eg: During the war many were forced to abandon their homes.

available adj. 有空的
eg: I'll be available tomorrow afternoon if you need help preparing for the party.
eg: I'm afraid I'm not available to help you with your project.

available adj. 可以取得的/買得到的
eg: This movie is now available for downloading on the Internet.

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acronym 縮寫(可當作一個單字讀)
eg: Radar=> radio detecting and ranging
eg: SARS=> Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
eg: AIDS
eg: AWOL=> absent without leave 無故缺席/擅離職守/翹課/翹班

abbreviation 縮寫(只讀單一個字母)
eg: USA

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Close, personal friends know your faults and like you anyway.
=> Even though close personal friends know your faults, they still like you.

anyway 仍然/不過/然而
=> nevertheless

eg: Jill knows it's going to rain soon, but she's going out for a walk anyway.
eg: Terence knew that he wouldn't get paid, but he did the job anyway.
eg: Nathan wasn't wearing a suit, but he decided to attend the formal dinner anyway.

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William Shakespeare once described a friend as someone who knows you as you are,
understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. Ralph Waldo Emerson famously stated, "The only way to have a friend is to be one." Another famous friendship proverb reminds us that "People are judged by the company they keep and the company they keep away from.