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1、FriendshipApersoncanhavemanyfriendsbutonlyoneortwobosomfriends.Weregardsomeofourfriendsasourintimatefriends,andothersasordinaryfriends.Thosewhoareunfaithfultouscan%becalledourfriends.Agoodfriendisarealfriend,andarealfriendisafriendforlife.Afriendis，asitwere,aseco
2、ndself.First,afriendisonewhomyoucancounton,trustandtalkto.Second,afriendissomeonewhowilllistentoyouwhenyoutalkaboutyourproblemsorbeforewhomyoumaythinkaloud*Whatismore,afriendisapersonwhowillhelpyouifyouareintrouble.Justasthesayinggoes:Afriendinneedisafriendindeed
3、.Friendshipinvolvesaffectionandintimacy.Friendshipisbasedonwarmt虬trustandsharedexperience.Truefriendshipisaplantofslowgrowth,thevalueofwhichcanstandthetestoftime.Truefriendshipislikehealth，thevalueofwhichisseldomknownuntilitislost.Lifewithoutfriendsislikelifeonad
4、esertisland,andlifewithoutfriendshipisnotworthliving.Sharingjoyandsorrowisthewaytoshowyourdeepfriendship.Ifyoutellyourjoytoyourfriend,yourjoywilldouble.Andifyoupouryoursorrowtoyourfriend，yoursorrowwillbereducedbyhalf.DealingwithculturaldifferencesPeoplefromdiffer
5、entcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages,keepdifferentvaluesystems,andhavedifferentwaysoflookingatthings.Thesedifferencesaregenerallycalledculturaldifferences.Culturaldifferencesaresubtleandareoftenunrecognizedoroverlooked.Itisupsettingtofindpeoplewhobehavedifferently
6、fromus.Wemay,atfirst，assumethatsomethingiswrongwiththem”Culturalbackgroundsmayinfluencepeopledwayofthinking.First,culturalbackgroundinfluenceswhatpeopleconsidertobegoodmannersorbadmanners.Second,itinfluenceswhattheyconsidertobepoliteorrude.Third,itinfluenceswhatt
7、heyconsidertobeontimeorlate.Failuretorecognizeculturaldifferencesmaycausemanyproblems.Ontheonehand,thosewhoareuninformedaboutculturaldifferencesmayhavedifficultycommunicatingwiththeirbusinessassociatesfromothercultures.Ontheotherhand,inabilitytorecognizeculturald
8、ifferencescanmakemutualunderstandingdifficultTherearemanywaystodealwithculturaldifferences^First,wecanavoidunintentionallyoffendingothersbylearningthebasicchar
