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On Friendship关于友情
Mary: What kind of qualities do you look for in a friend?
玛丽：你希望你的朋友有什么样的品质？
Jason: I like people who are open and friendly. They should be sincere, and I believe that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
杰森：我喜欢坦率友好的人。他们应该真诚，我相信患难的朋友才是真正的朋友。
Mary: I don't like to make friends with people who are dishonest. Honesty is very important to me.
玛丽：我不喜欢和不诚实的人交朋友。对我来说，诚实很重要。
Jason: I think it's important to most people. The problem is that you can usually only discover if someone is honest by getting to know them, then seeing if they can be trusted. Without trust, there is no friendship.
杰森：我觉得这对大多数人来说裔巧艮重要。问题是你只有在了解别人之后，才知道他们是不是诚实，是不是值得信任。没有信任，就没有友谊。
Mary: You can find out from their friends. And you never know when they are joking and when they are being serious.
玛丽：你可以从他们的朋友那儿了解啊。还有，你根本就不知道他们什么时候是在开玩笑，什么时候是认真的。
Jason: Sometimes, it can be hard to tell. But if you know the person fairly well. you can usually see from their expression what they are really thinking.
杰森：有时候是很难区分。但如果你很了解这个人，你就可以从他们的表情看出他们到底在想什么。
Mary: It seems that we generally like different kinds of people. How is it that we are such good friends?
玛丽：好像我们通常都会喜欢不同类型的人。我们俩怎么会成了好朋友呢？
Jason: Maybe people don't like to have friends that are all the same. Most people like a little variety in their lives, including a variety of characteristics in their friends.
杰森：也许人们不喜欢什么都一样的朋友吧。大部分人都喜欢他们的生活有些变化，包括他们的朋友也要有各种各样的性格。
