英语演讲PPT2.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Friendship,What is friendship?Why do we call a person our friend?If we care for a person,if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person,they are our good friends.Friend plays an important part in our,lives,and,although we may take friendship for,granted,we,often dont clearly understand how we make,friends.well,my,view of friendship as follows.,Friend is someone,who changes your life just by being part of it,who makes you believe that it really is good in the world,who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.,When you get into trouble,he will give you a hand,when you gain the achievement,he will come to congratulate you and give you a hug,when you lose you way,he will guide you to march on.,when youre down,and the world seems dark and empty,he will lift you up in spirits and make that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full.,Well,Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion,but it is usual for close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs,to have attitudes and interests in common.,However,have you know that the more intimately involved people become,the more they rely on one another?,Remember,your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be ok.,Friendship,the difference in China and the West,Chinese except friendships to be more lasting.,Different foundations for friendships.,Westerns expect friends to be independent.,Chinese usually expect more from their friends.,Chinese except friendships to be more lasting.,For Chinese a true friendship,endures throughout life changes,.Chinese are friends even if they havent spoken for 20 years.If you shared something at one time,then,all your life,you are friends.This is the best of,guanxi,(,关系,),the Wide Web that connects Chinese through time and space.So,we can say Chinese invented the,Internet,long before Bill Gates was born.,In North America,even the relationship in which people feel close and tell each other personal problems,may not survive life changes,such as moving to another city,graduation from a university or marriage.If the people do not see each other regularly,the relationship is likely to die.,Different foundations for friendships.,Chinese friends,share“things in common,”:a task,a class,the hometown.Friendships are formed by people who work or go to school together.You may or may not like the person,but if he or she can do something for you because of his position or job,you can be friends.,But in North America,business and friendship are kept separate,.The friendships are usually tied to specific activities.A person may have work friends and leisure(,休闲时,)activity friends.Also friends tend to have similar financial circumstances,because friendship in the West is based on equality.,Westerns expect friends to be independent.,Why?Its because their friendship is,mostly a matter of providing emotional support and spending time together,so they do not feel comfortable in a relationship in which one person is giving more and the other is dependent on what is giving.A westerner will respond to a friends trouble by asking“What do you want to do?”The idea is to help the friend to think out the problem and discover the solution he or she really wants and then to support the solution.,Chinese friends,give each other more concrete help,.A Chinese will use personal connections to help a friend get something hard to obtain.They give each other money and might help each other out financially over a long time.,Chinese usually expect more from their friends.,In the West,you can certainly ask a friend to do something with you,but you recognize that your friend,may say no,if he or she gives you as reason.,You would not expect a friend to drop everything to respond to a non-urgent,need such as shopping.Nor would you expect a friend to recognize and respond to your wishes without stating them.,A friend in China is someone who offers help without waiting to be asked,.There are few limits to what you can expect from a friend.You can feel free to tell your friend what he or she can or should do or help or please you.,Good friends are like stars.,You dont always see them,but you know they are always there.,