生活在社会群体当中，我们都需要朋 友，因此，正确的择友观非常重要。
Friends play an important part in our lives， and although we may take the friendship for granted，we often don‘t clearly understand how we make friends. While we get on well with a number of people，we are usually friends with only a few - for example，the average among students is about 6 per person. In all the cases of friendly relationships， two people likebetween them and the reasons for their shared interest change greatly. As we get to know people，we consider things like age， race，economic conditions，social positions and intelligence. Although these reasons are not of prime importance，it is more difficult to get on with people when there isa great difference in age and background.
Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion，but it is usual for friends to have similar ideas and beliefs，to have opinions and interests in common-they often talk about “ being onthe same wavelength”. It generally takestime to reach this point. And the more intimate people become， the more they depend on one another. People want to do friends favors and hate to break a promise.
Equally，friends have to learn to put up with bad habits and to accept differences of opinion.
In contrast with marriage，there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the association between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful bond，which can overcome differences in.
