I Prefer Friends of a Mind

IPreferFriends of a Mind

　　One whole semester has passed since my friends and I packed up our own packages and headed for different dreams last summer. Now summer has come the same way as it's always been， with the same tormenting examination but we， a group of friends who shared the same experiences， interests， joys and pains， are no longer the same. Never will I forget those good old days the crowds of guys rushing to the snack bar， devouring the delicacies while all crying to pay； their touching smile in the glow of the setting sun when we took our routine walk； the whisper and snicker of us when talking about the girls in our class but I am not so desperately longing to meet them as months ago， simply because we all have CHANGED. No longer can I find the once familiar topics， behavior， hobbies and everything in my memory about them， so no longer can I find my once dear friends.

　　Friends are more than several passionate souls staying close，doing things jointly and sharing common viewpoints. They must be genuine and unselfish towards each other.

　　Can we be genuine and faithful to friends who are not like us？ I don't think so. I don't know what to talk about with them. When we start a conversation， which is destined to be a painful one， we all have to disguise our true selves as seemingly similar ones， so as to carry on with the topic that interests none of us. One or two conversations like this are acceptable， but no

　　Perhaps， some people prefer friends who are sharply different from themselves to feel different attitudes towards life. But I am not the kind of person who would feel at ease with anyone or who could not wait a minute to inform others what he did just a second ago. I dream of friends who can share their lives with me and talk with me about the true meanings of life. I dream of friendships where no uneasiness ever exists， no betrayal ever happens.

　　Making friends， in some sense， resembles enjoying music. I never choose bright music whenever I am blue， because the sentimental melody soothes my tense nerve and assures me that I am understood and cared and not alone in this toughest time， and because I will feel strengthened when someone can grieve at my grief.

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　　昔日好友各奔前程，不同的背景和經歷改變著彼此，這份友誼還能和從前一樣嗎？本文很自然地從廻憶親身經歷說起，既而提出論點：真正的友誼應該以共同的志曏、愛好、觀點爲依托，以彼此的了解、信任、坦誠和無私爲支柱。所以作者認爲，各方麪與自己迥然不同的人不可能成爲自己真正的朋友。

　　文章觀點鮮明，立場堅定，雖宴宴數筆，但表達真實、誠懇，且文筆優美，情真意切，遣詞造句頗見一定功力。尤其是結尾的比喻，貼切、到位，餘味無窮。衹是論述部分顯得粗淺了些，沒能進行深層的挖掘。若能再做一定的拓展和補充，傚果會更好。