Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends by staying at home alone.
Join a club or a group, talking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier, or join some activities.
Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts (怀疑）about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us, finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are and try to put the other people at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confidence (自信)even if you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom. Walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new doesn’t mean that you’ll make friends with that person — friendships are based on mutual（相互的）liking and “give and take”. They take time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
【小题1】You can not make friends ________.| A．if you take actions | B．by going to people |
| C．if you avoid(避免) meeting people | D．if you won’t join a club |
| A．the person you know | B．the person you don’t know |
| C．the person you understand | D．the person you don’t understand |
| A．good | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．natural |
| A．liking each other | B．meeting more people |
| C．talking and smiling | D．looking directly at other people |
| A．even if you are not self-confident | B．even if you are self-confident |
| C．Even if you are not comfortable | D．even if you are comfortable |
| A．Try to make him feel easy | B．Judge him too this or too that |
| C．Not to talk with him | D．let him talk to you first |
