英语诗歌:Friends 朋友

A true¹ friend is someone² who reaches³ for your hand and touches your heart⁴.

真正的朋友是一个可以援手帮助并感动你心扉的人。

There's always going⁵ to be people that hurt you,so what you have to do is keep on trusting⁷ and just be more careful about who you trust⁶ next time around.

别人常常伤害你，所以你该继续付出信任，并小心挑选你下次信任的人。

Make youself a better person⁸ and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect⁹ them to know you.

在你想了解别人也想让别人了解你之前，先完善并了解自己。

Remember:Whatever happens,happens for a reason¹⁰.

要记住：任何事情的发生都有因有起。

How many people actually¹¹ have 8 true friends?Hardly¹² anyone¹³ I know.But some of us have all right friends and good friends.

有多少人可以拥有八个真正的朋友？就我所知少之又少。但我们会有泛泛之交和好友。

1 true   

a.真实，不假的；忠实，可靠的；正确无误的

参考例句：

• He who doesn't reach the Great Wall is not a true man.不到长城非好汉。
• I will come and see if it is true.我要来了解一下，是否真有其事。

2 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

3 reaches   

n.河段；流域；（上、中或下）游；（外）围；（远）处；（组织或机构中的）层级

参考例句：

• His secretary acts as a gatekeeper, reading all mail before it reaches her boss. 老板的秘书负责把关，所有邮件都由她先过目再呈送给他。
• Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning. 上午8、9点钟之间是交通高峰期。

4 heart   

n.心，中心，要点；v.鼓起勇气，激励

参考例句：

• He is old in body but young in heart.他人老心不老。
• I thank you from the bottom of my heart.我从心坎里感谢你。

5 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

6 trust   

n.信任，信赖，盼望，希望，赊卖，热望，切望；adj.信托的，被信托的

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• In some things you must trust to your elders.有些事情你得依靠长辈。

7 trusting   

adj.信任的，相信的；轻易信赖别人的；轻信的v.相信，信任( trust的现在分词)；相信；认为可靠

参考例句：

• If you're too trusting, other people will take advantage of you. 如果你过于轻信，其他人就会打你的主意。
• He was too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business. 他太轻信别人，或者换句话说，他没有商业头脑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 person   

n.人

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。

9 expect   

vt.预期，期待，料想

参考例句：

• Don't expect me to run after you all your life.别指望我伺候你一辈子。
• Don't expect too much of his idea.不要对他的主意期望过高。

10 reason   

n.原因，理由，理智，道理；v.劝说，推理

参考例句：

• That is the reason why we must go now.那就是我们现在必须走的理由。
• The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.水灾是那场大雨造成的。

11 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

12 hardly   

adv.几乎没有，刚刚，几乎不，勉强是

参考例句：

• I could hardly believe my eyes.我简直不相信自己的眼睛。
• The hens hardly laid any eggs in summer.母鸡夏天几乎不下蛋。

13 anyone   

pron.(=everybody)任何人

参考例句：

• Anyone who wants to can join.愿意的都可以参加。
• Have you got anyone to speak for you?你找到人代表你们发言了吗？