Lesson 107. Making Friends
第107课 交朋友
I used to be very shy.
我以前很害羞。
I would not go up to someone that I did not know and say hello.
我不会走到一个我不认识的人面前打招呼。
I was afraid that people would not want to talk to me.
我怕人们不愿和我说话
I have changed.
我已经改变了。
I have become less shy.
我变得不那么害羞了。
I have learned that making friends is easy to do.
我懂得了交朋友是很容易的。
All you have to do is say hello.
你只需上前打个招呼。
Most people will respond to a smile and a friendly hello.
大多数人会报以一个微笑或友好地回应。
People will begin to talk to you about little things in their lives.
人们会开始和你谈论他们生活中的小事。
You will soon realize that you have something in common with that person.
你很快就会意识到你们之间有共同点。
Whenever I start talking to a new person I find that there is some interest that we share.
每次和新朋友交谈我都能找到共同点。
Maybe we know some of the same people, or we went to the same school.
也许我们认识一些相同的人，或者我们上过同一所学校。
Often we find that we like the same music or the same movies.
我们经常发现我们喜欢同样的音乐或电影。
It is easy to have a conversation with someone once you find a topic that you can both relate to.
一旦你找到一个双方都感兴趣的话题，就很容易和对方交谈。
The most important part in making friends is to listen to what the other person says.
交朋友最重要的部分是倾听对方。
If you take an interest in them, they are sure to take an interest in you.
如果你对他们感兴趣，他们也一定会对你感兴趣。
I have learned many things from meeting people.
我从与人交往中学到了很多东西。
I have had many fascinating conversations, and I have made a lot of good friends.
我有过很多有趣的谈话，也交了很多好朋友。
One day a girl came up to me and said that she was lost.
有一天，一个女孩走过来对我说她迷路了。
She couldn't find her way to her English class.
她找不到去上英语课的路。
I said that I was going to that class too.
我说我也要去上那门课。
I told her to come with me.
我叫她跟我来。
We began talking, and we became very good friends.
我们开始交谈，成为了很好的朋友。
That was a few years ago.
那是几年前的事了。
She is still one of my best friends.
她至今仍然是我最好的朋友之一。
Just think, if she hadn't been lost we might never have become friends.
想想看，如果她没有迷路，我们可能永远也不会成为朋友。