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Academic English (UWB 10102 / UWB 101010/ UMB 1011)Faculty of Science !echnology and "uman #e$elo%mentW&iting

Ma'ing F&iends

Introduction

"a$ing f&iends in ou& li$es is $e&y im%o&tant F&iendshi%s can hel% us to face

ha&dshi% and suffe&ing and &ing us *oy and laughte& F&iendshi%s can also en&ich ou&

li$es +ith memo&a le e,%e&iences and ha%%y encounte&s Although some of us may

conside& ou&sel$es int&o$e&ts and use this facto& as a &eason fo& not eing a le to ma'e

f&iends +e cannot alienate ou&sel$es f&om society fo&e$e& Afte& all no man is an island

!hus here are some steps we can take to make friend s

Body

Fi&stly we should take the initiative to get to know others, instead

of always relying and waiting for them to make the first move with u s -t

is said that a f&iend is a gift you gi$e you&self So +hy not ma'e the fi&st mo$e. !he&e

a&e many +ays to &ea' the ice +ith %eo%le +e meet fo& the fi&st time !he sim%le gestu&e

of smiling at someone could hel% us to em a&' on a meaningful *ou&ney of f&iendshi%

Besides that another way to widen our circle of friends is to treat

others with respect. We should e hum le and a$oid eing *udgemental We should

al+ays t&eat ou& f&iends as ho+ +e +ould +ant them to t&eat us We should also 'ee% in

mind that +hat goes a&ound comes a&ound "ence if +e t&eat ou& f&iends +ith dis&es%ect

+e +ill find ou&sel$es eing t&eated the same +ay By eing &es%ectful to othe&s +e +ill

soon find ou&sel$es su&&ounded y %eo%le +ho a&e 'een to e ou& f&iends

astly we could learn to be more helpfu l. When someone is in need of a

hel%ing hand +e should ne$e& shy a+ay f&om offe&ing ou& hel% !his +ill e$o'e a sense

of g&atitude in othe&s and they +ould +ant to e ou& f&iends !his encou&ages us to fo&ge

and che&ish long lasting f&iendshi%s

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Conclusion

-n conclusio n it is difficult to ma'e f&iends Maintain a chee&ful demeanou& and

al+ays e you&self -f you follo+ these sim%le &ules you +ill soon find you& social

calenda& o$e&flo+ing +ith e$ents

Adapted from Accelerate: Enhance Your English (2009), Pearson Longman.

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