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散文英译汉佳作赏析：什么叫朋友 A Faraway Friend is someone you grew up with or went to school with or lived in the same town as until one of you moved away. Without a Faraway Friend, you would never get any mail addressed in handwriting.A Faraway Friend calls late at night, invites you to her wedding, always says she is coming to visit but rarely shows up. An actual visit from a Faraway Friend is a cause forcelebrationandbingesof allkinds. 远方的朋友是这样的一个人：和你从小一同长大的，或者是同学，或者和你原本住在同 一个镇上，后来你们中的一人搬到了别处。没有一位远方的朋友，你连一封手写的信都收不 到。远方的朋友会半夜打来电话，邀请你去参加她的婚礼，她总是说要来看你，却很少露面。 要是真的来访，那才叫“不亦乐乎”，各种名目的狂欢可就有了理由。 Faraway friends go through phases of intense communication, then maybe out of touch for many months. Either way, the connection is always there. A conversation with your Faraway Friendalways helps toput yourlife inperspective:When you feel you’ve hit a deadend,come to a confusing fork inthe road, or gotten lost in some cracker-box subdivision of your life, the advice of the Faraway Friend — who has the big picture, who is so well acquainted with the route that brought you tothis place — isindispensable. 两个远方的朋友会经历密切交流的阶段，接下来或许几个月都不联系。但无论联系与否， 友谊永远不会改变。与远方的朋友一席长谈，总是有助于你更好地认识生活;当你觉得自己 走入了死胡同时，当你面对岔路而不知所措时，来自远方朋友的忠告就越发不可或缺，她看 得清大局，完全了解你是怎么走到这一步的。 Another useful function of the Faraway Friend is to help you remember things from a long time ago, like the name of your seventh-grade history teacher,whatwas inthat really good stir-fry, orexactly whathappened thatnighton the boatwith the guys from Florida. 远方的朋友还有一个益处，就是能让你记起很久以前的事情，比如七年级历史老师的名 字，那盘炒菜里究竟什么东西那么好吃，或者那天晚上在船里和佛罗里达来的男孩子们都干 了些什么。 Ah, the former friend. A sad thing. At best a wistful memory, at worst a dangerous enemy who is in possession of many of your deepest secrets. But what was it that drove you apart? A misunderstanding, a betrayed confidence, an underpaid loan, an ill-conceived flirtation. A poor choice of spouse can do in a friendship just