美国人的友谊观AmericanFriendship.pdf

美国人的友谊观AmericanFriendship

美国人的友谊观AmericanFriendshi

It’squitenaturalforAmericanstomovetheirhometodifferentplaces.Veryfewpeopleliveinjustoneplacefora

lifelongtime.ThatiswhytheAmericansarealwaysreadytomakenewfriends。Theyoftendropavisittotheir

newneighbors。Andfriendshipwillbeestablishedduringchatting,takinganinterestedsportsandsmallfamily

parties.

Americansareveryindependent。You\dbetternotsocuriousabouttheirprivaciessuchasthesalary，diseases,

andmaritalstatus.BecauseItsnoneofyourbusiness.IfyoutrytofindtheprivacyfromanAmerican，most

probably，youwillberegardedasimmoral.

Americanswillbewillingtoheltheirfriends。Butmostofthetime,theyhopethatthehelpingwouldbe

concerningsmallthings。It\’smaybeuncomfortable,evenverystrange，toshouldermuchmoreso-called

responsibilitiesforafriend.

IfyourfriendisanAmericanstudent，neveraskabouthisorhergradesinschool。It\snotonlybecausethat

Americanschoolshavenotraditiontohavealongremarklistforallthestudents,butalso，gradeswereasortof

PRIVACY.

（史蒂夫和亚瑟第一次见面是在美国一所大学的化学课上。亚瑟是来自约旦的外国留学生。他想更多地了解

美国文化，并希望能和史蒂夫成为好友.起初,史蒂夫显得很友好.上课前他总是热情地与亚瑟打招呼。有时

他主动提出与亚瑟一起学习，甚至还邀请亚瑟共进午餐.但学期结束后，史蒂夫显得比较冷淡了。这两位先

前的同班同学在学校不再经常见面。有一天,亚瑟决定给史蒂夫打个电话,可史蒂夫对与其交谈似乎不太感兴

趣。史蒂夫态度的改变让亚瑟感到受了伤害。“史蒂夫说过我们是好朋友，”亚瑟抱怨说,“我本来以为是

朋友就永远是朋友.)/SteveandYaserfirstmetintheirchemistryclassatanAmericanuniversity.

YaserwasaninternationalstudentfromJordan.HewantedtolearnmoreaboutAmericanculture

andhopedthatheandStevewouldbecomegoodfriends。Atfirst,Steveseemedveryfriendly。

HealwaysgreetedYaserwarmlybeforeclass.SometimesheofferedtostudywithYaser.Heeven

invitedYasertoeatlunchwithhim。Butafterthesemesterwasover，Steveseemedmoredistant。

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