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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?The ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more important for happiness than the ability to make many new friends easily. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
我的答案
Nowadays, with the development of society, men have to contact more people than before, so it is essential to be capable to make many new friends easily. But some people still think the ability to maintain friendships with a small number of people over a long period of time is more import for happiness. Personally, I agree on the latter one, that maintain friendships with a few people contribute to happiness more, and my reasons are elaborated as below.
First, it’s a confirmation of my personality. Because the ones know me for a long period of time know more about my drawbacks, and they still choose to be a friend of mine even though they know my drawbacks. And they think my good points weigh more than shortcomings. Also one will not maintain friendships with those who are selfish and just think of themselves. It shows a trust of my quality to maintain friendship with me. Sure I will feel happier with this kind of confirmation.
Second, that spend more time with specific old friends can be relaxing. As a result of knowing each other much more than new friends. We share a lot of memories and we can talk about that. And we know the past of each other, the good ones, and the bad ones. For example, when I’m upset, my old friends can avoid talking about the points which could make me sadder, because they know more about my stories. Also they are more likely to know which words could make me happier.
Admittedly, I can learn a lot of good thing from my friends, thus having the ability to make many new friends easily means I can learn more. However, friendship should be pure and without just thinking about benefits and having a few ones whom I can talk with from the bottom of my heart is enough.
To sum up, the ability to maintain friendships with a small group of people over a long period of time is more important to happiness. As this ability can contribute to a more reliable and relaxing friendship.
范文
Friendship and kinship contribute a lot to one’s happiness. Then, the question goes, “does the ability to main long-term friendships with a small number of people matters more than the ability to make many new friends easily?” My answer is “yes”. First of all, old friends usually show stronger loyalty than those newly-acquainted fellows. That means, no matter what happens, these friends would always stand by your side and provide you with supports unconditionally. However, this merit is usually missing in short-term friendship. Last year when I was in hospital, 2 of my old friends took turns to take care of me, accompanying me to endure the very hard time. However, few of my “wide-range” new friends even came to visit me. It is clearly that long-term friendship is much more reliable and the ability to main such kind of relationship is more critical. In addition, old friends tend to show more understanding of you, being familiar with your hobbies, interests and some other peculiarities. So, it is usually more comfortable for me to be with my old friends. For instance, I am lactose intolerant and every time when I have dinner with my old friends, they would skip anything that contains milk or cheese, ordering food based on my favor. Contrary to my old friends’ consideration, those newly-acquainted fellows are inclined to show surprise about my intolerance and still pick the food of lactose they prefer. So, to me, old friends are much more considerate and contribute more to my happiness. Admittedly, the ability to make new friends easily are quite important for a person to get new ideas, broadening their views from different groups of people. However, compared with the ability to maintain long-term friendship, it still plays a less significant role for one’s happiness. To sum up, one’s happiness is consist of various parts, including self-achievement, security and etc. And I believe long-term friendship is of higher importance than other parts. As a result, the ability to maintain long-term friendship with a small group of people is much more important.
