U校园新视野新视野大学英语1读写教程答案Units8

Student A: I prefer to have friends who can share my joy and sadness. I'm a girl. Girls like to share their secrets with each other, because this can bring them closer. That's why I have far more female friends than male friends. I find it easier to share my feelings with my girl friends because I find they are sensitive to my feelings. I have only a few male friends and they seldom share their feelings with me. However, when I know they have a problem, I try to talk with them and share their feelings. Generally speaking, I think female friends are much closer and more emotionally attached while male friends enjoy doing activities together.

Student B: As a boy, I may be different from you when I choose and treat a friend. Unlike you, I like to make friends with people who can share my life attitude. I believe friendship should be based on the compatibility of outlook. As long as we share the same outlook on life, I don't care if my friend is male or female. That's why I have approximately the same number of female friends and male friends. Of course, just as you treat your male friends and female friends differently, I also treat them in a different way. As a boy, I do many activities with my male friends but talk a lot with my female friends. I love my friends and I'm happy to help them, male or female. When a female friend has a personal problem, I'd be happy to help her make a decision as I do to my male friends. So in general, I think there is not much difference between male friendship and female friendship.

1. His female friends look straight into his eyes, sensitive to his feelings, and listen to him with deliberate attention.

2. Because he and his male friends don't talk much; instead, they show their friendship by what they do.

3. They expressed their feelings in actions rather than in words.

4.He realized how much he loved Jessica and what an irreplaceable friend she was.

5. With women, he could be open, emotionally honest, and transparent while with men, he couldn't express his caring feelings no matter how deep the friendship was.

6.In terms of nature, men and women are born with very different genetic tendencies. In terms of nurture, these genetic tendencies are further encouraged by society as either "masculine" or "feminine".

7. Men tend to be more restrained with emotional expressions than women.

8. Because he was assured that he was a "normal guy" and it was fine for him to treat his female friends and male friends in different ways.

1. I usually don't choose a friend. They come to me. In the beginning, they may just be my schoolmates or colleagues. However, once we discover that we share some values or beliefs, we become friends. I value merits such as honesty, truthfulness, generosity, humor, faithfulness, and most important of all, willingness to help others. I expect my friends to have some of these virtues, if not all. This way I can learn from them and improve my own personal qualities.

2.• Yes, they can be true friends as long as the older generation and the younger generation try their best to understand each other. For example, I am in my 20s, but I have made some good friends with people in their 50s or 60s. These older friends try their best to put themselves in the shoes of younger people, and they are more tolerant and considerate. For me, I respect them as they have much more experience and advice to offer. I'm also happy to provide my senior friends with novel ideas. They appreciate it a lot. That's how our friendship develops.

• It is hard for people of different generations to become t rue friends. While they may share some hobbies or interests, they often don't have much for conversation due to different backgrounds and life experiences. Another problem is that they don't have the same circle of friends or peers. Most important of all, they may not share the same values and outlooks on life. Therefore, true friends are rare between generations with a big age gap.

3.Men and women differ a lot in their behavior and communication styles. While their physical differences play a basic role, there are other factors which can cause such differences. The following are some examples:

• They have different social images and roles;

• They share different values of life; and

• They have different emotional and rational processes.

4.Men and women have different communication styles, and each style is advantageous in its own way. Women like to speak out how they feel. Their direct way of communication may help them start a friendship more easily. For women, communication is more efficient, especially in dealing with difficult situations. In comparison, men tend to say less but do more for their friends. It may take a longer time for men to make friends with others. But once they become friends, the friendship will be more stable because it is based on actions and mutual trust.

5.Conflicts may occur even between good friends and we need to handle them strategically. First, I would think about the cause of the problem and see