托福作文范文：患难之交

 　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to choose a friend withwhom you can have fun than to choose a friend that will help you when you are in need. Usespecific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　范文:

　　Each friendship can serve a purpose in your life--some just for fun and some offering muchmore. The sole test to tell a real friend from a fake one is adversity. In times of need, realfriends will walk in and care about you while fake friends will walk out and talk about you behindyour back.

　　Having friends with a sense of humor is fun. In social life, it is important to have fun withfriends and laughter is such a huge part of a relationship. Often people who have a keen senseof humor also have a better grasp of friendship, unless it is false friendship. In many cases,choosing a friend with whom you can have fun may help you to overlook the unbecoming,understand the unconventional, tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, andoutlast the unbearable¹. Sometimes it seems that if you do not have friends with a sense ofhumor, life is not funny anymore. In short, laughing heartily² with friends may just turn out tobe a good medicine of life that is sometimes sick with all its stress and complexity³.

　　Nevertheless, you want to have true friends who will show their love to you in times of trouble.In real life, friends are needed both for joy and sorrow. Therefore, to have true friends is tohave your needs answered. It is that kind of expectation which determines the quality offriendship. How lucky you are to be able to choose a friend who will help you when you are inneed? Such a friend will never try to hurt you, not even in a joke under the disguise of a bittersense of humor. In contrast, a fake friend laughs every time you fall, whereas a real friend runsover to help you on your feet.

　　On the whole, real friends, like precious and rare diamonds, are hard to find; and fake friendsfor having fun are everywhere like autumn leaves. Only in times of need can you realize who areyour true friends and who are your fake friends. After all, having fun is not the ultimatepurpose of friendship.

1 unbearable   

adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的

参考例句：

• It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
• The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。

2 heartily   

adv.衷心地，诚恳地，十分，很

参考例句：

• He ate heartily and went out to look for his horse.他痛快地吃了一顿，就出去找他的马。
• The host seized my hand and shook it heartily.主人抓住我的手，热情地和我握手。

3 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。