白领英语晨读-130 Friends and Family 朋友与家庭

Friends and Family　

I was thinking about how everybody can’t be everthing to each other ,but some people can be somethig to each other ,thank God ,from the ones whose shoulder you cry on to the ones whose half-slips you borrow to the nameless ones you chat with in the grocery line.

Buddies¹ ,for example ,are the workhorses of the friendship world ,the people out there on the front lines ,defending you from loneliness and boredom². They call you successes and curse you misfortunes, and you do the same for them in return.They hold out through innumerable crises before concluding that the person you’re dating is no good ,and even then understand if you ignore their good counsel.They accompany you to a movie with subtitles³ or to see the diving pig at Aquarena Springs. They feed your cat when you are out of town and pick you up from the airport when you get back.They even come over to help you decide what to wear on a date .Even if it is with that creep.

What about family members ?Most of them are people you just got stuck with ,and though you love them,you may not have very much in common. But there is that rare exception ,the Relative friend.

1 buddies   

n.密友( buddy的名词复数 )；同伴；弟兄；（用于称呼男子，常带怒气）家伙v.（如密友、战友、伙伴、弟兄般）交往( buddy的第三人称单数 )；做朋友；亲近（…）；伴护艾滋病人

参考例句：

• We became great buddies. 我们成了非常好的朋友。 来自辞典例句
• The two of them have become great buddies. 他们俩成了要好的朋友。 来自辞典例句

2 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

3 subtitles   

n.说明字幕，印在外国影片上的对白翻译字幕，译文对白字幕；小标题，副标题( subtitle的名词复数 )；（电影的）字幕

参考例句：

• subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing 为耳聋和听力不佳者打出的字幕
• a Polish film with English subtitles 附有英语字幕的波兰影片