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Friendships have a huge impact on your mental health and happiness. Good friends give     1     (encourage), bring joy, and prevent loneliness. Developing close friendships can also have a powerful impact on your physical health. Lack of social connection may pose as much of a risk as smoking, drinking too much, or leading a sedentary (久坐的) lifestyle. Friends are even tied to long life. One Swedish study has found that, along with physical activity, maintaining a rich     2     (联络网) of friends can add significant years to your life. So it’s important to keep in touch with friends and   h    3         4     with them often.

But close friendships don’t just happen. Many of us struggle to meet people and develop quality connections. Whatever your age or circumstances, though, it’s never too late to strengthen the     5     (纽带) of friendship and improve your social life, emotional health, and overall well-being.

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The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved through     1     with well-meaning and wise friends. We often find it easier to     2     other people’s weaknesses than our own. As a result if we are guided only by our own feelings, our judgements might be one-sided. On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important     3     that we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems     4     with a friend, we have to put our thoughts into words first. This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more     5     understanding of our problems.

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What is    1    （友谊）? It implies    2    （忠诚）,     3    （同情），affection, and     4    （乐意）to help. Friendship is like sunshine. It brings us     5    （热情）and     6    （幸福）. If you are in trouble, your friends will help you or     7    （鼓励）you. When you are happy, they     8     （分享）your pleasure with you. You could be having the worst day of your life, and they would still make you laugh. Friendship is also one of the greatest pleasures that we can enjoy. In order to develop and keep our friendship, we should learn to communicate with others properly, to be a good listener and to be     9    （诚实的）and     10    （坦率的）. Most importantly, we need to have a correct understanding of friendship.