【阅读理解SirWilliamOslerhasafewwordsforyou：“Inthelifeofayoungmanthemostessentialthingforhappinessisthegiftoffriendship．”Truerwordswereneverspoken．Forwhatmore】

　　阅读理解

　　SirWilliamOslerhasafewwordsforyou：“Inthelifeofayoungmanthemostessentialthingforhappinessisthegiftoffriendship．”Truerwordswereneverspoken．Forwhatmorecouldyouaskthancomradeshipduringthepeaksandvalleysoflife?Towhomelsebutaclosevaluablefriendcanyoubrag(吹)aboutyoursuccessesandcomplainaboutyourfailuresorlosses?

　　Whatisa“goodfriend”?Howishebestdescribed?Wellithasbeenmyobservationthatalthoughmanywillcrywithyoufewcansincerelyrejoicewithyou．Thereforeinmyopinionagoodfriendisonewhocanenjoyyoursuccesseswithoutenvy;onewhocansay“Thatwaswonderful!Youcandoitagainevenbetterifyouwant!”andmeanit．Nothingtaxesafriendshipmorethantheprosperityofoneandnottheother．Eventheclosestoffriendships(andmarriages)oftencannotresistsuchpressureandfail．Nowondermanyminorfriendshipsgodownthedrain(每况愈下)forthesamereason．

　　Apersonofgoodcharacterandsoundmoralfiberofhonorandhumorcourageandbeliefisafriendtobesoughtandtreasured－fortherearefew．Toooftendowehear“Ifyoncancountyourgoodfriendsonmorethanonehand．consideryourselfblessed．”AndeventhenIwouldadd“Evenifyouhavelosttwofingersofthathandtotheelectricsaw．”

　　Whatmakesafriendshiplast?WellIdon'tknowalltheanswersbutoneofmyobservationsisthatmostgoodfriendsusuallyhavesimilartastes．Theygenerallylikeanddislikemanyofthesamethings．Therealsousuallyseemstoexistasimilarityofpersonalitytraits－especiallyinthefundamentalvaluesoflifesuchashonestysincerityloyaltyanddependability．Moreoftenthannotbirdsofafeatherdoflytogether．Idon'tthinkitmattersalotwhetheroneprefersjazzorhockeytoanother'sMozartorballet．Muchothermattersfarmore：confiding(倾诉)relyingsharinggivinggettingenjoying;asympatheticearalwaysthere;criticismwhenitcanhelp;praise－evenifonlybecauseitwouldhelp．Withnotmanypeopleonthisearthwillyoufindthismuchincommon．Whenyoufindonehangontohimforagoodfriendfoun