A Friend

Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten（幼儿园）, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.

Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late（熬夜） into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left, I was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. It had been so frustrating, I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship - but I didn't. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.

A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding（有益的） moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

相关单词：sneaking

sneaking解释：a.秘密的，不公开的

sneaking例句：

She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。

She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

相关单词：deserved

deserved解释：adj.应得的，当然的v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的过去式和过去分词 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

deserved例句：

Some of you deserved to succeed and others only scraped through. 你们当中有些人成功是理所当然，而有些人只是勉强及格。 来自《简明英汉词典》

Don't glare at me like that, you deserved the scolding. 不要那么瞪着我，你本该受到训斥的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

相关单词：convince

convince解释：vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

convince例句：

It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。

I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。

相关单词：acceptable

acceptable解释：adj.可接受的，合意的，受欢迎的

acceptable例句：

The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。

Air pollution in the city had reached four times the acceptable levels.这座城市的空气污染程度曾高达可接受标准的四倍。

相关单词：exhausted

exhausted解释：adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

exhausted例句：

It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。

Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

相关单词：frustrating

frustrating解释：adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

frustrating例句：

It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。

It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

相关单词：ultimate

ultimate解释：adj.最远的；最后的；终极的；根源的，基本的

ultimate例句：

What was his ultimate goal?他的最终目标是什么？

The sun is the ultimate store of power.太阳是能量之本。

相关单词：conquer

conquer解释：vt.克服，征服，战胜，占领；vi.得胜

conquer例句：

There is always one thing to conquer another.一物降一 物。

Will can conquer habit.意志能战胜习惯。