Making friends is a skill.Like most skills，you can improve（提升） it if you are patient.If you want to make friends，you must be willing to take action.You must first go where there are people.You won't make friends staying home（1）a

lone

lone

.Joining a club or a group to talk to those who like the same things as you do is much（2）e

asier

asier

.And you can join someone for some（3）a

ctivities

ctivities

.
   Many people are（4）n

ervous

ervous

when talking to new people.After all，meeting strangers means seeing the unknown.And it's human nature（人之常情） to feel a bit afraid of the unknown.Most of the fears about（5）h

ow

ow

to deal with（對待） new people come from doubts（懷疑） about ourselves.We imagine other people are judging（評價） us--finding us too tall or too short，too this or too that.But don't forget that they must be feeling the（6）s

ame

ame

way.Try to accept yourself as you are，and try to make（7）o

thers

thers

feel at home.You'll all feel more comfortable.Try to be brave even if（即使） you don't feel that way when you（8）e

nter

nter

a room full of strangers.Walk straight，look directly at other people and smile.If you see someone you'd like to speak to，say something.Don't wait for the other person to start（9）t

alking

alking

.
   Just meeting someone new does not mean that you'll make friends with that person.Friendship is based on a mutual （相互的） liking and " give and take".It takes time and energy for us to develop friendship.And there are things that stop a new friendship from（10）g

rowing

rowing

.