来自about 　　Doyouperferoneortwoclosefriendsormanyfriends? 　　Friendsarepeoplewhosupportusthroughourlives.Somepeopleprefertohaveoneortwoclosefriends.However,othersprefertospendtheirtimewithmanyfriends.Ithinkthatthenumberoffriendsdependsonone'spersonality.Personally,Iprefertohaveacoupleofclosefriends.InthisessayIwillanalysebothcasesandpresentmyviewinfavourofhavingafewclosefriends. 　　Firstofall,apersoncanestablishcloserrelationshipswithafewfriends.Theycanspendtheirtimetogether,relax,andwatchamovieinasilencethatdoesnotfeelawkward.Secondofall,closefriendshavemorefamiliaratmosphere.Theycansharemanybeautifulmomentsandthoughts.Forexample,Ihaveonlytwoclosefriends.Icansharemyworriesandgreatnewsandcantelleverythingtothem. 　　Fromtheotherside,havingmanyfriendscanbehardandstressful.Onehastospendhisorhertimewitheachofthem.Ithinkitisnothealthybecauseapersondoesnothavetimetorelaxandcontemplateabouthis/herownlife.Iknowthistypeofpeople.Theyliketobeinthecentreofeveryone'sattention.Theytalkalot,makejokes,andtellstoriesandrumours.Unfortunately,theybasicallydonothavetruefriends.Theyjustplayandpretendtobefriendswithotherpeople.Thereisnodoubttheysucceedinit,buttheyspendsomuchtimelisteningtoother'sworriesandtroublesandentertainingthemthattheypracticallydonothavetimeforthemselves.Inaddition,itisdifficultandalmostimpossibletorelax,discussinterestingissuesandjustbeoneself. 　　Tosumup,Iamtotallyagreedwiththestatementthat"afriendinneedisafriendindeed".Iamsurethatmyclosefriendswillalwayshelpmeandneverbetrayorturnmedown.However,alargenumberoffriendsdonotallowestablishingcloseanddeeprelationships. 　　以下是托福的范文： 　　Despitefriendshipisoneofthemostimportantvaluesinaman'slife,peoplemighthavedifferentpreferences:someofthemprefertospendtimewithoneortwoclosefriends,whileotherprefertobesurroundedbyalargenumberoffriends. 　　Inmyview,Ipreferthesecondattitude. 　　Thefirstreasonisthatstayingincontactwithalargenumberoffriendsgivestheopportunitytolearnmorefromtheothers'experiences.Forinstance,amongalargenumberofpeopletherecouldbesomeonewhopracticesaparticularsport,orplaysaninstrumentorlikestravellingverymuchandfromtheirexperiencesyoucanbeattractedtotrysomethingnewthatyouhadneverconsideredbefore. 　　Ofcourse,whiledifferencesgivetheopportunitytolearn,theycanalsomeanthatsometimesitcanbedifficulttoreachanagreement.Thiswouldnothappenoratleastwouldhappenrarelyifonedecidestospendtimewithoneortwoclosefriends.Infact,inthiscaseitismorelikelythatinterestsandpreferencesarethesame. 　　Anotherreasonisthatalargenumberoffriendscanhelpyoutoconsiderallthepossiblesolutionstoaproblemandtomakeyoumoreopen-minded.Forexample,ifyouhappentofaceaproblemandaskthemforadvice,yourfriendsyouwillseethatissuefromtheirdifferentpointofviewsandaccordinglytheywillhelpyoutoconsiderbetteralladvantagesanddisadvantages. 　　Whenyouhavejustfewclosefriends,ononehandyoudevelopamoreintimaterelationshipwiththemandyoufeelyoucantrustthemmore,butontheotherhandtheyofte