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Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, you can improve it if you are patient. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take action. You must first go where there are people. You won't make friends staying home ____.
Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is much ____. Or join someone in some activity.
Many people are ____ when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it's human nature to feel a bit unpleasant about the unknown. Most of fears about ____ with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us—finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don't forget that they must be feeling the ____way. Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to make others feel at home. You'll all feel more ____.
Try to be brave even if you don't feel that way when you ____ a room full of strangers. Walk tall and 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 a ____.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you'll make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual (相互的) likings and "give and take". It takes time and effort (精力)for us to ____ friendship. And there are things that stop a new friendship from ____.
