经典短篇散文-一个朋友(A Friend)

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　　Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about[几乎]
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[迟迟不睡] into the
night, talking about the people she was hanging around with[交往]. She started
telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented[尝试] with
drugs[毒品,此处为大麻] and was into other self-destructive[自毁] behavior[行为]. I was
blown away[震惊]! She told me how she had been lying to her parents about where
she was going and even sneaking out[偷跑] 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[毫无进展]. 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[疲惫] by
the experience. It had been so frustrating[灰心的], 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[最后的] 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[克服] 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[值得的] moments in my life.
Never had I been so proud of a friend.(by Danielle Fishel)