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began to think of his way and tried to 
follow him to study English. At that time my English skill was very week, but after one 
year living with him, now I have good English ability and with my high TOEFL score I 
have just been promoted to a new position-project manager. This is a great point in my 
life that I got from my new friend. 
So, from my discussions above, I would like to say that I like to have both kinds of 
friends. Friends who are similar to me make me always happy and friends who are 
different from me may give me some great changes in my life. 
Essay 594 Topic 117 Different friends or similar friends? 
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Everyone has friends no matter many or few. Some people choose friends who are 
different from themselves; others choose friends who are similar to themselves. They 
both have some advantages which I will discuss in this essay. For myself, I prefer choose 
friends different from me better than who are similar to me. 
First is that the advantages of having friends who are different from themselves. people 
can learn different life styles from my friends, for example, some of my friends live in 
countryside, but I never live in countryside. So when we get together, they can tell me 
something about their life and I can tell them something about my life. Besides that 
people also can learn some foreign language from their friends. A lot of my friends are 
bilinguals. They speak Spanish and English of French and English, but I speak Chinese 
and English. So we can teacher each other our languages. 
Second is that the advantages of having friends who are similar to themselves. People 
will easily make friends who are similar to themselves. They are similar to each other. 
They may be from same country, speak same language. Especially in abroad people are 
always happy to meet someone from their country or their hometown. Therefore, people 
are easily to make some friends are similar to themselves. People are also easily to get 
some helps from the similar friends. Such as me, I get a lot of help though my Chinese 
friends when I just got Canada. I think because we have similar ideas. 
My opinion for the friends is I would like to make some friends are different form 
myself. The reason is that I would like know more about others and something I do not 
know. If all my friends are similar to me, I know what they will do without their telling 
because we are similar to each other. They will do whatever I do. Life like that will lose 
much interesting. 
In conclusion, having friends are similar to themselves is easily to make friends and to 
get help; having friends are different from themselves can know more about the different 
life styles, languages. So for my opinion, I choose the friends are different from me. 
Essay 595 Topic 117 Different friends or similar friends? 
I have always believed that choice of friends depends mainly on people`s hearts, not on 
their minds. That is why some people become friends without having anything in 
common. In other cases we choose friends so similar to ourselves that we can understand 
each other much more easier than we do with our closest relatives, such as our brothers or 
sisters. 
First of all, I like to emphasize on the fact that it does not matter what kind of man my 
friend is. I really do not care if he or she possesses a similar temperament to mine or my 
friend is totally different from me. The only thing, I truly care about, is my friends to be 
real ones, they should be reliable and I want to be able to count on them as they can 
always count on me. 
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In addition to above mentioned, I would like to say that having real friends, who are 
similar to me, has, of course, a lot of advantages. An example for that is my long lasted 
friendship with a schoolmate of mine who was born thirteen day after me; we are the 
same zodiac sing; we have the same believes and thoughts. It is very easy to have a friend 
like this. We understand each other with one word; only a look is enough for me to know 
what she wants and only a gesture is sufficient for her to `see` what I think. Our 
friendship does not need to be proven because it exists regardless of time and distance. 
However, to have a friend who is similar to me is as wonderful as to have one who is 
absolutely different from me. In this case I can discuss and argue with someone who has 
diverse opinion from mine. What is more, a person with different ideas and believes may 
help me to work things out in a different way which I consider really valuable. I think 
that if friends are not alike they can learn a lot from each other. Another advantage of 
communicating with friends who are different from me is that will increase my 
experience in dealing with people on the whole. 
Comparing the advantages of having friends who are different from me with the 
advantages of having friends with similar temper my efforts, to determine which kind of 
friend I prefer, have failed. As I already mentioned the most important qualities of a 
friend are honesty and reliability. This kind of friend I prefer for myself and I wish this 
kind of friend to all of you. 
Essay 596 Topic 117 Different friends or similar friends? 
Choosing friends is never considered to be an easy thing for most of the people. We 
spend lots of time on selecting friends and we often carefully measure by ourselves what 
kind of people should we choose as our friends. Some people choose friends who are 
different from themselves, while others prefer to having friends who are similar to 
themselves. Fairly speaking, these two attitudes both have their own advantages over the 
other. 
Undoubtedly, there are a number of advantages of choosing friends who are similar to 
ourselves. One most oblivious thing is that it tends to be easier for people with the same 
character and personality to get along. They can always feel free when talking with each 
other and express their own opinions openly without worrying too much about the 
consequence. Meanwhile, for two friends who are similar with each other in some 
degree; it will be easier for them to make a decision or build a common view at most of 
the time, just as most of the people would agree with this boundless proud sense `that is 
what a friend for`. 
However, there are also certain advantages people often overlooked of making friends 
with those who are quite different from you in some ways. For example, this way offers 
an excellent opportunity for two people to learn from each other. They will discover time 
by time that there are many merits existing in the other which they lack and can benefit 
from. Also, this method of making friends will teach people one of the most important 
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life skills, that is, how to successfully interact with those people who are different from 
yourselves; how to get along with them. Since a lot of the time in our lives, due to 
working, studying or even traveling, we actually deal with many people who have the 
completely different personalities or experiences from us. So that it is especially 
significant for us to develop a communicating skill from choosing friends who are 
different from ourselves. 
Personally, I would prefer to choosing those who are in some ways different from me as 
my friends. For I always hold the belief that the key point in making friends is that we 
must be able to learn from each other, and therefore making progress together. That is the 
higher level of friendship I wish to achieve. For a true friend is not just someone who you 
share fun with, who you tell secrets to or who you search comfort from; a true friend is 
considered to be someone who can also give you some positive influence and from whom 
you can always learn from. 
Essay 597 Topic 117 Different friends or similar friends? 
When we choose friends, they can have personalities similar to ours or can be completely 
different from us. If people are similar to us, the mutual cooperation can be an important 
advantage. If people are different from us, we will see the advantages in the 
complementation. In this essay, I will compare the advantages of having the two kinds of 
friends. 
On one hand, if our friends have personality similar to ours, they empower our skills. In 
fact, if one friend is similar to us, when we are together, we become stronger, particularly 
in the way in which we are similar. Two people, who have similar characteristics of 
personality and undertake something together, have more chances to be successful, 
especially in those activities that require the characteristics in common to them. 
On the other hand, if our friends are rather different in personality, they will increase our 
possibilities of success in those activities in which we need to complement with each 
other. In fact, when we only have a part of the skills needed to perform a work, we need 
some help and cooperation from a friend who probably is different from us, but can 
provide those skills that we fail to have. 
Summarizing, not only friends who are different from us improve our results in any 
matter by complementing our skills, but also friends who are similar to us raise our 
chances of success. Personally, I prefer friends who resemble me because I get along with 
them instantaneously. Besides, I am the kind of person who feels better in a friendly 
environment. Thereby although I could get some benefits from a person different from 
me, I strongly prefer having near a person similar to me with whom, I know, I will have 
less problems and differences when we share a while. 
Essay 598 Topic 117