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How to get your friends back?
如何重拾旧日友情
Invite Her Along to an Event
邀请朋友一起参加活动
Have an extra ticket to a concert, party or book reading? Bringing your friend to a gathering can be more casual-and less intimidating-than meeting one on one.
手头有张演唱会、派对或读书会多余的票?带朋友出去参加活动,这会比单独相约见面要更轻松愉快。
This takes the pressure off and lets both of you relax in a group environment.
这样能卸下你俩身上的包袱,让你们彻底放松在团体的氛围中。
Rather than jumping into a serious discussion of why you drifted apart, you'll be socializing with other people or enjoying some entertainment, which can make your reunion less awkward.
与其面对面谈话时,冷不丁突然跳到“当初我为啥疏远你”之类的不愉快话题,还不如跟大伙一起出去玩,这能让你们跟别人自由互动,从而减轻尴尬的情绪。
【知识点津】
intimidate vt.恐吓,威胁
例句:
Don't you try to intimidate people by pinning labels on them.
别拿大帽子压人。
drift apart (两者)漂移,疏远
例句:
After twelve years of marriage,the two people began to drift apart.
结婚12年后,两人开始彼此疏远。
awkward adj.难对付的,棘手的; 笨拙的,不灵活的; 不顺手的; 不优美的
例句:
There was an awkward silence.
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
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