14.性格不同其实有利于相互借鉴彼此优秀的品质；爱好不一样反而提高了交流的质量。

　　Differences in personality actually open up chances for friends to learn from each other’s

　　good qualities and different hobbies indeed improve the quality of the communication.

　　15.要信任朋友，但同时又要学会理性地分析和看待问题。

　　We need to trust our friends and at the same time, we also need to analyze and look at things

　　in a rational way.

　　16.朋友可以是我们生活和工作中的动力，也可以是我们烦恼和痛苦的根源。不管怎样，只要我们善待朋友，就必然会赢得相应的回报。

　　Friends can be the driving force in our life and work. They can also be the root of our worries

　　and miseries. Anyhow, if we treat our friends sincerely, we are sure to be rewarded.

　　17.有的人喜欢变化，期盼新的经历；有的人则喜欢稳定，不愿意改变自己的习惯。

　　Some people enjoy change and they look forward to new experiences. Others like their lives

　　to stay the same and they do not change their usual habits.

　　18.有的人说人们会因穿着的不同而表现出行为的不同，也有的人说：我就是我，不会因任何外在的变化而变化。

　　Some people say that people behave differently when they wear different clothes while others

　　maintain that their true selves are not subject to any external changes.

　　19.决定可以不假思索地迅速做出，也可以经过深思熟虑后断定，但是，有趣的是：前者不见得总是错误的，后者也不见得总是正确的。

　　Decisions can be made quickly or they can be made after careful thought. Interestingly,

　　however, the former are not necessarily always wrong and the latter are not necessarily

　　always correct.

　　20.有的人相信自己对别人性格的第一印象，因为他们认为第一印象没有偏见，因此一般情况下是正确的。

　　Some people trust their first impressions about others’ characters because they believe that,

　　with the absence of partiality or prejudice in forming the first impressions, these judgments

　　are generally correct.

　　21.人心无足，总想得到更多或不同的东西。

　　People are never satisfied with what they have. They always want something more or

　　something different.

　　22.有的人认为读书就要读那些写真实的人与事以及铁板事实的书。

　　Some people hold that one should read those books that are about real events, real people, and established facts.

　　23.都进入21世纪了，还是有人认为学生学历史、文学要比学科学和数学重要。

　　Entering the 21st century, there are still people who hold that it is more important for students

　　to study history and literature than it is for them to study science and mathematics.

　　24.有教育专家坚持认为所有小学生都应该学艺术和音乐，对此，我有不同看法。

　　Some education experts insist that all primary school pupils should be required to study art

　　and music at which I look differently.

　　25.我认为学生，特别是小学生，应该从繁重的学习和作业中解放出来，将更多的时间投入到体育锻炼中去。

　　I argue that students, primary school students in particular, should be relieved from the heavy

　　task of studying and doing homework, thus having more time for sports and physical

　　exercise.