Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, you can {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（改进；更新） it if you are patient. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (行动). You must first go where there are people. You won't make friends staying home alone.

    Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is much easier. Or join someone in some {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (活动).

    Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it's human {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(自然) to feel a bit unpleasant about the unknown. Most of fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (我们自己). We imagine other people are judging us—finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don't {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（忘记）that they must be feeling the same way. Try to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（接受） yourself as you are, and try to make others feel at home. You'll all feel comfortable.

    Try to be {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(勇敢的) even if you don't feel that way when you enter a room full of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(陌生人). 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 talk.

    Just meeting someone new doesn't mean that you'll make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual likings and "give and take". It takes time and effort for us to develop friendship. And there are things that stop a new friendship from growing.