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Dependability

值得信賴

"You need not wonder whether you should have an unreliable person as a friend. An unreliable person is nobody's friend."–Idries Shah

“你無需跟不可靠的人交朋友，因為不可靠的人不是任何人的朋友。”——愛德里艾斯·沙阿

Have you ever had an experience in which you made sure you were there for a friend when they needed you, but when you needed them in turn, they weren't available?

你是否也有過這樣的遭遇：當朋友需要你時，你在所不辭；但當你需要他們時，一個個都找不著人影？

If you have, you might remember how much that hurt, and how betrayed you may have felt at the time. It hurts like hell when you go out of your way to take care of someone, and then when you're vulnerableand in need, find out that they'd consider it inconvenient to reciprocate.They might say that they're too busy, or they might even "accidentally"miss your calls/texts, but there's usually some excuse they come up with in order to get out of whatever it is you need from them.

如果有，那你肯定忘不了當時難過和被背叛的感覺吧？你為朋友赴湯蹈火，而反過來當你脆弱需要他們時，他們卻躲閃推脫——真傷人！他們或許會說“太忙了”，甚至故意不接你電話不回你短信，反正不管你求他們什么，他們都有理由避而不幫。

A true friend is the person you can call in the middle of the night if you're sick or heartbroken, and they'll offer to come over to help you out however they can. They're the ones you can turn to in crisis, or will keep secrets absolutely safe if you're planning something spectacularly wonderful.There's never any doubt as to whether they'll be there for you when you need them to be; you can depend on them as well as they depend on you, in a perfect balance of giving and sharing.

如果是真朋友，當你生病或難過半夜打電話給他們時，他們定會盡可能陪在你身邊。真朋友能在患難時伸出援手，當你行動大計劃時能替你嚴守秘密。他們的忠誠絕對毋庸置疑：你們彼此給予和分享，完全值得信賴。

【知識點津】

dependability

unreliable 不可靠的

betray 背叛

vulnerable 易受傷的

reciprocate 互換互給

come up with 追趕上； 比得上； 想出

heartbroken 悲傷

crisis 危機

spectacularly 令人吃驚

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