TWE143. 谢谢指点

天上人间

143. It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

When it comes to an issue whether people borrow money from a friend or not, depending on personal experience, some people deemed that borrowing money from a friend can harm the friendship. In my point view, I agree this statement and explore my reasons as follows.

To begin with, the main reason why I am propensity for not lending money to a friend is that it is easy to lend money to someone, but it is hard to get it back. As we know, it is really difficult to ask a friend to return the money. It can be given a concrete example. I have ever lent money to my friend because he had not enough money to purchase the computer. He promised me to get it back in half year. Moreover, when I claimed the money half year ago, he had many excuses to refuse me. As a result, we broke our friendship.

Furthermore, an essential factor why I advocated lending money to a friend can damage the friendship is that it is hard to keep a pure and normal friendship between the two friends when one owes the other money. For instance, when the renter argue something with another person, the debtor has to support the renter even it is obviously the renter’s wrong because the debtor thinks he owes the renter money. Sometimes the debtor has to help the renter to do something he does not want to do. The friendship is not natural any more.

However, lending money to a friend is not always forbidden. When your friend just requires a small amount of money because of the urgent needs, such as the registration fee of hospital, it is helpful to lend him a hand. For example, your friend broke his leg and did not have the money to pay the hospital’s service. At that time, we should lend him the money. It may not hurt your relationship but strengthen it.

Although lending money to a friend has some positive aspects, the damage of the friendship is more than the help of the friendship. From what I have discussed above, we can safely come to a conclusion that borrowing money from a friend will harm the friendship.

soaring

以下是引用天上人间在2005-1-19 14:44:00的发言：

143. It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

When it comes to an issue whether people borrow money from a friend or not, (not clearly states the topic-->"wheather ... would harm or damage the friendship".Here, you'd better paraphrase the sentence. )depending on personal experience, some people deemed（deem） that borrowing money from a friend can harm the friendship. In my point view, I agree this statement and explore my reasons as follows.

To begin with, the main reason why I am propensity(adj. form) for not lending money to a friend is that it is easy to lend money to someone, but it is hard to get it back. As we know, it is really difficult to ask a friend to return the money. It can be given a concrete example.(I do not advocate this expression. You may use "Take ..as am example" or" A case concerns...", anyway, it is my opinion) I have ever lent money to my friend because he had not enough money to purchase the computer. He promised me to get it back in half ^ a year. Moreover(However), when I claimed the money half year ago, he had many excuses to refuse me. As a result, we broke our friendship.

Furthermore, an essential factor why I advocated(advocate) lending money to a friend can damage the friendship is that it is hard to keep a pure and normal friendship between the two friends when one owes the other money(do not understand). For instance, when the renter argue something with another person, the debtor has to support the renter even it is obviously the renter’s wrong because the debtor thinks he owes the renter money. Sometimes the debtor has to help the renter to do something he does not want to do. The friendship is not natural any more. (dabtor-renter relationship is not that friendship, unless they are friends.)

However, lending money to a friend is not always forbidden(this word is not so good). When your friend just requires a small amount of money because of the urgent needs, such as the registration fee of hospital, it is helpful to lend him a hand. For example, your friend broke his leg and did not have the money to pay the hospital’s service. At that time, we should lend him the money. It may not hurt your relationship but strengthen it.

Although lending money to a friend has some positive aspects, the damage of the friendship is more than the help of the friendship. From what I have discussed above, we can safely come to a conclusion that borrowing money from a friend will harm the friendship.

the topic askes to discuss " borrowing money from a friend " but you concern with "lending money to a friend", I think it may not be OK although they are in the same meaning.

PS: The structrue is good.

Happy twe~!!

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-19 16:22:46编辑过]

天上人间

谢谢soaring详细的修改，it is really helpful