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Making new friends means 【小题1】 (put) yourself out on a limb and asking others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well. 【小题2】 (fortunate), there is no magical solution 【小题3】 this part of the process, so if you want to make friends, take a deep breath and jump right in!
【小题4】 first step to making new friends is figuring out what is holding you back. A lot of times people 【小题5】 are interested in making new friends don't know why they don’t have them already. They can’t see that 【小题6】 own actions are working against them.
Once you can identify what is keeping you from making new friends, you need to work through these concerns. This can be painful 【小题7】 you will need to put yourself outside of your fort zones to see any real differences.
The next step is to shine in these social settings so that others will leave with a positive 【小题8】 (impress). If you find social situations hard, just rely on a few simple rules.
When you feel 【小题9】 (confidence) that you’ve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! No matter 【小题10】 you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue cultivating more.putting
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解析：【小题1】结交新朋友意味着将你自己处于孤立无援的位置。mean doing 意味着…
【小题2】根据后文可知，不幸地是。Unfortunately不幸地
【小题3】对于交朋友的这个过程，没有一个神奇的解决方案。magical solution to神奇的解决方法
【小题4】the first step交新朋友的第一步。序数词前加the。
【小题5】主句的谓语动词为don’t know，此处为定语从句，who/ that指人在定从中作主语成分，意为“很多时候，那些热衷于交新朋友的人不知道他们为什么没有新朋友”。
【小题6】their own action他们自己的行动，句意：他们自己的行动正和他们期望的背道而驰。
【小题7】because因为，表因果关系，句意：这样肯定是很痛苦的，因为这样你自己将会远离舒适的境地。
【小题8】impression印象，句意：你应该在社交中更加阳光，以便给别人留下积极的印象。
【小题9】confident自信的，句意：当你自信自己找到新朋友后，出去和他们一起聚会庆祝。
【小题10】No matter what不管什么，句意：不管你决定做什么，都要为新朋友庆祝，并且满怀希望地去交更多的朋友。