Making friends is a skill like many other skills. Like most skills, you can i it if you are patient. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home a   . Join a club or a group. Talking with those who like the same things as you do is much e    . Or join someone in some activities.
Many people are n   when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a b   unpleasant about the unknown. Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us or finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. B    don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept y     as you are, and try to make others feel at home. You’ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confidently even if you don’t feel that way. W    you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say s   . Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual(相互的) likings and “give and take”. It t    time and effort to develop.