很多人觉得网上认识的朋友都是假的，我以前也这样想。
Many people think friends made online are all fake, and I used to think so too.
去年我参加了一个网上的读书小组，认识了一个叫“小鱼”的人。
Last year I joined an online reading group and got to know someone called 'Little Fish'.
我们每个星期讨论同一本书，聊得越多，我越发现我们的性格特别像。
Every week we discussed the same book, and the more we chatted, the more I found our personalities to be remarkably alike.
当然，在网上交朋友也有危险：你看不见和你聊天的人，也不知道他说的话是真是假。
Of course, making friends online has its dangers: you cannot see the person you are chatting with, and you don't know whether what they say is true or false.
所以我从来不告诉网上的朋友自己的地址，也从来不随便借钱给别人。
That is why I never tell online friends my address, and never casually lend anyone money.
半年以后，小鱼来我的城市出差，我们约在一家咖啡馆见面。
Six months later, Little Fish came to my city on a business trip, and we arranged to meet at a café.
见面以前我特别紧张，怕真正的她和网上的完全不一样，结果她竟然和我想的一模一样。
Before we met I was really nervous, afraid the real her would be completely different from the online her — but it turned out she was, amazingly, exactly as I had imagined.
我们聊了整整一个下午，从书聊到工作，从工作聊到生活。
We chatted for an entire afternoon, from books to work, and from work to life.
我觉得，网络只是认识朋友的一种方式，一段友谊是不是真的，最后还是要看两个人诚实不诚实。
I think the internet is just one way of meeting people; whether a friendship is real depends, in the end, on whether both people are honest.
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Key words 生词
网络wǎngluòinternet; network
性格xìnggépersonality
危险wēixiǎndanger; dangerous
诚实chéngshíhonest
友谊yǒuyìfriendship
一模一样yì mú yí yàngexactly the same
Grammar note 语法点
越……越……
"The more..., the more..." — two 越 clauses show that one thing increases along with another, as in 聊得越多，我越发现我们的性格特别像.
聊得越多，我越发现我们的性格特别像。 — The more we chatted, the more I found our personalities to be alike.
竟然
竟然 marks that something is unexpected or surprising to the speaker, like "amazingly" or "to my surprise", as in 她竟然和我想的一模一样.
结果她竟然和我想的一模一样。 — It turned out she was, amazingly, exactly as I had imagined.
从来不 + verb
从来不 means "never (as a habit)" and describes something the speaker has never done and does not do, as in 我从来不告诉网上的朋友自己的地址.
我从来不告诉网上的朋友自己的地址。 — I never tell online friends my address.
Check yourself 小测验
1. How did the author get to know Little Fish?
2. What does the author never do with online friends?
3. How did the author feel before meeting Little Fish in person?