(AFA - 2009)
Americans are well-known for being friendly. If we’re taking a walk in the park and we pass someone, we usually say a few words to people in stores, bars and banks. But remember: friendliness is not friendship; it’s [5] politeness. In the United States, it’s just as hard to make real [6] friends as it is anywhere else.
( Move Up - Heinemann )
The sentence, “In the United States it’s just hard to make real friends as it is anywhere else” (lines 5 and 6), means
making friends for them is something they aren’t able to do.
although difficult, real friends is something we have to fight for finding in America.
only in the United States people can’t find easily real friends.
Americans show to the rest of the world how easy relationship is in their country.