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Part A: Reading
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Unit 1: Friendship
Before you read
Work in pairs. Practice reciting the poem and discuss the question:
What do you think about the friend in the poem?
You’ve got a friend
When you`re down and troubled
And you need a helping hand,
And nothing, no, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I`ll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I`ll be there
You`ve got a friend
Part A: Reading
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Unit 1: Friendship
Vocabulary
Be incapable + of + V-ing: unable to do something
e.g. I am incapable of telling lies.
Lasting (adj) /`la:stiŋ/ : continuing to exist for a long time or forever
Unselfish >< selfish
=> unselfishness (n)
Constant (adj) describes a companion or friend who is faithful to you
=> Constancy (n)
- To be concerned with + Ving = take interest in + Ving.

Loyal to (adj) : firm and not changing in your friendship, faithful
Loyalty (n) /‘lɔiəlti/
Suspicion (n) feeling that somebody has done st wrong without having any proof.
Suspicious (a)
- Give-and-take (n)
Sympathy (n) /‘simpəθi/ : support and agreement
Sympathize (v)
Pursuit (n) /pə‘sju:t/ : what someone tries to get, achieve in a determined way.
Word list
Be incapable + of + V-ing:
Be concerned with + Ving
Lasting (a)
Unselfish (a):
=> unselfishness (n)
Constant (adj)
=> Constancy (n)
Loyal (adj)
Loyalty (n)
Sympathy (n)
Pursuit (n)
Task1: fill each blank with a suitable word/ phrase
Acquaintance mutual give-and-take loyal to
Incapable of unselfish friend suspicious
Good friendship should be based on …………….
Understanding.
2. The children seem to be ………………………… working quietly by themselves.
3. He is a(n) ……………………. man. He always helps people without thinking of his own benefit.
4. A(n) …………………………..is a person one simply knows, and a(an) ……………..is a person with whom one has a deeper relationship
5. You cant always insist on your own way- there has to be some ……………………….
6. Despite many changes in his life, he remained …………………… his working principles.
7. He started to get ………………………..when he told him that she had been to Britain for many times
mutual
incapable of
unselfish
acquaintance
give-and-take
loyal to
suspicious
friend
Task 3. Which of the choices A, B, C, or D most adequately sums up the ideas of the whole passage?
A
A friend in need is a friend indeed
B
Conditions of true friendship
C
Features of a good friend
D
Friends and acquaintances
Task 4. Answering the questions:
What is the first quality for
true friendship and what does it tell you?
1
=> Unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his/ her own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. (para. 2)
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2
3
4
5
1
Why are changeable and uncertain people
incapable of true friendship?
2
=> Because they take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they soon get tired of it, and they feel the attraction of some new object. (para. 3)
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2
3
4
5
1
What is the third quality for true
friendship and what does it tell you?
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3
4
5
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4
Loyalty. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them (para. 4)
Why must there be a mutual
trust between friends?
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2
3
4
5
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5
=> Because if not, people cannot feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets (para. 5)
Why can’t people who talk
too much keep a friend long?
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2
3
4
5
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6
=> Because they cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’(para.5)
What is the last quality for true friendship
and what does it tell you?
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2
3
4
5
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7
=> Sympathy. Where a mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible. (para. 5)
Task 2
Read and check:
1. A close friend shares joy and happiness with us
2. Close friends must share common interests
3. It takes time to have good friendship
4. We cannot go out and choose a friend easily
5. Friendship may be changeable through the time
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After you read
Discuss the question:
“Why do we need to have friends?”
Then report the results of your discussion to the class”
Thank you
and
bye bye!!