Real friendship

The richest people in the world are not those with the most money, but those with close friends. Real friendship is a gift from God. To have a friend is to get a true companion in your life.

We all need friendship – no matter how wealthy and successful we may be. We are incomplete without it. A book of Wisdom says: “Two are better than one; if one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!”

In fact, the only way to have a friend is to be a friend. There are many principles of friendship.

• The most important thing is openness. A friend is a person you can totally rely on. You feel free to be yourself in his presence. You can also share deepest feelings, thoughts, fears and always expect understanding.

• Loyalty is another ingredient of friendship.

• If we want to develop friendship we must be frank.

• You should always take care about your friends.

Remember!

• Friends mustn’t be rude, selfish, coward, and heartless.

• We mustn’t also order our friends. Otherwise, it can easily destroy close friendship.

Friendship needs time and great work, but the treasure you get back is priceless. We must cherish our friendship “like a flower” and it’ll become stronger and stronger.

As we know, friendship has a great power in the life of people. It’s difficult to make friendship, and quite easy to ruin friendly relations.

Exercise 14. Discuss the following questions:

1. What is friendship for you? Is it important in your life?

For me, friendship is………..(love, respect, care, fun, etc).

2. What principles are important in friendship?

Such principles as……(to be honest/ frank/open, to take care) are important for me in friendship.

3. What positive qualities of character does your friend have?

My friend is …..(open-hearted, frank, funny, kind), he likes jokes…

4. What negative qualities of character does your friend have?

My friend is sometimes (rude, ignorant, not frank)

5. What do you value in your friendship most of all?

I can always…..(rely on my friend, tell him everything, say what I want)

Exercise 15. Give your groupmates a few tips of being a good friend.

Tell what principles are important for you in friendship.

Lesson 13. Kinds of personal relations. Love

(Види особистісних стосунків. Кохання)

We need love in our life for support and to give love and support to the person we love.

Exercise 1. Read the poem and try to learn it by heart:

Wisdom

Life is an opportunity – take it!

Life is a struggle – fight it!

Life is a tragedy – face it!

Life is love – enjoy it!

Life is a song – sing it!

Life is a puzzle – solve it1

Life is a sorrow – overcome it!

Life is a game – play it!

Life is a gift – accept it!

Life is a journey – take it!

Vocabulary

love - любов

to fall in love – закохатися

to fall in love with somebody – закохатися (two people fell in love

with each other as soon as they met) to fall for somebody – запастися на когось

a sweetheart – закоханий, закохана

love at first sight – любов з першого погляду to be madly in love with smb. - бути по вуха закоханим у

to feel love - відчувати любов

to need love - потребувати любов

to declare smb’s love - повідомляти про любов

a love affair - романтичні стосунки

a love song/letter - любовна пісня/лист

a true love - істинна любов

an undying love - невмираюча любов

a mother’s love - любов матері

lovely hearts - люблячі серця

to be loved up with smb. - being in a relationship – бути у відносинах

з кимось

to be smitten with somebody – мучитися через любов до когось (to be deeply affected by your love for somebody)