1. Read the text “How far does friendship go?” and find the sentences expressing unreal condition. Translate them.

Text B

Ethical choices usually involve love work, friendship or money – sometimes all four. Occasionally we are faced with a simple decision between good and evil, though usually we find ourselves trying to choose between the lesser of two evils. The distinction between right and wrong is not always clear cut.

David found himself in a personal, professional and ethical dilemma when one of his closest friends learned there was a public relation job coming up in David’s company. The friend asked David to recommend him for the job but David didn’t think his friend would be able to handle the work.

“I think I could probably help him get the job, but if he weren’t my friend I wouldn’t recommend him. What if we employed him, at least partly on my recommendation, and he was no good? “But I really hate to say no to a good friend.”

David made a half-hearted recommendation that revealed his reservation about his friend’s capabilities and his friend was satisfied even though he did not get the job.

But Anne Boe, president of a management consultancy firm, says David handled the situation wrongly. “I think he should have told his friend the truth. He should have taken him out to dinner and should have told him that he wasn’t right for the job. I know it’s likely that David’s friend would be angry with him but there is no easy way out. When you get into a mess of this kind, it’s not because you are protecting your friend’s feelings but because you’re protecting yourself from your friend’s anger”.

Notes: half-hearted recommendation – стримана, нерішуча рекомендація.

2. Explain in English:

• what half-hearted recommendation is;.

• when people usually give it;

• when a person is right for the job.

3. Translate the sentences of the text above with the highlighted phrases. Pay attention to the structure of the model.

WORD FORMATION

4. Complete the following sentences. Use the word in capitals on the right to form a word that fits the space in the text..

1. Friends should be_______ with each other TRUE

2. There is not much ______ in our region nowadays. EMPLOY

3. The two ideas are quite______. DISTINCTION

4. Nobody doubted his _____for the job. CAPABLE

5. The company relied on his __, even though it RECOMMEND

was half-hearted.

6. The job was _____ good but not right for him. RELATE

7. It was a small _______company. CONSULT

8. My friend is quite _____. You never know RESERVE

what he is thinking about.

9. What’s ______ with your friend? WRONGLY

5. Answer the following questions.

1. How did David’s friend want David to help him?

2. Why wasn’t David happy about doing this?

3. What ethical choice did David have to make?

4. How did he solve the problem?

5. What should he have done, according to Anne Boe.