The Art of Friendship

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The Art of Friendship He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in the need: If thou sorrow, he will weep ; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear apart . These are certain signs to know Faithful friends from flattering foe . William Shakespeare.

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The aims of the project: To find out: what true friendship means; what faithful friends should be; what kinds of friendship exist; what people think about friendship.

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What friendship is . Friendship is close relations among several people which are based on trust and the common interests. Friendship is the sympathy to each other. Friendship can be fleeting. Friendship may lasts years and become stronger. True friendship is the trust, support, respect, responsibility, honesty and mutual understanding.

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Female friendship Female friendship - the difficult phenomenon. Such friendship - not a gift of destiny, and worthy compensation for patience, understanding and sincere desire to find in this world the close friend. It is considered, that the female friendship is fleeting, affected and always finishes the existence, having collided with envy, competition or treachery.

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Male friendship Needs a practical reason to spend time together. Has a more limited expectation of their friendship. Has no real emotional content. Depends on career and family demands.

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Friendship between the man and the woman Many people do not trust in a true friendship between the man and the woman. They consider, that it is always followed by more close relations. Friendship between the man and the woman, especially lasting long and settled (that is not followed by love or family relations) is hardly ever nowadays. Such friendship usually comes to the wedding .

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Virtual friendship A lot of people prefer friendship on the Internet, by phone, SMS and letters. You can communicate with people from all over the world. You can be frank and honest. You can find out a lot of new and interesting. Sometimes you don’t know what the person with whom you communicate is. It takes a lot of time and money. It’s not so pleasant as real conversation.

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Statements of great people about friendship. I like a friend who will stand by me not only when I’m in the right, but when I’m a little wrong. Sir Walter Scott The friend who understands you creates you. Romain Rolland Friendship is an art and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. Kathleen Norris True friendship - one of those things about which as about huge sea snakes, it is not known, whether they are invented or somewhere exist. Schopenhauer The bad friend like a shadow: in a sunny day you will not get rid, and in rainy you will not find. K. Dossi

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My true friend’s model: Have much in common Spend a lot of time together Share ideas, secrets and troubles

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Keep secrets/promises Care about Try to understand Offer the help

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Respect feelings Easy to get along with Be patient with you

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Have the same interests Ready to share your joys, sorrow and troubles Not to forget to criticize

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Proverbs about friendship Do not protect yourself with a fence but rather with your friend. He who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless. A man becomes like those, whose society he loves. Poor knows also the friend and the foe. The tree keeps roots, and the person – friends. The friend is learnt in a trouble, as gold on fire. The friendship and a brotherhood is more dear than riches. Without the friend – the orphan; with the friend– the family man.

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The statistical facts

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Used literature : FCE 1, V.Evans, J.Milton Mission I, V.Evans, J.Dooley Mission II, V.Evans, J.Dooley For and Against, P.Daley, M.S.Dahley 5) Enjoy English, M.Biboletova 6) Speak Out (2000-2007), Glossapress 1000 Topics, G.Kubarkov, B.Timoshchuk Let’s discuss (9-10), I.Andreasyan

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Thanks for attention Made by Lyudmila Kurulenko