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and can share your feelings with. A friend is someone you enjoy being with.
Most people agree that the best way to make friends is to show sincere interest in other
people. People like to be noticed. Someone could find out things about another person by
asking questions, noticing what they are doing or wearing, paying attention to skills or
talents of other, and making eye contact.
2. Could you write your own answers to the question “What is a friend?”?
3. Answer the following questions.
1. Why do you think it is important to have friends? 2. How could you show someone else
that you would like to become friends? 3. One good way to start is by being interested in
someone else. What are some ideas for showing that you are interested? 4. Why would that
be better that just coming up to someone and start talking about yourself? 5. Do you think
friendship depends on shared interests – hobbies and leisure activities? 6. Does it mean that
if two people don’t have common hobbies they can’t be real friends? 7. What features do
you like (dislike) in people? 8. Has your friend got any shortcomings? 9. Do you ever
quarrel with your friend?
WHAT ARE YOU?
4. Friendship really starts with you. You should know yourself better and feel good about
yourself before you can be a friend to others. How well do you know yourself?
Read the list of adjectives below. Choose adjectives that could be used to describe you most
of the time. Making these choices will help you to understand yourself.
academic – теоретичний, далекий від реалій життя; outgoing – мирний,
комунікабельний, з легким характером; insensitive – байдужий, невразливий; active –
активний, енергійний; athletic – спортивний; passive – пасивний; bored –
набридливий; patient – терплячий; critical – критичний; pessimistic – песимістично
налаштований; flexible – гнучкий, легко пристосовується до змін; punctual – точний;
sad – сумний; funny – потішний, кумедний, з почуттям гумору; scared – наляканий;
sensitive – вразливий, чутливий; shy – сором’язливий; stubborn – впертий;
sympathetic – співчутливий; honest – чесний; idealistic – ідеалістичний; talkative –
балакучий; impatient – нетерплячий; tardy – повільний; kind – добрий;
temperamental – запальний, з норовом; lazy – лінивий; tense – напружений, з
натягнутими нервами; lonely – одинокий; loyal – вірний, відданий; thoughtful –
чуйний, уважний, дбайливий; messy – безладний, брудний; moody – людина настрою;
tolerant – терпимий; neat – акуратний; weepy – плаксивий, слізливий; optimistic –
налаштований оптимістично; worried – тривожний, занепокоєний, стурбований
5. How do you rate as a friend?
To discover what kind of friend you are to the others, mark the answers that best describe
you.
Never Sometimes Always

1. I keep the promises I make to my friends.
2. I let my friends know how much they mean to me.

3. I am a good listener.
4. I talk over misunderstanding.

5. I apologize when I am wrong.
6. I stick by my friends when they are going through
rough periods.
7. I make new students at university feel welcome.

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