Friendship

Friend – someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family
Friendship – relationship between people who are friends
Macmillan Dictionary

God made the world
With a heart full of love,
Then he looked down
From heaven above
And saw that we all need
A helping hand
Someone to share with
Who`ll understand.
He made special people
To see us through
The glad times
And sad times, too.
A person on whom
We can always depend
Someone we
Can call a friend.
A Friend

Friendship is one of the most valuable assets that we create in our lifetime.
That is why people hold friends in such high regard.

1. Latin Proverb
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. Robert Louis Stevenson
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
3. Sicilian Proverb
Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty.
4. John Lennon
I get by with a little help from my friends.
5. Kahlil Gibran
Friendship is always a sweet responsibilty, never an oppourtunity.
6. Edgar Watson Howe
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
7. Charles Caleb Colton
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
8. E. M. Forster
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
9. Winnie the Pooh
You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
10. Epicurus
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

An ideal friend is...
supportive
responsible
loyal
understanding
attentive
generous
easy-going
a good listener
reliable
make you laugh
Put the phrases in order of importance
give advice
share things
lend money
helpful

Linking devices
To list points: firstly, in the first place, first of all, to start with, secondly, thirdly, finally.
To add more points: what is more, also, in addition, moreover, besides, too.
To make contrast: but, however, while, at the same time, despite.
To conclude: finally, above all, all in all, on the whole, in conclusion, to sum up, as I have said.
To express your opinion: in my opinion, to my mind, personally I believe that, it seems to me that, as far as I am concerned.

Explain these statements
A friend is a person who worries and cares about you
A friend is a person who keeps your secrets
A friend is a person who doesn`t ignore your problems
A fiend is a person who has similar interests with you

friends
school
music
other people
books
nature
teachers
computer
clothes
future life
love secrets
parents
travelling
What do you talk with your friend about?

Are you a real friend?

Some advice for you to be
a good friend.
Honesty is the best policy.
Give more than you take.
Be supportive.
Forgiveness…
Keep the faith.
Express yourself clearly.
Have fun.

Is friendship important for you? Why?
Do you have a close friend?
How long have you known him?
Where did you meet your friend?
What traits of his character are valuable for you?
Do you spend much time together?
Do you share interests?
How well do your parents treat him?
Can he keep secrets?
Can you rely on him in difficult situations?
What do you often talk with your friend about?
How long can you live without your friend?
Can your friend become a lifetime one?

Friendship is a joy for everybody
that is why there are so many proverbs and sayings about it.
Read them.
A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Before you choose a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.
Be slow in choosing friends, but slower in changing them.
A friend is never known till a man has need.
Not as a duty but as a friendly service.
Old friends and old wines are best.
One can cross the whole land for a friend.
They are rich who have true friends.
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.

A friend is never known till a man has need
Before you make a friend eat a bushel of salt with him
A friend is not so soon got as lost
Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, the old is gold

A friend is never known till a man has need
Before you make a friend eat
a bushel of salt with him
A friend is not so soon got as lost
Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, the other is gold
The words of wisdom