What do you expect of a friend

What do you expect of a friend

As a general rule this relation concerns two people who enjoy being together.

Friends never hesitate to help each other and are always ready to do favour but they expect the same in return.

True friends, however, give and take without expecting anything in return; they relieve our griefs, celebrate our joys and share our secrets.

My best and true friend never hesitates to tell me the bitter truths when they must be told; for my part, I have to accept all his remarks.

In fact, it’s through tolerating differences of opinions that friendship can last.

Don’t you think so???

Questions

1/Read the passage and pick out expressions which answer the title:

Paragraph one	Paragraph two

2/To define ‘friendship’ the writer goes from what is general to more specific details.

Read the passage again and complete the following:

v In the beginning ………………………………..

v Then………………………………………………

v And then………………………………………….

v He finally…………………………………………

3/Focus on the passage and say which of the expressions in the box the writer uses to show his interest in the reader’s opinion.

Do you agree?

Don’t you agree? Inquiring About agreement Do you think so, too? / disagreement Don’t you think so?

4/Do you agree with the writer’s points of view?

……………………………………………………………

5/”A friend in need is a friend indeed” Do you agree or disagree? discuss wiyh your friends.