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My friends
My friends are so __________
I feel the question
Of your ___________
Confide..., 'cause I'll be on your ____
You know I will, you know I will
X Girlfriend _______ me up
_____and desperate
On the _______ phone
They want... to give her 7 years
For being _____
(Chorus:)
I love all of you
Hurt by the ____
So _____ and lonely too
When you don't know ______
My friends are so ________
And standing on
The brink of ________
No words... I know of to _______
This emptiness
(chorus)
________ me taught by tragedy
Release is ______
I heard a little _____
And ____ she said
Was something ________
To give... your ______
No matter what
‘My friends’ is a nice song about friends and friendship. Do you know other songs or poems
about it?

Read a poem about friends written by Elisabeth Jennings:
Notes on the poet:
Elizabeth Jennings (20 July 1926 – 25
October 2001) was an English poet. Jennings'
early poetry was published in journals such
as Oxford Poetry, New English Weekly, The
Spectator, Outposts and Poetry Review, but
her first book was not published until she was
27. The lyrical poets she cited as having
influenced her were Hopkins, Auden, Graves
and Muir
Sources: wikipedia.org


Friends by Elisabeth Jennings
I fear it’s very wrong of me,
And yet I must admit,
When someone offers friendship
I want the whole of it.
I don’t want anybody else
To share my friends with me
At least, I want one special one,
Who, indisputably
Likes me much more than all the rest,
Who’s always on my side,
Who never cares what others say,
Who lets me come and hide
Within his shadow, in his house
It doesn’t matter where
Who lets me simply by myself

Who’s always there.
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Check the meaning of these words and expressions.

Close friends acquaintances best friend circle of friends
Get to know
keep in touch make friends befriend
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Read the proverb and say what it means. Do you agree with it?
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Who is a fair-weather friend? What can you say about such friends?

Answer the following questions:
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How would you define a close friend and a best friend?
Have you got a wide circle of friends and acquantances or just a few close friends?
Do you prefer to have just a few best friends or lots of close friends and acquaintances?
Do you keep in touch with many of your old friends?
Do you get to know people and make friends easily?
Have you got a best friend? Why is he/she your best friend? Is she/she also your most
trusted friend?
Do you think a girl and a boy may be just good friends?
Do you prefer to have more male friends or female friends?
How often do you meet with your friends?
How do you usually spend time together?
Has your friend ever let you down? Did you forgive him/her? How forgiving are you when
your friends let you down?
If you have siblings, do you think that they might be good friends as well?
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
Can friends have faults? What things can you accept and which you do not approve of?
Do you believe in friendship that can last a lifetime?
Is it possible to have friends who moved to a different place and live far away from you?
Do you think a friend has to be the same as you or he/she may be opposite?
What is the best place to make friends?


For the teacher:
Lyrics:
My friends are so depressed

I feel the question
Of your loneliness
Confide..., 'cause I'll be on your side
You know I will, you know I will
X Girlfriend called me up
Alone and desperate
On the prison phone
They want... to give her 7 years
For being sad
(Chorus:)
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
My friends are so distressed
And standing on
The brink of emptiness
No words... I know of to express
This emptiness
(chorus)
Imagine me taught by tragedy
Release is peace
I heard a little girl
And what she said
Was something beautiful
To give... your love
No matter what
Is what she said
Vocabulary:
acquaintance

a person that you have met but do not know well
befriend
to be friendly towards someone:
He was befriended by an old lady
fair weather friend
someone who is a good friend when it is easy for them to be one
and who stops when you are having problems
A friend in need (is a friend indeed). SAYING
This means that a friend who helps you when you really need help is a true friend