Watch this video about the meaning of friendship. After that, use your own words to express, maybe on the chat below, what makes a good friend. Also you can write an additional quote describing the meaning of friendship.
Fancy some listening? Then click on the link below and follow the instructions to do the listening activity.
Money and friends
In order to finish this entry, let's do some reading about making friends. Due to globalization, most employees are assigned to different jobs worlwide and when they return to their home countries both the city and friends have changed. Click on the link to read the article and then do the activities below.
Making friends in lonely London
Now say if the sentences are true or false. Remember to justify your answers with information from the text. Click on comments to check your answers.
1. Coming back to London made Nichole Esparon realize how many friends she had.
2. She thought of using e-dating in order to make more friends.
3. Her fellow colleagues at work improved her social life.
4. Some important firms want to guarantee their employees' happiness and recommend some websites for making friends.
5. Ms Esparon is now devoted to a new job that resulted from being alone in London.
Making friends in lonely London
Now say if the sentences are true or false. Remember to justify your answers with information from the text. Click on comments to check your answers.
1. Coming back to London made Nichole Esparon realize how many friends she had.
2. She thought of using e-dating in order to make more friends.
3. Her fellow colleagues at work improved her social life.
4. Some important firms want to guarantee their employees' happiness and recommend some websites for making friends.
5. Ms Esparon is now devoted to a new job that resulted from being alone in London.
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Making Friends READING: KEY
1. False. (On her return, she discoverd her friends had moved away, she had lost contact with others and found herself alone in a city of more than 7 million people).
2. True. (So the 32-year-old began to look for alternatives. She scanned dating websites but she wanted friendship not romance).
3. False. (She also had her business networks but that did not help her social life).
4. True. (Companies that refer relocated employees to the site.Companies want to attract and keep the best employees).
5. True. (Having started the project as a hobby, Ms Esparon has now invested about £12,000, of her money into it, put her legal career on hold and, depending on its success in London, hopes to launch similar sites across the UK).
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