Friendship

1. Friendship 2008.03

2. What is friend? • Friend is someone who drives away the clouds and brings a smile to our lives. They share our joys, sorrows, secrets and triumphs. • Friendship is an comfortable and relaxed in-depth relationship combining trust, support, communication, loyalty, understanding, empathy, and intimacy.

3. When a friend becomes a donor… • Every Friday at this time we turn to StoryCorps. It's an oral history project that gives families and friends a chance to talk with each other. Luke Thiboutot and Ryan Conner were roommates while _______ in college. They stayed close, and now they're in their 30s. Last year their friendship took a ________ turn and they stepped into a StoryCorps Booth to talk about it. Luke begins their story. Dell was _______with kidney failure. Um, you stayed late at the hospital. And that was the first time you offered, to be the donor. And it's the one question that I would ask you, but the decision seemed really easy to you or else, wondering if you could tell me about that.

4. Ah, the decision at the time was made _______ in a sense that I didn't know much about renal failure or kidney_______. However, I was the match. In fact, for me the worst part was not the medical portion of it or the pain in suffering really that stuff. It's the worry or that guilt that you carry in doing something that could really have a serious ________ on your family. Um, you know, I, I, we went to the whole process of the testing and stuffing. I never had really sort of thanked you, (it) was _________ we were going for a last test that I said, you know, I want you know how much I thank, you know, thank you for this. It's a big deal and you said don't worry, we're gonna get through it. I'd like to tell one story.Go. • _________________________________you know, medically what we had done. Yet a piece of you out of your body and put into me, but we had been given the Yankee's Red sox tickets by a friend of us. It was sort of a get-well gift.

5. And we were atthe Redsock Yankee's game and we had used the bathroom. And um, you know, it was we were standing there I started getting off feel philosophical and I realized that_______________________________. It was no longer my body working, it was your body working. • And I started to like emotional and choked up. I sort, I sort of look over you. You know, your head's tilted back and your mouth opened and you were staring at the ceiling. • And I've known you for 16 years and I know what's going to your head._____________________. You count, you were counting the number of beers you've had that day. You were calculating how many you should've should not have before the 7 Day and thenit closed up. But you know, I sort of had this epiphany, the magnitude of what we did. And again, you know, all along you sort of acted like this wasn't an enormous. Then, and you didn't end either. It's hard to think about.

6. Freshmen • Remarkable • Diagnosed • in haste • Transplants • negative impact • towards the end • It's the moment that it really hit me like what we had done, • everything going on here is essentially the result of your kidneys • You are sort of counting the beers.

7. Debate… • Friendship between men and women • the pros the cons • possible imposable

8. Oral functions bank • 1．How to agree strongly with an opinion • I couldn't agree more! • That's absolutely true • Absolutely /Sure/Good idea./ Definitely/Exactly. • I agree completely/entirely with this idea. • I totally agree with you. • I take your point • I'd go along with you • I'm with you on that. • I’m for you/on your side. • You can say that again. • I don’t think so either. • That’s just what I want to say/what I mean/ what I was thinking. • That's exactly what I think. • That's just how I see it. • That's exactly my opinion. • That sounds perfect/a good idea. • I have no objection to it.

9. 2. How to disagree strongly with an opinion • That’s absurd/ridiculous! • Just on the contrary /Just the other way round. • I disagree • I'm afraid I don't agree. • I'm afraid you are wrong • I think you are absolutely wrong! • I really can't agree. • I wouldn't accept that for one minute. • You can't really mean that. • I wouldn't go along with you there. • You can't be serious. • That’s your opinion, but not mine. • To tell you the truth , I have different opinions. • I think this idea is impossible /impractical /bad. • I think this idea cannot be implemented. • I don't agree with this idea. • I think it is a bad idea.

10. 3．How to disagree politely with an opinion. • Yes, in a way. • Yes, I agree up to a point. • Well, you've got a point there. • There's something in that, I suppose. • I guess you could be right. • Yes, I suppose so. • I agree partially with this idea. • This idea is partially right. • I sort of agree. • That's worth thinking about • Maybe.

11. 4. How to disagree politely with an opinion • I am not so sure really. • Do you think so? • Well, it depends. • Well, l'm not so sure about that. • Mmm, I'm not really sure you're right. • I'm not sure that I agree with this idea. • I'm inclined to disagree with that. • No, I don't think so really. • I think this idea is possible, but…… • The project is feasible, but……. • As a matter of fact, I would say… • 5. How to present both sides of an argument • On the one hand.., on the other hand... • Although it's true to say that.., it's also

12. Movies • Movie clips • Synopsis • bounce

13. The Lion King • Lion prince – Simba • Lion king – Mufasa (murdered by Scar) • Timon – meerkat 猫鼬 • Pumbaa – warthog 疣猪 • Nala – Simba’s friend • Scar and hyenas

14. Presentation • If you had a child, how would you foster him/her?

15. Homework • How to dump a friend?