B.+Friend+&+Friendship


 *  "FRIENDS" [[image:imagesCAHT4OA2.jpg width="183" height="215" align="left"]] **

Friendship Quotes and Sayings

 What do you think of th above sayings? Do you know any other friendship quotes?
 * //"Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things" //**
 * //"Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty". ~Sicilian Proverb //**
 * //"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable". ~Dave Tyson Gentry //**
 * //"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows". //**
 * //"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives". - Euripides //**

Task 1: Read about friendship

=Friends help you live longer =

New research suggests that having good friends in old age may be more important for longevity than having close family ties. This is according to a study published in the British Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health* on June 16. Researchers interviewed 1,500 Australians over the age of 70 about their social and family relations. Findings indicated that affiliations with close friends improved chances of survival beyond ten years by 22 per cent. This was attributed to the positive physiological effects on the body of increased recreation and social activity. The researchers proposed that the beneficial feelings experienced by the septuagenarians because of their friends was the antithesis to the negative effects that stress has on our well-being. The researchers analyzed data gathered from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging, which began in 1992. This study aimed to gauge how a range of behavioral, economic, environmental and social factors affected the constitution of the test group of 70-year-olds. The senior citizens were monitored annually for the first four years of the ten-year-long study and at three-yearly intervals thereafter. The team found that those with the strongest network of friends and confidants were less likely to die by the end of the ten-year period. This was consistent even after factoring in other variables such as the death of a spouse, financial upheavals or other traumatic events. The message is to keep in touch if you want to live longer.

“The effect of social networks on 10-year survival in very old Australians: the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing.” Lynne C Giles, Gary FV Glonek, Mary A Luszcz, Gary R Andrews
 * //Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health// 2005. 59:574-579**


 * Were you surprised by this headline? **
 * What do you think of this new study? **
 * Do you agree with the study that friends are more important than family to help you live longer? **

SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">longevity || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">assess ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">affiliations || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">put down to ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">attributed to || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">turmoil ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">septuagenarians || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">associations ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">antithesis || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">friends ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">gauge || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">70-79-year-olds ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">g. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">constitution || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">long life ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">h. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">confidants || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">painful ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">i. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">upheavals || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">opposite ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">j. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">traumatic || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">health ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">New research || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">gathered from … ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">close || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">with close friends ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">affiliations || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">the negative effects ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">positive physiological || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">family ties ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">was the antithesis to || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">in other variables ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">analyzed data || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">intervals thereafter ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">g. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">affected the constitution || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">suggests ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">h. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">at three-yearly || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">of the test group ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">i. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">factoring || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">effects on the body ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">j. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">financial || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">upheavals ||

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 * <span style="color: #391895; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Time to discuss the topic. Download the file to talk about friendships. [[file:Friends.docx]] **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">TASKS: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Vocabulary: ** //<span style="color: #391895; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Phrasal Verbs: Relationships [[file:phrasals_friends.docx]] //
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Writing Task: ** //<span style="color: #391895; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Write about a friend of yours. What do you like about him/her? And what about negative points. Try to explain why you get on well together. //

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