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Listening

Read the quotations on friendship in column B before you listen to them along with the names
of the people who said those words. Match the two columns after listening.
A B

1. Aristotle a. Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal
life.
2. Jim Morrison b. I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light.

3. Mark Twain c. What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

4. Mahatma Gandhi d. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
5. Helen Keller e. A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

6. Khalil Gibran f. Friendship that insists upon agreement on all things isn’t worth the
name.

Speaking

Work in pairs and role-play the following conversation between two friends that has been
adapted from another story by O. Henry.

Johnsy: Twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight and seven together . . .
Sue: What is it, dear?

Johnsy: Six . . . They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my
head hurt to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only fi ve left
now.

Sue: Five what, dear?
Johnsy: Leaves. On the ivy vine.
Sue: Oh!

Johnsy: When the last one falls, I must go, too. I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell
you?
Sue: Oh, I never heard of such a thing. What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well?
And you used to love that vine. Don’t be silly.
Johnsy: Didn’t the doctor tell you?

Sue: Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were –
let’s see exactly what he said – he said the chances were ten to one!
Johnsy: There goes another one . . . That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets
dark. Then I’ll go, too.
Sue: Johnsy, dear, will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window
until I am done working?

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