The Tapestry of Friendship

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Unit 5

• The Tapestry of Friendship

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presentation

• Why Do We Need Friends?
• My Best Friend
• The Meaningful Things I Have Done for My Friends

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Structure Analysis

• Part I Prelude, where the author reveals what
  kind of film the woman has seen.
• Part II Introduction, where the author advances
  the double standard of friendship
• Part III Body, where the distinctions of two
  types of friendship are detailed.
• Part IV Conclusion, which summarizes the
  fundamental difference between.

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Part I Prelude

• Expressions to Be Learned
• cosmic fragile

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Part I Prelude

• Paraphrase
• Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of
  friendship.
• ? Step by Step it gave an all-sided view of the
  complex structure of friendship.

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Part I Prelude

• Questions for review
• What movie did the women see?
• What was the theme of the movie?

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Part II Introduction

• Expressions to Be Learned
• drastic bond inherit contrast
• pick on sb

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Part II Introduction

• Paraphrase
• This wasnt just another bingecinema verite.
• ?This was not simply a shift from one fashion to
  another, but a truthful description of friendship.

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Part II Introduction

• Questions for review
• What were the movies seen by the women during the
  year? Why are they mentioned here?
• How about the shift mentioned in the text?
• Do you agree there are differences in the
  friendship between men and that between women?

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Part III Body

• Expressions to Be Learned
• border on count loathe moan
• restrain

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Part III Body

• -some adj. (same) the same as having the
  tendency
• eg burdensome
• irksome
• meddlesome
• quarrelsome
• tiresome
• troublesome
• wearisome
• wholesome

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Part III Body

• Paraphrase
• Buddies hang tough together friends hang onto
  each other.
• ? Buddies hold on together in face of adversity
  friends cling tightly to each other for emotional
  support.

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Part III Body

• Questions for review
• What is the difference between buddies and
  friends?
• What are the conditions of men becoming buddies
  and of women becoming friends?
• What point does paragraph 13 intend to
  illustrate?
• What is the point put forward in paragraph 14?
• What is the point of paragraph 15?
• What point does the example in paragraph 16
  illustrate?
• Why was the woman shocked by mens description of
  friendship?
• What is the point of paragraph 18?
• Do you agree with the author when he counts for
  why buddies try to keep the worst from each other?

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Part IV Conclusion

• What is the distinction between the two types of
  friendship?
• Find out the equivalent expressions of friend
  in the text
• Do you agree with the author as for the
  difference between, why?