Unit 1: Friendship

Unit 1: Friendship

​(A. reading)

by teacher Anh

​- acquaintance (n) [ə'kweintəns]: người quen

​- constancy (n) ['kɔnstənsi]: sự kiên định => constant (a) ['kɔnstənt]: kiên định

​- enthusiasm (n) [in'θju:ziæzm]: lòng nhiệt tình

​- give-and-take (n) [giv ænd teik]: sự nhường nhịn

​- incapable (of) (a)[in'keipəbl]: không thể

​- loyal (a) ['lɔiəl]: trung thành

+ loyalty (n) ['lɔiəlti]: lòng trung thành

​- mutual (a) ['mju:tjuəl]: lẫn nhau

​-​- quality (n) ['kwɔliti]: phẩm chất

​- selfishness (n) ['selfi∫]: tính ích kỷ =/= unselfishness (n) [,ʌn'selfi∫nis]: tính không ích kỷ

  +selfish (a) ['selfi∫]: ích kỷ =/= unselfish (a) [,ʌn'selfi∫]: không ích kỷ

​​- suspicion (n) [sə'spi∫n]: sự nghi ngờ  => suspicious (a) [sə'spi∫əs]: nghi ngờ

​- sympathy (n) ['simpəθi]: sự thông cảm

​- Trust (n) /trʌst/: sự tin cậy

Multiple Choice

Incapable đi với giới từ ____

• in

• of

• at

• off

Multiple Choice

Tính từ của "Constancy" là ____

• constan

• constance

• constant

• constanc

Open Ended

Trái nghĩa với "selfishness" là ____

Open Ended

"Sự nhường nhịn" trong tiếng Anh là ____

Multiple Choice

"Người quen" trong tiếng Anh là ____

• friend

• acquaintance

• quality

• trust

Multiple Choice

Tính từ của "suspicion" là ____

• suspicios

• suspiciuos

• suspicion

• suspicious

Multiple Choice

"Sự nhường nhịn " trong tiếng Anh là ___

• give-and-take

• mutual

• selfish

• trust

Multiple Choice

Danh từ của "loyal" là ____

• loyalty

• loyally

• loyaltyly

• loyal

​ Everyone has a number of acquaintances, but no one has many friends, for true friendship is not common, and there are many people who seem to be incapable of it. For a friendship to be close and lasting, both the friends must have some very special qualities.

        The first quality is unselfishness. A person who is concerned only with his own interests and feelings cannot be a true friend. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives by give-and-take, and no friendship can last lone which is all give on one side and all take on the other.

        Constancy is the second quality. Some people do not seem to be constant. They take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it and feel the attraction of some new object. Such changeable and uncertain people are incapable of a lifelong friendship.

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Loyalty is the third quality. Two friends must be loyal to each other, and they must know each other so well that there can be no suspicions between them. We do not think much of people who readily believe rumours and gossip about their friends. Those who are easily influenced by rumours can never be good friends.

        Trust is perhaps the fourth quality. There must be mutual trust between friends, so that each can feel safe when telling the other his or her secrets. There are people who cannot keep a secret, either of their own or of others’. Such people will never keep a friend long.

        Lastly, there must be a perfect sympathy between friends - sympathy with each other’s aims, likes, joys, sorrows, pursuits and pleasures. Where such mutual sympathy does not exist, friendship is impossible.

Multiple Choice

He is an _______ man. He always helps people without thinking of his own benefit.

• unselfish

• selfish

• suspicious

• loyal

Multiple Choice

Good friendship should be based on _________ understanding.

• unselfish

• mutual

• suspicious 

• friendly

Multiple Choice

An _____ is a person one simply knows, and a _____ is a person with whom one has a deeper relationship.

• friend/ acquaintance

• friend/ constancy

• constancy/friend

•  acquaintance/ friend

Multiple Choice

There must be mutual ____ between friends

• suspicion

• loyalty

• trust

• Constancy

Multiple Choice

He started to get _____ when she told him that she had been to Britain for many times

• loyalty

• constant

• suspicious

• selfish