People often say our modern way of life, with its individualism and speed, has mode the world a lonely place. so many of us live and work surrounded be people, but it is hard to find true friendship. the faces we see each day are like picturec in a gallery; the talk that we hear is just sound. perhaps this is why the websites like 'facebook', 'contacts' are so popular these days. they allow people to communicate and even become close without meeting up. it seems that many people's idca of friendship has changed nowadays. but what is friendship?

Most people have a different idea of what friendship really means. some people are instantly trusting of new people, and accept them into their heart without question. for these types of folks, they assume someone is their friend until they find out otherwise. other people, however, might act "friendly" with someone but not consider them a friend for quite a while. perhaps these types of people need to get know someone better before they even consider labeling them as a friend. or perhaps they already have a lot of friends and therefore wouldn't consider someone they occasionally  at social events  a friend.

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Look at the pictures.

Ask and answer as in the example.

Agatha Christie

(1890-1976)

British writer

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Skills

Reading years

in English, we read the

vaan as two sets of two

digit numbers.

1561 fifteen sixty-one

1807 = eighteen oh

seven

1972 nineteen

seventy-two

BUT

2009 = two thousand

and nine

Diego Velazquez

(1599-1660)

Spanish painter

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Giuseppe Verdi

(1813-1901)

Italian composer

James Joyce

(1882-1941) Irish writer

William Shakespeare

(1564-1616)

British playwright

Anna Pavlova

(1881-1931)

Russian ballerina

A: Who was Anna

Pavlova?

B: A famous Russian

ballerina.

A: When was she born?

B: In 1881.

A: When did she die?

B: In 1931.

-Hey, "имя".

-Hey, how are you?

-I'm fine, by the way, how about you? Have you thought about our future furniture?

-Same, thanks and I'm very sorry but I didn't have time and just forgot about it.

-Hmm, don't worry, that's ok. Let's just use our imagination and try to fill our room with goods as well.

-Okay, firstly I don't think that we have to buy TV or computers, because we have phones and it will be enough for our first weekend here.

-It's a good argument and I agree with your opinion, but what color will the walls be?

-I don't really care, but I think it must fit in with the furniture's color.

-We already have a big white table, so why don't we paint our walls in white as well?

-Sure

-Anyways, I'm little busy right now, could we talk about it later?

-Okay, bye then

-See you later!