Card 4 - one friend can change your whole life.1. what makes a friend a best friend? 2. do you agree with the expression “a friend in need is a friend in deed”? 3. how similar are you to your friends? 4. do you think you have a special understanding with your friends ? ​

Pat 1. has had a lot of trouble with her parents this year. They want her 2.to be at school every day and 3.expect her 4.to do more at school. She 5.knows she 6.must 7.work hard 8.to get good marks but she 9.cannot 10.arrive at school on time and 11.be ready with her tasks. Pat 12.is almost twelve and she 13.thinks she 14.has become a grown-up person. "I 15.am not a child any longer!" she repeats to her parents every day. "Why do you 17.want me 18. to come back home so early?" One day she 19.was walking from her friends very late and it 20.was dark in the street. Pat 21.felt very frightened. Suddenly she 22.heard some noise, she 23.turned round and ...

- Hello, Alina! How are you? Why are you looking so tired?
- Hello, I am really very tired today. I was in the forest where I skated a lot.
- Really? Are you fond of winter sport?
- Yes, I am. I do sport every two days. And what kind of winter sports are you fond of? - I am fond of skiing most of all. To my opinion it's a very interesting sport.
- How interesting! How many times a week do you go to your trainings?
- Four times a week.
 - And what other kinds of sports are you fond of?
- Besides it I like basketball, but sad to say I play it very badly.
- I also play basketball badly. I'm afraid "of any ball".
- Well, Alina. Let's say good-bye each other,  I have to hurry home.
 - Ok, see you!