You’ve always known what friendship is, Gnosis and praxis too. You stand at every crossroads So good and strong and true.
Notes: “Gnosis and praxis” : the formal terms in
A Poem on friendship
Friendship Helen foster snow Friendship is no common weed That grows along the way. It’s highly cultivated And watered day by day.
1.One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
He is John's match for bravery.
2.One that is able to compete equally with another:
The boxer had met his match.
The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it.
A Fine Match
She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap.
Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!
see which categories they fit into.
Important qualities for a friend
Lesson Four
Wisdom of Bear Wood
Miry: A Fine Match
One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor.
She was very afraid of mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mousetrap. The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse."
2. What is the essence of true friendship ? Do you think people who are very different in age can develop a rewarding friendship? Do you have such friends? Have you heard of such cases? Share your ideas with your partners.
A Fine Match
1. Retell the story.
2. What does “match” mean here?
3. Who do you think has put that picture of a mouse beside the picture of the cheese?
MATCH MATCH MATCH
3.One that closely resembles or harmonizes with another:
The napkins were a nice match for the tablecloth.
4.A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other:
philosophy, which means “both in theory and practice” or “not just talk but also action”.
Talking About Your Friendship
Five major categories of friendship a. Convenience friends b. Specific-interest friends c. Historical friends d. Crossroad friends e. Cross-generational friends Working in pairs to describe your friends and
The colors were a close match. 相配
Pre-class work Discussion
1. Why is it that two people as different from each other as the boy and the old woman could develop such an enduring and rewarding friendship? What have you learned from their friendship?