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1、Choose your favorite two from the quotes on next page to keep in mind, and share them with your desk mate. Cultural background1.FriendshipEnglish Quotes about Friendship:-Tell me what company thou keepst, and Ill tell thee what thou art. Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist-My friends are my estate

2、. Emily Dickinson, American Poet-My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford, American Industrialist-The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist-True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends

3、, but in their worth and choice. Samuel Johnston, American Statesman-Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. Cicero, Roman author, orator and politician-Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them

4、 your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. George Washington, First president of the U.S. -The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that

5、it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. Mark Twain, American humorist, novelist, short story author Chinese Sayings about Friendship:-近朱者赤，近墨者黑。Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.-亲兄弟，明算账。Even reckoning makes long friends.-物以类聚，人以群分。Birds of a feather flo

6、ck together.-君子之交淡如水。A hedge between keeps friendship green.-海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near.-有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎！Isnt it great when friends visit from distant places? 2.Gender Patterns in FriendshipWomens FriendshipFemale friendships are often seen as having elements of intimacy

7、and support. Women typically describe their friendships in terms of closeness and emotional attachment. What characterizes friendships between women is the willingness to share important feelings, thoughts, experiences, and support. Women devote a good deal of time and intensity of involvement to fr

8、iends. Friendships between women, more so than between men, are broad and less likely to be divided. Mens FriendshipsUnlike women, men are typically socialized by society to be less social and have more difficulty with friendships; they are often raised to compete with other men and not cooperate wi

9、th them, to hide their vulnerabilities and not share their inner experiences. However, like women, men can benefit from the social bonds of friendship. The great friendships recorded in history have been between men, and friendships among men have often been romanticized and idealized. Mens friendsh

10、ips have typically been described in terms of bravery and physical sacrifice in providing assistance to others. Despite this historical romanticization of the male friendship, researchers have found that men have significantly fewer friends than women, especially close friendships or best friends. F

11、riendship between Men and WomenThere is much debate about the possibilities of male and female friendships. Much of this debate has had to do with the idea that sexual attraction will prevent men and women from forming a strong platonic bond. There can be many challenges to female-male friendships.

12、For instance, in a society where men have typically had more power and dominance, equality can be an issue. Both genders may benefit from these interactions: Men may learn more about sharing and establishing emotional support, while women might enjoy interactions that are less emotionally challengin

13、g. Section Two Global Reading. General analysis of the textIn the text, the author discusses the differences between a buddy and a friend in a forceful way. The main idea of the text can be summarized in one sentence: a buddy is a fine life companion while a friend is that part the race with which y

14、ou can be human. . Structural analysis of the textThis text distinguishes two kinds of friendship: that between men and that between women. It can be divided into four parts. Part I （Paragraphs 1 2）: the prelude, where the author reveals what kind of film the woman had just seen. Part II （Paragraphs

15、 3 6）: the introduction, where the author advances the double standard of friendship on the basis of the personally observed shift of focus of the cinema lens. Part III （Paragraphs 7 18）: the body, where the distinctions of the two types of friendship are detailed. Part IV （Paragraph 19）: the conclu

16、sion, which summarizes the fundamental difference between male companionship and female friendship. Rhetorical features of the textTo show the differences between buddiness and friendship effectively, the author of the text coordinates sentences in various ways. Sometimes he uses conjunctions such a

17、s but, yet and while. And sometimes he simply puts two clauses together without using any conjunction at all.For examples:Well, she thought, on the whole, men had buddies, while women had friends. Buddies bonded, but friends loved. Buddies faced adversity together, but friends faced each other. Ther

18、e was something palpably different in the way they spent their time. Buddies seemed to “do” things together; friends simply “were” together. （paragraph 8）Buddies hang tough together; friends hang onto each other. （paragraph 11）Practice:Please find more examples of coordinating sentences without usin

19、g any conjunction.Section Three Detailed ReadingTHE TAPESTRY OF FRIENDSHIPEllen Goodman1 It was, in many ways, a slight movie. Nothing actually happened. There was no big-budget chase scene, no bloody shoot-out. The story ended without any cosmic conclusions.2 Yet she found Claudia Weills film Girlf

20、riend gentle and affecting. Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of friendship showing its fragility, its resiliency, its role as the connecting tissue between the lives of two young women.3 When it was over, she thought about the movies she had seen this year Julia，The Turning Point and now Girlfr

21、iends. It seemed that the peculiar eye, the social lens of the cinema, had drastically shifted its focus. Suddenly the Male Buddy movies had been replaced by the Female Friendship flicks.4 This wasnt just another binge of trendiness, but a kind of cinema vrit. For once the movies were reflecting a s

22、hift, not just from men to women but from one definition of friendship to another.5 Across millions of miles of celluloid, the ideal of friendship had always been male a world of sidekicks and “partners” of Butch Cassidys and Sundance Kids. There had been something almost atavistic about these visio

23、ns of attachments as if producers culled their plots from some pop anthropology book on male bonding. Movies portrayed the idea that only men, those direct descendants of hunters and Hemingways, inherited a primal capacity for friendship. In contrast, they portrayed women picking on each other, the

24、way they once picked berries.6 Well, that duality must have been mortally wounded in some shootout at the Youre OK, Im OK Corral. Now, on the screen, they were at least aware of the subtle distinction between men and women as buddies and friends.Activity Find out as many coordinating phrases/sentenc

25、es as you can that describe the differences between buddies and friends. Draw a table to list them out.Study 3 pairs of those sentences and share your understanding to your group members.7 About 150 years ago, Coleridge had written, “A womans friendship borders more closely on love than mans. Men af

26、fect each other in the reflection of noble or friendly acts, whilst women ask fewer proofs and more signs and expressions of attachment.”好哥们会一起面对困难，好姐们则喜欢促膝而谈。对于男人们来说，没有一起打过战就算不上哥们，不论是真枪实弹，还是打商业战。对于女人来说，不愿意把她最痛心最烦心事告诉自己的人，也算不上真姐们。好哥们在一起为了干一番事业。好姐们在一起就为了腻在一起。好哥们有很多种，战友啊，队友啊，牌友啊好姐们就就是好姐们，不像同学啊，邻居的8 We

27、ll, she thought, on the whole, men had buddies, while women had friends. Buddies bonded, but friends loved. Buddies faced adversity together, but friends faced each other. There was something palpably different in the way they spent their time. Buddies seemed to “do” things together; friends simply

28、“were” together.9 Buddies came linked, like accessories, to one activity or another. People have golf buddies and business buddies, college buddies and club buddies. Men often keep their buddies in these categories, while women keep a special category for friends.10 A man once told her that men were

29、nt real buddies until they had been “through the wars” together corporate or athletic or military. They had to soldier together, he said. Women, on the other hand, didnt count themselves as friends until they had shared three loathsome confidences.11 Buddies hang tough together; friends hang onto ea

30、ch other.12 It probably had something to do with pride. You dont show off to a friend; you show need. Buddies try to keep the worst from each other; friends confess it.13 A friend of hers once telephoned her lover, just to find out if he was home. She hung up without a hello when he picked up the ph

31、one. Later, wretched with embarrassment, the friend moaned, “Can you believe me? A thirty-five-year-old lawyer, making a chicken call?” Together they laughed and made it better.14 Buddies seek approval. But friends seek acceptance.15 She knew so many men who had been trained in restraint, afraid of each others judgment or awkward with each others aff