I Want To Make Many Friends
I WANT TO MAKE MANY FRIENDS
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- The passage claims popularity is more valuable than intelligence for success in life. Based on your own observations, do you find this to be true?
- Have you ever formed a meaningful friendship with someone from a very different background? How did that relationship change your perspective?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
Having friends is more important than having good grades. If someone is popular he will always do well in life. He will know who to go for a job or advice, and he will be sure to get the help he needs. Because friends take care of friends. But if someone who is only smart, he will always have to take care of his problems by himself.I don’t think e should only associate with people who are just like ourselves. We can find out an awful lot about life if we deliberately cultivate friendships with people from other income levels and other places. Having foreign friends is especially valuable this regard, since they see the world very differently than we do. Reaching understanding among ourselves is what it means to make friends
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
1.Who is your best friend? What do you do together? How did you meet or
become acquainted?
2.Has any friend ever helped you in some important way? How?
3.Have you ever done a big favor for on of your friends?
4.What do you think the ideal date would be like?
5.Do you have any foreign friends or pen pals? What is the most interesting thing about them?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
한국어 '다양한'을 직역하여 'various'를 쓰는 경우가 많지만, 'various'는 '여러 가지의'라는 의미이고, 사람에 대해 쓸 때는 'diverse' 또는 'a variety of'가 더 자연스럽습니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- The author states, "Having friends is more important than having good grades." Is this an oversimplification, or does social capital genuinely outweigh academic achievement in the long run?
- The passage argues that popular people "will always do well in life." Can you think of counter-examples where popularity was actually a disadvantage?
- The author encourages us to "deliberately cultivate friendships" with people from different backgrounds. Can genuine friendship be deliberately manufactured, or must it develop organically?
- The text claims that being "only smart" means you must solve problems alone. Is this a fair characterization, or can intelligence itself attract meaningful relationships?
- "Reaching understanding among ourselves is what it means to make friends." Do you agree with this definition of friendship, or is there more to it?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: I WANT TO MAKE MANY FRIENDS
Level: Low Advanced (L.A)
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