My friends My friends are so I feel the question Of your _ Confide , 'cause I'll be on your You know I will, you know I will X Girlfriend _ me up _and desperate On the _ phone They want to give her years For being _ (Chorus:) I love all of you Hurt by the So _ and lonely too When you don't know My friends are so And standing on The brink of No words I know of to _ This emptiness (chorus) me taught by tragedy Release is I heard a little _ And she said Was something To give your No matter what ‘My friends’ is a nice song about friends and friendship Do you know other songs or poems about it? Read a poem about friends written by Elisabeth Jennings: Notes on the poet: Elizabeth Jennings (20 July 1926 – 25 October 2001) was an English poet Jennings' early poetry was published in journals such as Oxford Poetry, New English Weekly, The Spectator, Outposts and Poetry Review, but her first book was not published until she was 27 The lyrical poets she cited as having influenced her were Hopkins, Auden, Graves and Muir Sources: wikipedia.org Friends by Elisabeth Jennings I fear it’s very wrong of me, And yet I must admit, When someone offers friendship I want the whole of it I don’t want anybody else To share my friends with me At least, I want one special one, Who, indisputably Likes me much more than all the rest, Who’s always on my side, Who never cares what others say, Who lets me come and hide Within his shadow, in his house It doesn’t matter where Who lets me simply by myself Who’s always there  Check the meaning of these words and expressions Close friends acquaintances best friend circle of friends Get to know keep in touch make friends befriend   Read the proverb and say what it means Do you agree with it? A friend in need is a friend indeed Who is a fair-weather friend? What can you say about such friends? Answer the following questions: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 How would you define a close friend and a best friend? Have you got a wide circle of friends and acquantances or just a few close friends? Do you prefer to have just a few best friends or lots of close friends and acquaintances? Do you keep in touch with many of your old friends? Do you get to know people and make friends easily? Have you got a best friend? Why is he/she your best friend? Is she/she also your most trusted friend? Do you think a girl and a boy may be just good friends? Do you prefer to have more male friends or female friends? How often you meet with your friends? How you usually spend time together? Has your friend ever let you down? Did you forgive him/her? How forgiving are you when your friends let you down? If you have siblings, you think that they might be good friends as well? What qualities you look for in a friend? Can friends have faults? What things can you accept and which you not approve of? Do you believe in friendship that can last a lifetime? Is it possible to have friends who moved to a different place and live far away from you? Do you think a friend has to be the same as you or he/she may be opposite? What is the best place to make friends? For the teacher: Lyrics: My friends are so depressed I feel the question Of your loneliness Confide , 'cause I'll be on your side You know I will, you know I will X Girlfriend called me up Alone and desperate On the prison phone They want to give her years For being sad (Chorus:) I love all of you Hurt by the cold So hard and lonely too When you don't know yourself My friends are so distressed And standing on The brink of emptiness No words I know of to express This emptiness (chorus) Imagine me taught by tragedy Release is peace I heard a little girl And what she said Was something beautiful To give your love No matter what Is what she said Vocabulary: acquaintance a person that you have met but not know well befriend to be friendly towards someone: He was befriended by an old lady fair weather friend someone who is a good friend when it is easy for them to be one and who stops when you are having problems A friend in need (is a friend indeed) SAYING This means that a friend who helps you when you really need help is a true friend