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GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
BEFORE YU READ Look at the pictures. How do you think the people feel
about each other? What is your defnition of a fiend?
, Read this article about friendship.
Section 5 October, 2001 LIFESTYLES . Page 15
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!most everyone has friends,
but ideas about friendship
vary from person to person.
For some, a fiend is some
one who chats with you on the
Internet. For others, a friend is some
one who has known you all your
l ife--someone whose fmily knows
you, too. Others only use the term fr
someone who knows your innermost
secrets. What one person defines as a
friend, another calls an acquaintance,
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If definitions of friendship can vary
so much within a single culture, imagine
the difrences between cultures.
Surprisingly, there are only a few studies
about f!iendship in diferent cultures.
In one study, anthropologist Margaret
Mead compared notions of friendship in
some Wster countries. She says:
"For the French, friendship is a one
to-one relationship that demands keen
aareness of the 6her person's inteUect,
temperament, and particular interests.
fiend is someone who brings out
your own best qualities."
For French friends, who
enoy arguing about intel
lectual issues, disagreement
is "the breath of life." H
ever, Mead notes, "... fr
Gem1ans, whose fiendships
are based on mutuality of
feling, deep disagreement
on any subect that matters
to both i s . . . a tragedy."
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