Read the following extract and answer
the questions given below.
Some
are afraid to make friends because of the past hurt, and afraid of being taken
advantage of. At times we are afraid to reveal our vulnerability. But if we don’t
dare to rick, our lives will become meaningless.
Remember
you will never succeed to win a friend without any fault. In psychology, “Long
term happy friendship indicates that a person has a strong sense of self –
worth and the ability to give him or herself without the fear of becoming
depleted.”
Friendship
requires special nourishing. Both persons have to take efforts. We need to
realize that we are imperfect human beings; but our love gives us strength. We
can also lose our friends by becoming undependable, grumpy, exaggerating,
bossy, sarcastic, criticizing and invading others’, privacy.
How
to nourish friendship? Dale Carnegie, the author of How to make friends and
influence people says, “You can make friends in two months by becoming interest
in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people
interested in you.”
Allow
your friends to be themselves. Accept them as they are with their individuality
and imperfections. Don’t lose your calm if their opinions and tastes differ
from yours.
1. Who is Dale Carnegie?
Dale
Carnegie is the author of the book “How To Make Friends And Influence People.”
2. What does long term friendship
indicate?
Long
term friendship indicates that a person has a strong sense of self worth and
the ability to give himself or herself without the feat of being depleted.
3.
What are the possible ways of losing friends
according to the author?
According to the author, we can lose our friends by
becoming undependable, grumpy, exaggerating, bossy, sarcastic, criticizing and
invading other’s privacy.
4.
Do as directed.
i.
Both persons have to take efforts. (Change the
voice)
Efforts
have to be taken by both persons.
ii.
Don’t lose your calm if their opinions and
tastes differ from yours. (Identify the clauses and state their kinds.)
Don’t
lose your calm – Main Clause
if
their opinions and tastes differ from yours – subordinate clause.
5.
i. Use ‘sarcastic’ in a Noun form and make a
sentence.
He spoke to his guests in tones of sarcasm which
offended them.
Sarcasm is a rude and crude way of speaking to
others.
i.
Which word in the passage means ‘weakness’?
‘imperfection’
means ‘weakness’.
6.
What, according to you, are the pre – requisites
for the choice of a good friend?
According to me, the most essential pre – requisite for
choice of a good friend is ‘trustworthiness’. Close on heels, I could consider ‘
dependability’, ‘integrity of mind and character’ and ‘optimism’ as the other
pre – requisites for choosing a good friend.
