Unit5TextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.C.II.Judge.accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F.RefertoParagraphs1and2.Thoughitistruethatwhatinterestedthewomanwastheall-sideddescriptionofthefriendshipbetweenthetwocharacters,theplotofthemoviewasfarfromexciting;itwasinmanywaysaslightmovie..2.T.RefertoParagraph3.3.F.RefertoParagraph4.Theshiftwasnotsimplyfrommentowomen.Itindepthrepresentedashiftfromonetypeoffriendshiptoanother.Inotherwords,femalefriendshipdepictedinmoviesnowadayswasdistinctinnaturefrommalefriendshipportrayedinearliermovies.4.T.RefertoParagraph8.5.T.RefertoParagraph16.6.F.RefertoParagraph18.Theauthoronlysaysthatinthedoublestandardoffriendshipthefemaleversionwasbecomingacceptedasthegeneralideaforonce.III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Shethoughtitwasatrivialmovie,particularlywithregardtoitsdullplot.Atthesametimeshefounditgentleandaffectingonthegroundthatthemoviedescribedindetailthecharacteristicsofthefriendshipbetweentwowomen.2.Becauseinthepastmenwereexclusiveimagesforfriendshipinmoviesandtheywerepresentedastheonlyinheritorofaprimitivecapacityforfriendship.Women,ontheotherhand,wereportrayedchoosingeachotherascompanionsjustastheypickedberrieswithlittlegenuinefriendshipinvolved.Nowadays,thefemalefriendshipwasbecomingafashionablethemeofmoviestotaketheplaceofthemakefriendship.3.Themalefriendship,i.e.thebondingrelationshipbetweenbuddies,isestablishedontheneedforco-operationintheactivitiesthatmenareengagedinorintheadversesituationstheyareconfrontedwith.Inotherwords,withouttheneedtodothingstogether,therewouldprobablybenobuddiesatall.Incontrast,thefemalefriendshipbordersonlove,theneedformutualemotionalsupport.Womenfriendsdesiretobetogetherasaresultofspiritualattachment,regardlessofwhethertheyareinvolvedinthesameactornot.4.Menbecomebuddiesonlywhentheyhaveundergonetogethercompetitive,adverseordangeroussituationslikesportsgamesandwars,butwomenarenotrealfriendsunlesstheyhaveexchangedthreeloathsomesecrets.Thisfactshowsagainthatthemalefriendshipisactivity-orientedwhilethefemalefriendshipisemotion-rooted.5.Itisintendedtoillustratethatfemalefriendsexchangetheirconfidences.6.Becausewhatmendescribedasfriendshipwasnothingofthekindatalltothewoman.Asshesawit,whentwowomenseeeachotheronlyonceayear,theycannotcountasbestfriends;whentwowomendonotcalleachotherlongdistancewithoutarealreason,theydon’tcountasintimates;andwhentwowomendon’thavedinnertogetheralonewithoutacompanyoftheirspouses,theydon’tcountaschums.Butinsuchsituations,menstilldescribethemasbosomfriends.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenformthetext.1.Slowly,themoviegaveapanoramicpictureoffriendship…2.Thiswasnotsimplyashiftfromonefashiontoanother,butatruthfuldescriptionoffriendship.3.ThetwosidesmusthavebeenmortallywoundedintheOKCorralgunfight.4.Buddiesholdontogetherinfaceofadversity;friendsclingtightlytoeachotherforemotionalsupport.StructuralanalysisofthetextWecansummarizetheauthor’sviewpointwiththefollowingsentence:Abuddyisafinelife-companionbutafriendisthatpartoftheracewithwhichyoucanbehuman.Themorespecificdifferencesbetweenabuddyandafriendaregivenbelow:1.Buddiesbonded,butfriendsloved.2.Buddiesfacedadversitytogether,butfriendsfacedeachother.3.Buddiesseemedto“do”thingstogether;friendssimply“were”together.VocabularyexercisesI.Replaceth...
