1. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS types of relationship friendship and love
broken relationships
ways of solving conflict

2. Comment on the following quotations.
Before machines, the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships Doug Coupland
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
W. H. Auden

3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
Human relationships
Informal/formal,
short-term/long-term
relationships
Ways of creating relationships
Human values and priorities
Features of dysfunctional relationships
Social problems

4. Describe the relationships during a person`s life.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10.
11.
Which of them are formal and which informal?
Explain the differences and add more examples.

5. Add some other examples.
Which of these features are typical for functional and dysfunctional relationships?
selfishness
support
honesty
reluctance
trust
care
infidelity
jealousy
faith
encouragement
ignorance
Add some other examples.

6. What is important for you?
Look at these pictures. What qualities are important for people in their relationships?
What is important for you? 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 5.
What makes friendship a long-lasting relationship?
What qualities do you appreciate in your friends?

7. What makes marriage or cohabitation long lasting?
What values are important for people in these depictions of close relationships? How do you imagine your ideal life partner? 3. 1. 2. 5. 4. 6. 8. 7.
What makes marriage or cohabitation long lasting?

8. Should society support these people? How?
Describe the attitude of society towards these people. What is your attitude? 2. 3. 1. 4.
Should society support these people? How?

9. What possible problems may people face in these relationships?
Friends
Neighbours
Colleagues
Parents
Classmates
How do you solve conflicts in the relationships with the people above?

10. Your favourite teacher
Describe the qualities of people in your life and the kind of relationships you have with them.
What do you like/do not like about them?
Your best friend
Your favourite teacher
Your neighbour
Your grandparent