About My Friend

Janet is my best friend. We have been friends for 5 years already. Some people say that we look alike but I don’t think so. Janet has blue eyes and fair hair, while my eyes are brown and I`m dark-haired. She has a lovely fresh complexion and a beautiful mouth with full lips, but she is short-sighted so she wears contact lenses. Janet is quite tall and has a beautiful slim figure. Actually we are the same height and build, maybe that is why our neighbors sometimes take me for Janet. Janet is very smart and looks really attractive when she dresses up to go out with her boyfriend.

Janet likes studying languages and is thinking of learning them at the University to be able to work later for a travel agency. She can already speak French and Spanish fluently and is learning modern Greek. Janet loves being with crowds of people and makes friends easily. She loves going to parties, and there she immediately becomes the centre of attention. Janet is good at games but never takes them seriously, so when we play tennis, I always win because she doesn’t care if she wins or loses.

Janet is very witty and amusing and she always cheers me up when I am depressed because she has a wonderful sense of humor. I think her only fault is that she is restless and gets bored easily. She is an intelligent and hard-working person. I admire her because she is so bright and energetic, but I think it is a good thing that both her boyfriend and I are calm and tolerant, and when she is impatient with us we just laugh, and then she laughs, too.

Guided essay/story:

· name, relation, age

· appearance – eyes, hair, face

· special features, figure, dress

· study, work

· hobbies, interests

· games

· personal qualities

· faults

· conclusion

Read the following text and match the headlines given in the box to the appropriate paragraph.