Candidate:
Oh, an im m e n s e a m o u n t! T hey're o u r liv in g lin k
w ith th e past - of a fam ily, a region, a
country. T hey’ re th e kee pe rs of lo cal tra d itio n s ,
fo r exam ple, and the y provide a sense of
id e n tity to y o u n g e r ge n e ra tio n s. It often see m s to m e th a t o ld e r people had h a rd e r lives and
lived th ro u g h m ore in te re s tin g
pe rio ds in h is to ry , so I alw ays enjoy askin g m y g ra n d p a re n ts
ab ou t th e ir c h ild h o o d s and how th in g s have changed. A lso, because they've got m o re life
experience, o ld e r people are very w e ll
placed to give good advice on, w e ll, any topic.
Examiner:
W hat do you expect fro m a good frie n d ?
Candidate:
For m e, a good frie n d has to be re lia b le . I c a n 't stand being stood up o r having m y e m a ils
and te x ts ig nored. As w e ll as th a t, a frie n d s ho uld be som eone you can have good fu n w ith .
T here are m an y th in g s in
life to be s e rio u s about, but frie n d s h ip s h o u ld n 't be one of th e m .
I also believe th a t oppo sites a ttra c t, in frie n d s h ip s ju s t as in rom ance,
so a good frie n d w ill
m o s t lik e ly be very d iffe re n t fro m you in m any ways.
Examiner:
Are frie n d s as im p o rta n t to you as fam ily?
Candidate:
No, I w o u ld n 't say so. F rie n d s com e and go, but fa m ily are alw ays th e re ,
w h e th e r you lik e
it o r not. You can even be ru d e to y o u r fa m ily - not th a t it's ad visa ble , of c o u rs e ! - and they
w ill forgive you. B ut s o m e tim e s you 've kn o w n a frie n d fo r so lo ng
th e y can be com e lik e a
fa m ily m e m b e r - you can re a lly be y o u rs e lf w ith th e m and you m ay even arg u e q u ite o ften ,
lik e s ib lin g s do.
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