Hello and welcome back to the English with Neil podcast, where you will build your vocabulary and improve your listening skills through American English.
My name is Neil Humphrey and the topic of today's episode is what makes a good friend.
So if I call someone a friend, if I say that this person is my friend, what does that really mean about that person?
Or if someone calls me a friend.
If someone says hey Neil, that's my friend, what does that mean about me?
So on today's episode, I'd like to talk about three qualities that I think make a good friend.
And you may agree, you may disagree, but I think you'll agree on a lot of these things about what makes a good friend.
So let's get into characteristic or quality.
Number one, I think a good friend should be trustworthy.
Trustworthy means that I can trust this person.
Another word for trust is believe I should be able. to believe this person.
So, for example, if there's something that I want to talk about and I don't want anyone else to know like a secret, if I tell this secret to my friend, if he's a good friend, he won't tell my secret.
Or if she's a good friend, I have to believe that she won't tell anyone else.
So I think a good friend should, number one, be trustworthy.
Okay, number two, a good friend should be respectful.
And I think this is my favorite.
Because a good friend will not judge you.
They will not say that you're a bad person or you're a good person or you should be more like this.
A good friend will accept you for who you are.
A good friend will just let you be yourself.
That's my favorite.
So number two, a good friend should be respectful.
And number three, I think a good friend is supportive.
I think a good friend is going to support you in the good times and in the bad times, because we're all human.
You know, we're not always going to be happy all the time.
We're not always going to be full of energy all the time.
Sometimes we just need someone there that we can talk to.
Sometimes we just need to pick up the phone and Say, hey, I'm going through something.
Can I talk to you?
I need someone to talk to.
And I think a good friend is going to be there to support you, to listen to you.
And I think those are the three qualities of a good friend.
So number one, I think a good friend is trustworthy.
Number two, a good friend is respectful.
And number three, a good friend is supportive.
Let me know what you guys think.
What is a good friend to you?
What are the qualities of a good friend for you?
I'd love to hear about them.
All right, everyone, I'm going to end this episode.
Thank you very much for your time.
I really appreciate you guys coming over to the podcast or the YouTube to listen to me.
I really appreciate you guys.
So thank you very much.
And until next time, take care and I'll talk to you guys soon.
Talk to you soon.
Peace.