Name: Martín, María Fernanda
Title: Friends with benefits, and stress too
Source: New York Times
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/health/02sex.html?R=1&adxnnl=1&oref=sloging&adxnnlx=1191341212-013TpOAah4bkbkXgtGhID3sg
Date: October 2, 2007
Vocabulary:
sit around phrasal verb (UK ALSO sit about) INFORMAL to spend time sitting down and doing very little: We sat around most of the evening, waiting for Jake and drinking beer.
rerun verb [T] rerunning, reran, rerun to show a television programme, film, etc. again: The James Bond films are always being rerun on television.
rerun noun 1 [C] a programme or film that has already been shown before on television: This week's films are all reruns. 2 [C usually singular] something that happens or is done again: The Muslim RDR is demanding a rerun of last week's presidential poll.
fling (SAY ANGRILY) verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] flung, flung to say something angrily: They were flinging bitter accusations at each other. [+ speech] "I don't care what you think", she flung (back) at him.
stalk (FOLLOW) verb 1 [T] to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard, usually in order to catch or kill them: The police had been stalking the woman for a week before they arrested her.2 [I or T] to illegally follow and watch someone, usually a woman, over a period of time: He was arrested for stalking.3 [T] LITERARY If something unpleasant stalks a place, it appears there in a threatening way: When night falls, danger stalks the streets of the city.
stalker noun [C]a person who illegally follows and watches someone, especially a woman, over a period of time: Several well-known women have been troubled by stalkers recently.
innuendo noun [C or U] plural innuendoes or innuendos (the making of) a remark or remarks that suggest something sexual or something unpleasant but do not refer to it directly: There's always an element of sexual innuendo in our conversations.
hang out phrasal verb INFORMAL to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone:You still hang out at the pool hall?I've been hanging out backstage with the band.
treacherous (NOT LOYAL) adjective MAINLY OLD USE A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or lacks loyalty: Vargas plays the part of treacherous aristocrat who betrays his king and country. I feel a bit treacherous to my own sex if I ever make general criticisms of women.
10. treachery noun [U] FORMAL Corley said she was standing down as leader because of the treachery of her own colleagues.
Main ideas:
· The relationship in which close friends begin having sex are often called friends with benefits, or FWB.
· A recent study suggests that these typical friendships evokes a real friendship and openness.
· The research confirmed this through a poll among college students who admitted having had at least one such relationship.
· A professor at Arizona state University is surpriseed that these cuoples are afraid to develop feelings for the other .
· Just a few of these couples became full scale romances while the rest eventually broke it off.
· But there are also couples who are not really friends. They just end up wrapped around each other because they see now and then. People get passionately involved but they fear romance.
Personal Reaction:
“ Two good friends who have a sexual realtionship without being emotionally involved”, that is the definition for FWB.Are these kinds of relationships good or bad? Well, it depends on your own perspective.Although the article doesn’t make an explicit judgement call on the properness of FWB relationships, they seem to imply tha it’s fine as long as both people are aware of the potential downsides. The fear in a FWB relationship is that one person will become more invested in the relationship than the other person. That someone will fall in love and both the friendship and the sexual relationship will be ended. In my opinion, maturity is not taken by sleeping with a guy who is your friend. Where are the values? Ideas like this makes shake marriage as social institution.
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Title: Friends with benefits, and stress too
Source: New York Times
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/health/02sex.html?R=1&adxnnl=1&oref=sloging&adxnnlx=1191341212-013TpOAah4bkbkXgtGhID3sg
Date: October 2, 2007
Vocabulary:
sit around phrasal verb (UK ALSO sit about) INFORMAL to spend time sitting down and doing very little: We sat around most of the evening, waiting for Jake and drinking beer.
rerun verb [T] rerunning, reran, rerun to show a television programme, film, etc. again: The James Bond films are always being rerun on television.
rerun noun 1 [C] a programme or film that has already been shown before on television: This week's films are all reruns. 2 [C usually singular] something that happens or is done again: The Muslim RDR is demanding a rerun of last week's presidential poll.
fling (SAY ANGRILY) verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] flung, flung to say something angrily: They were flinging bitter accusations at each other. [+ speech] "I don't care what you think", she flung (back) at him.
stalk (FOLLOW) verb 1 [T] to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard, usually in order to catch or kill them: The police had been stalking the woman for a week before they arrested her.2 [I or T] to illegally follow and watch someone, usually a woman, over a period of time: He was arrested for stalking.3 [T] LITERARY If something unpleasant stalks a place, it appears there in a threatening way: When night falls, danger stalks the streets of the city.
stalker noun [C]a person who illegally follows and watches someone, especially a woman, over a period of time: Several well-known women have been troubled by stalkers recently.
innuendo noun [C or U] plural innuendoes or innuendos (the making of) a remark or remarks that suggest something sexual or something unpleasant but do not refer to it directly: There's always an element of sexual innuendo in our conversations.
hang out phrasal verb INFORMAL to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone:You still hang out at the pool hall?I've been hanging out backstage with the band.
treacherous (NOT LOYAL) adjective MAINLY OLD USE A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or lacks loyalty: Vargas plays the part of treacherous aristocrat who betrays his king and country. I feel a bit treacherous to my own sex if I ever make general criticisms of women.
10. treachery noun [U] FORMAL Corley said she was standing down as leader because of the treachery of her own colleagues.
Main ideas:
· The relationship in which close friends begin having sex are often called friends with benefits, or FWB.
· A recent study suggests that these typical friendships evokes a real friendship and openness.
· The research confirmed this through a poll among college students who admitted having had at least one such relationship.
· A professor at Arizona state University is surpriseed that these cuoples are afraid to develop feelings for the other .
· Just a few of these couples became full scale romances while the rest eventually broke it off.
· But there are also couples who are not really friends. They just end up wrapped around each other because they see now and then. People get passionately involved but they fear romance.
Personal Reaction:
“ Two good friends who have a sexual realtionship without being emotionally involved”, that is the definition for FWB.Are these kinds of relationships good or bad? Well, it depends on your own perspective.Although the article doesn’t make an explicit judgement call on the properness of FWB relationships, they seem to imply tha it’s fine as long as both people are aware of the potential downsides. The fear in a FWB relationship is that one person will become more invested in the relationship than the other person. That someone will fall in love and both the friendship and the sexual relationship will be ended. In my opinion, maturity is not taken by sleeping with a guy who is your friend. Where are the values? Ideas like this makes shake marriage as social institution.
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