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Lesson 05.01
Connections
How did you meet your closest friend(s)?
What's the most common way have faced?
Read the opinions. Discuss if you
agree or disagree with them.
Why/Why not
Listening Read the app description and reviews and discuss the questions
Listen to a podcast about apps like the one in the descriptions.
Why did Addy decide to use a friendship app? What was the outcome? 1)What are the advantages of an app like this?
2)Would you ever use an app like this? Why/ Why not?
bonded over – We bonded over our love of cooking.
click with – I clicked with her immediately.
confide in – I confide in my best friend.
have a mutual friend – We have a mutual friend from college.
hit it off with – I hit it off with my new coworker.
to be on the same wavelength – We are on the same wavelength.
party with – I like to party with my friends on weekends.
socialise with – I socialise with my neighbours.
1 A person I clicked immediately with was...
2 Someone on a similar wavelength to me is...
3 A mutual friend that ... and I have is...
4 One person I hit it off with immediately is ...
5 The person I confide in the most is...
6 I enjoy partying with...
7 One friend and I bonded over ...
8 The place where I usually socialise with my friends is...
Listening
What is the main topic of the conversation?
Do Neil and Beth have similar or different families?
Why does Neil say his family is “not tiny and not huge”?
Why is Beth’s family very small?
How often does Beth see her family?
What does compare mean in the conversation?
What does get on well with someone mean?
Is your family more similar to Neil’s or Beth’s? Why?
Do you think it’s easier to get on well with siblings when you are older?
Phrasal verbs: friendships
Read about a friendship. Match the phrasal verbs in bold with
the meanings (1–9). Two of the phrasal verbs have the same
meaning
Lesson 09.01
Homework check
Listening
What is the main topic of the conversation?
Do Neil and Beth have similar or different families?
Why does Neil say his family is “not tiny and not huge”?
Why is Beth’s family very small?
How often does Beth see her family?
What does compare mean in the conversation?
What does get on well with someone mean?
Is your family more similar to Neil’s or Beth’s? Why?
Do you think it’s easier to get on well with siblings when you are older?
Phrasal verbs: friendships
Read about a friendship. Match the phrasal verbs in bold with
the meanings (1–9). Two of the phrasal verbs have the same
meaning
take to – start to like
come between – cause problems between people
warm to – begin to like
hang around – spend a lot of time with
fall out – have an argument
make up – become friends again
drift apart – gradually stop being friends
invite along – ask someone to go with you
stop by – make a short visit
bump into – meet someone by chance / unexpectedly
Is there someone you didn’t warm to at first but later became friends with?
Who do you usually hang around with in your free time?
Have you ever fallen out with a friend? What was it about?
Is it easy for you to make up after an argument?
Have you ever drifted apart from a close friend? Why?
Who do you often invite along when you go out?
Who usually stops by your home — friends or relatives?
When was the last time you bumped into someone unexpectedly?
I usually take to people who …
I don’t warm to people who …
I like to hang around with … because …
I once fell out with …
After an argument, I usually make up by …
Many friends drift apart when …
I always invite along my …
Friends often stop by when …
I once bumped into … in a strange place.
Task 1 Task 2
I hit it up / off with Jen as soon as I met her.
Ben and I are on / for the same wavelength.
I don’t enjoy socialising with / in my work colleagues.
Maria is someone I can really confide over / in.
We all bonded over / on our love of cooking.
I clicked for / with Leo the first time we met.
I don’t want to party for / with a load of teenagers!
apart · around · between · by · into · to · up · with
I met Abi’s boyfriend, but I didn’t take __________ him.
Freddie’s OK, but I don’t really like the people he hangs __________ with.
Helen and I used to be close, but we drifted __________.
I bumped __________ Ollie, so we went for a coffee.
I don’t want to let the issue of money come __________ us.
Maria is very shy and people often take a while to warm __________ her.
I often stop __________ my mum’s house after work.
I think you two should apologise and make __________.
Is it true that Eve’s fallen out __________ Mel? If so, it’s a shame. They used to be best friends.
Rachel Doesn't Understand Dating Language
What is “dating language”
What does “We should
Why is Rachel confused
according to the characters? do this again” really
about dating language?
mean in the video?
How do the friends
Why do people use What does “cushion the
explain the real
phrases like “It’s not blow” mean in this
meaning of these
you, it’s me”? context?
phrases?
Idioms
We should do this again — polite way to end a date (часто означає,
що не буде наступного разу)
It’s not you, it’s me — a polite breakup phrase (звучить приємно, але
насправді значить “я хочу порвати”)
Cushion the blow — make something unpleasant less painful
(зменшити удар, зробити менш болючим)
Since always — joking way to say “for a very long time”
Loosely translated — a funny or approximate translation of what
someone really means
Phrasal verbs
Break up — end a romantic relationship
See someone — date someone
Get over someone — recover emotionally after a breakup
Cushion the blow — (фраза-дієслово + ідіома) пом’якшити удар
Go out with — date someone
Say something to someone — говорити комусь (у контексті пояснити щось)
Do people use similar
“polite lies” in your
language? Give an
example.
Have you ever heard
someone say one thing
but mean something else?
Would you prefer
Is it better to be honest
someone to use
or polite when ending a
dating language
relationship? Why? with you, or be
direct?
HOMEWORK
Work with all vocabulary