008 friends
Beginner
A:
had
big argument with david yesterday.
hope he’s not still mad at me.
B: what did you argue about?
A: he borrowed some money from me and
needed
back. He said he didn’t have
money yet.
B: well, he should pay out back. It’s only fair.
A: yes, but
got angry with him too quickly. He probably thought that
mistrusted him.
shouldn’t have got angry.
B; did you lend him
lot
money?
A; not much.
had
pay an unexpected bill, so
needed
money back.
B; well, talk
him about
next time you see him. He probably feels as bad about
as you do. Close friends sometimes have disagreements. It’s nothing unusual. Neither
you said anything really nasty, did you?
A: no , we didn’t.
guess you’re right. We should patch things up.
B:
course you should. You wouldn’t want
silly argument
ruin
long friendship, would you?
Intermediate
A: what kind
qualities do you look for
your friends?
B:
like people who are open
friendly. Those people are usually more active
fun
be with.
like spending time with my friends. We go
bars together or play sports together.
A:
don’t like
make friends with people who aren’t honest. Honesty
very important
me.
B:
think it’s important
most people. The problem
that you can usually only find out if someone
honest by getting
know them.
A; you can find out from their friends.
B: if you know any
their friends. You can’t rely
your friends
introduce people
you all
time. You have
go out
make
first move sometimes.
also like funny people.
A: oh,
don’t. they don’t seem
take anything seriously. You never know when they are joking
when they are being serious.
B: sometimes
can be hard
tell, but if you know
person fairly well, you can usually see from their expression what they are really thinking.
A:
seems that we generally like different kinds
people. How
it that we are such good friends?
B; maybe people don’t like
have friends that are all same. Most people like
little variety
their lives-including
variety
characteristics
their friends.
Words
Old friends close friends boy/girl friends best friend mate pal buddy schoolmate classmate acquaintance lifelong friend pen-friend
Phrases
Make friends with
Get together
Be friendly with
Get
know
Introduce(to)
Get
well with
Drift apart
Fall out