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 andneeded
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 thatmistrusted him.shouldn’t have got angry.
B; did you lend himlot
money?
A; not much.had
pay an unexpected bill, soneededmoney back.
B; well, talkhim aboutnext time you see him. He probably feels as bad aboutas you do. Close friends sometimes have disagreements. It’s nothing unusual. Neitheryou 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 wantsilly argumentruinlong friendship, would you?
Intermediate
A: what kindqualities do you look for
your friends?
B:like people who are open
friendly. Those people are usually more activefunbe with.like spending time with my friends. We gobars together or play sports together.
A:don’t likemake friends with people who aren’t honest. Honestyvery importantme.
B:think it’s importantmost people. The problemthat you can usually only find out if someonehonest by gettingknow them.
A; you can find out from their friends.
B: if you know anytheir friends. You can’t rely
your friendsintroduce peopleyou alltime. You havego outmakefirst move sometimes.also like funny people.
A: oh,don’t. they don’t seemtake anything seriously. You never know when they are jokingwhen they are being serious.
B: sometimescan be hardtell, but if you knowperson fairly well, you can usually see from their expression what they are really thinking.
A:seems that we generally like different kindspeople. Howit that we are such good friends?
B; maybe people don’t likehave friends that are all same. Most people likelittle varietytheir lives-includingvarietycharacteristicstheir 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
Getknow
Introduce(to)
Getwell with
Drift apart
Fall out
