008 friends Beginner A:hadbig 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 andneededback. He said he didn’t havemoney yet. B: well, he should pay out back. It’s only fair. A: yes, butgot angry with him too quickly. He probably thought thatmistrusted him.shouldn’t have got angry. B; did you lend himlotmoney? A; not much.hadpay 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 foryour friends? B:like people who are openfriendly. 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 relyyour 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
had
big argument with david yesterday.
back. He said he didn’t have
money yet. 
got angry with him too quickly. He probably thought that
money? 
pay an unexpected bill, so
your friends? 
friendly. Those people are usually more active
your friends