Week 4, day 6

Today's topic is Friendship

1) Listen to the dialogue and the three stories, the three summaries of the conversation, without reading the texts. Listen 2-3 times. After that listen to the dialogue and the summaries again looking at the texts and check whether you could understand all the details or not.

FRIENDSHIP

1.

Jenny: No, I’m not doing it!

Susan: Please, Jenny. It won’t be that bad.

Jenny: No. I can’t believe you asked me to.

Susan: If you were my friend you would do it.

Jenny: If you were my friend you wouldn’t have asked.

Susan: But I would do it for you.

Jenny: Really. Would you?

Susan: Of course. Anyway, you owe me.

Jenny: For what?

Susan: I lent you my new dress for that date last week.

Jenny: Okay. That was nice of you. But lending a dress is different from asking me to double date.

Susan: But he is really cute.

Jenny: What’s his name?

Susan: Luke. He’s Todd’s best friend.

Jenny: Why do you need me to double date with you?

Susan: Because I don’t know Todd very well and I’m worried.

Jenny: Worried about what?

Susan: That we won’t have much in common.

Jenny: What if I really don’t like Luke?

Susan: Then we can go home.

Jenny: Really? Even if you are having fun?

Susan: Yes.

Jenny: You promise?

Susan: Yes, I promise.

Jenny: Can I borrow that dress again?

Susan: I don’t know.

Jenny: Please.

Susan: Okay.

Jenny: Can I borrow those shoes?

Susan: Sure. Now, where are we going out?

Training 1

Susan: “Todd and I are going on a date. I don’t know Todd very well and I am worried. I am worried because I don’t know what to talk to him about if we don’t have much in common. However, I have a good idea. My friend Jenny can help me. I will ask Jenny to double date with me. Todd’s best friend Luke will have a date with Jenny and I will have a date with Todd. Jenny can’t refuse because she owes me. Once I lent her my new dress for a date.”

1. Who are you going on a date with?

2. Why are you worried?

3. Who can help you?

4. What do you want Jenny to do?

5. Who will Jenny have a date with?

6. Why can’t Jenny refuse?

Training 2

Jenny: “Susan wants me to double date for her. She is going on a date with Todd and I will have a date with Todd’s best friend Luke. I don’t like the idea because I don’t know Luke at all. What if I really don’t like Luke? But I can’t refuse. I owe Susan. Once I borrowed her new dress for a date. Susan wants me to double date for her so much that she can’t refuse if I borrow that dress again and her new shoes for my date tonight.”

1. What does Susan want you to do for her?

2. Who will you have a date with?

3. Why don’t you like the idea?

4. Why can’t you refuse?

5. What can you borrow from Susan in return?

6. Where are you going tonight?

Training 3

Susan is asking Jenny to double date for her. Jenny refuses to do that, but Susan insists because she thinks that Jenny owes her. She lent Jenny her new dress for a date. Jenny says that lending a dress is different from asking her to double date. Susan pleads with Jenny to help her. She doesn’t know Todd, her date, very well and she is worried that they won’t have much in common. She promises Jenny that if she doesn’t like her date, Luke, they will go home. In the end Jenny agrees to go, but she wants to borrow that new dress again and the shoes too.

- Read the dialogue and the summaries yourself recording your voice. Then listen to the original texts and to your voice sentence by sentence.






- Training 1. Answer the questions. Read the first question and answer it, then read the second... and so on.




- Now just look at the questions and answer them one by one. Do it 2-3 times. Try not to stop after each question.






- Say the text of Training 1 without looking at the text. Record your voice and compare your story with the story in the book.


- Training 2. Do the same with Training 2.


- Training 3. Read the summary 2-3 times. You don't have to memorise it now.








2) Listen to Topic 15, Friends 2-3 times.



- Listen and read the text now. Stop the recording after each sentence and try to imitate the native speaker.

15.Friends

There are a lot of good people in the world. There are some really nice people. They are my friends. Friends are important. I have got a lot of good friends. They are very helpful. We can talk, dance, eat out and listen to music together. I can tell my friends anything. Friends can always help you. My best friend’s name is Diana. She can dance very well. She has got dark eyes and a nice smile. We have got the same hobbies and interests. I often phone and e-mail my friends. Unfortunately, we don’t meet very often now.

- Answer the questions.

1. What is your opinion about friends?

2. How many friends have you got?

3. What can you do together?

4. Who can you tell anything?

5. Who can always help you?

6. What is your best friend’s name?

7. What does she look like?

8. What do you have in common?

9. Do you often meet your friends?

10. How do you communicate with them?

- Try to memorise the text.




- Say the text. Record your voice and then check out with the original text.








3) Listen to Topic 15, Friends in Past Simple.

Read it several times and answer the questions.

15. Friends

I had a lot of good friends at school. They were very helpful. We could talk, dance, eat out and listen to music together. I could tell my friends everything. We had the same hobbies and interests.

1. Did you have a lot of friends at school?

2. What could you do together?

3. Who could you tell everything?

4. Did you have the same interests?

4) Practise Black Jack Comes Back, Chapter 7, Part 3 (Picture 3)




EN Black Jack Chapter Seven Part Three 

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5) Do this test from Topic-Based Tests for Beginners.

FRIENDSHIP

Complete the sentences

myself, himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, ourselves, themselves

1. That little girl can’t lace up the shoes _____.

2. You, guys, will have to clean up the room _____.

3. The computer switches off _____.

4. We have to do all this work _____.

5. I’m going to write a letter to your friend _____.

6. You should send an E-mail to my parents _____, Bob.

7. Their car broke down and they can’t repair it_____.

8. Ted says he had to solve the problem _____.

9. Tom didn’t show up so she had to carry that heavy bag _____.

10. We can decide whether to get married or not _____, mum!

each other, themselves

11. Both men disliked _____.

12. In fact, they hated _____.

13. They loved only _____.

14. They rarely greeted _____.

15. Sometimes, they could hardly control _____.

16. The girl and the boy can’t live without _____.

17. They love _____ so much.

18. They never argue with _____.

19. They often forget about _____.

20. They want to get married and earn their living _____.

See the key to this test below.




Key to Test 3, Friendship

1. herself 2. yourselves 3. itself 4. ourselves 5. myself 6. yourself 7. themselves 8. himself 9. herself 10. ourselves 11. each other 12. each other 13. themselves 14. each other 15. themselves 16. each other 17. each other 18. each other 19. themselves 20. themselves