Lesson 1 3 UNIT
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YOUTH AND RELATIONSHIPS YOUTH AND RELATIONSHIPS
BEING IN RELATIONSHIPS – Name three people in your life who matter for you. How do they make you feel? – Do you agree that in relationships there is a law “The more you give the more you get back?” – Do you agree that you always get back much more than you give?
VOCABULARY 1. Look at the pairs of words below and explain the difference between them. acquaintance – best friend single – couple
wife/husband – partner steady – ex
boyfriend/girlfriend – significant other fiance/fiancee – bride/bridegroom
BEST RELATIONSHIP: TALK LIKE BEST FRIENDS, PLAY LIKE CHILDREN, ARGUE LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE, PROTECT EACH OTHER LIKE BROTHER AND SISTER.
2. Look at the list of events and put them in the order they normally happen in life. ___to ___to ___to ___to ___to
get to know somebody fall in love with somebody become friends with somebody propose to somebody get engaged to somebody
___to ___to ___to ___to ___to
have an affair with somebody have a row with somebody get divorced to somebody get married to somebody get back together with somebody
3. a) Match the beginning with the endings of the expressions below in all possible ways. 1) She fancies 2) She’s not really interested 3) She’s absolutely crazy 4) I don’t know what she sees 5) She’s always flirting
a) with him. b) about him. c) in him. d) you.
b) Use the expressions to complete the following sentences. 1) Ann seems to really like Tom, but personally, _____. I don’t know what she sees in him. 2) Mark isn’t very happy at the moment, he really likes that girl at college but _____ at all. 3) Alice goes bright red every time she talks to you. I’m sure _____. 4) Tina spends almost every evening with this new guy she’s seeing. _____. 5) I’m sure Ann fancies that guy in the accounts department. _____.
4. Complete the extract with the words and phrases below. in love / boyfriend / girlfriend / relationship / going out / kissed / romantic / date Peter had never had a 1) _____ and Anna never had a 2) _____. When they started 3) _____ together, they were both nervous. For their first 4) _____ Peter wanted to take her somewhere 5) _____, so he booked a table at an Italian restaurant. He walked her home. When he left, they 6) _____ goodnight. The next day Anna told her best friend she was 7) _____ with Peter and that this was the first really serious 8) _____ in her life.
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