D. colleagues e. neighbours

1. Mary and Kate live in the same block of flats. They are both married and have children who play together.

2. Mary and Bruce often see each other at political meetings. They were introduced at a meeting about two months ago, and they usually talk for a few minutes before or after the meetings.

3. Bruce and Lang both work part-time at the same store. Sometimes they have the same work schedule.

4. Lang is taking an evening class at the university. In his class, he often talks to Kate, who is also taking the class.

5. Kate goes to school at night, but during the day she runs a medical lab. Right now she is working closely with Barb (who works at a different lab) on an important new project.

acquaintance compatriot confidant colleague foe partner materival associate bosom pal companion old flame pen palfair weather friend

1. She comes from the same country as me. She’s my....2. We carried on our friendship through letters. He was my....3. I’d rather not make the journey alone. I need a traveling....4. He and I own this business together. He is my....5. She didn’t know what the homework was, so she asked her class-....6. I’ve known George for ages. We are really good old friends who spend a lot of time together. He is my....7. Henry wants the manager’s job and so do I. He is my....8. Wanted: sensible, well-mannered girl to act as an old lady’s....9. She used to be John’s girl-friend. She is his....10. The assistant to a plumber, electrician or lorry driver is known as his.... 11. In the darkness the soldier couldn’t see whether the approaching figure was a friend or....12. She teaches in the same school as I do. She is my....13. He seems a good friend when things are going well, but when I’m in trouble he’s nowhere to be seen. I’m afraid he’s a....14. He’s the person to whom I tell my most personal thoughts, problems and fears. He’s my....15. If you can’t afford to live on your own, you’ll have to find a flat....16. I don’t really know him very well. He’s just my....17. I just meet him occasionally when his firm and my firm work together. He’s just a business.... 1. to know someone/ to meet someone

2. a friend/ a colleague

3. a friend/ a girlfriend

4. a girlfriend/ a female friend

5. a partner/ a couple

6. a close friend/ a best friend

7. a friendship/ a relationship

intelligent stupid tense even-tempered crafty

optimistic bright envious introverted clever

foolish able sensitive easy-going sincere

smart half-witted dumb sociable ill-mannered

cunning shrewd simple honest discourteous

silly relaxed sensible brainless pessimistic

cruel trustworthy gifted daft gregarious

talented reliable jealous brainy dim

argumentative sly extroverted quarrelsome

intellectual ability	attitudes towards life	attitudes towards other people

ambitious bossy communicative faithful honest

imaginative jealous logical mature organized

patient possessive reasonable responsible selfish

sensitive sociable tidy vain

un-	im-	in-	ir-	il-	dis-

determined - obstinate, stubborn, pig-headed

thrifty/ economical - miserly, mean, tight-fisted

self-assured - self-important, arrogant, full of oneself

assertive - aggressive, bossy

original - peculiar, weird, eccentric, odd

frank/direct/open - blunt, abrupt, brusque, curt

broad-minded - unprincipled, permissive

generous - extravagant

innocent - naïve/naïve [na:'i:v]

ambitious - pushy

1. clever, intelligent 2. inquisitive, very curious 3. rich, wealthy 4. cruel 5. stupid, unintelligent 6. young, inexperienced 7. old (of a person) 8. very clumsy, awkward 9. impudent 10. stubborn 11. too weak to leave one’s bed 12. terrifying 13. conceited, vain, boastful 14. tense, excited 15. ill, not well 16. covered with bruises 17. reading all the time18. very nervous 19. too careful with money 20. kind and generous21. feeling superior to everyone else22. too aggressive23. easily controlled by others24. unsociable25. direct and practical, with no pretensions

a. all thumbs b. bedriddenc. pigheadedd. black and blue all overe. brainy f. hair-rising g. cheeky h. heartless i. keyed up j. long in the tooth k. nosy l. off colourm. overbearing n. thick o. well off p. wet behind the earsq. a bookwormr. a doormats. down to eartht. pushyu. standoffishv. a tightwadw. uppityx. uptighty. warm-hearted

Social types: wet blanket Don Juan ['don'd3u:әn] gate crasherwall flower social climber good mixergossip chatterbox femme fatalelife and soul of the party A. He’s very lively and the centre of any group he is in. People always have a good time with him. He is the....B. She is confident and interested in other people. She likes to meet different kinds of people. She is a....C. She is so negative and boring. She has a depressing effect on any group of people she is in. She is a....D. He goes to parties and other occasions without an invitation. He just walks in. He is a....E. Unfortunately, nobody asks her to dance. She just stands there hoping. She is a..F. She just can not stop talking. She goes on and on excitedly, about totally unimportant things. She is a....G. She loves to discuss and pass on news or rumours about people’s private lives. She is a …. H. She is dangerously attractive to men. Half the men she meets fall in love with her. But she never falls in love with anyone. She is a....I. He knows he is attractive to women. They always fall for him. He has a lot of girl friends. He is a....J. She is very conscious of her social position. She is always trying to improve it by meeting ‘upper-class’ people. She is a.... 1. A word that begins with p and means the opposite of public:_____ 2. A verb that begins with s and means ‘give something away’:_____3. Another way of saying older:_________ 4. A synonym for meet: _______ 5. A two-word phrase that means without planning to: __________ 6. A synonym for similar that starts with a: _______________ 7. A synonym for confused that starts with p: _____________ “Die Friends” and “Eating Friends” by David C.Cooke The Thais do not usually ask questions of a personal nature, though in some Asian countries this is considered not only quite proper but polite. The Thais feel, instead, that if anyone wishes to tell them anything about his private life, he will do so without being questioned. This sometimes strikes Westerners as a lack of interest, but to the Thais it is only proper courtesy. One day I was out with Manoon Wongkomolshet and we met a friend of his. The two men talked for a few minutes before saying good-bye. When Manoon and I were alone again, he told me he had gone to school with the other man and had known him for many years. I asked “Does he have many children?” “I don’t know”, Manoon replied. “He never told me, and I never asked.” Friendships play an important role in the life of the Thai people. Among men, friends are often described as ‘die friends’ or ‘eating friends’. The ‘die friendship’ is an ideal that is not often realized today, however, for it requires a willingness to sacrifice for the sake of the friend. Instead of using each others’ names, men often refer to each other as Pee or Nong. Pee means Younger Brother. There is also a similar friendship between girls. One night at a party I was introduced to a young lady who had come in with another girl. The one I was talking with was named Kanjan, and I found out later that the other girl was named Soy. As Kanjan and I talked, I asked her about Soy, and she said, “She is my sister. We came to Bangkok from the north, and we are living together here.” Several days later I encountered Kanjan again, by accident, in a store. She was alone, and I asked her about her sister. “My sister is fine,” she said. “But she could not come shopping with me. She had something else to do.” After a while I said, “You know, I would never have taken you two for sisters. You really don’t look anything alike. I don’t see any similarity at all.” “We don’t have the same mother and father,” Kanjan said. “That is the reason.” “But you said you were sisters,” I replied, puzzled. “How can that be?” “Because all Thai people consider all other Thai people to be their brothers and sisters,” she said. “Soy and I would do anything for each other. We may not have had the same mother and father, but that does not matter. We are as close as true blood sisters could ever be.”1. We began to speak angrily to each other. _______________2. A lot of things about us are the same. __________________3. When you know her better. __________________________4. We like the same kinds of things. _____________________5. We laugh at the same things. _________________________6. We have a good relationship. ________________________7. I can depend on her. _______________________________8. We contact each other regularly. _____________________9. We stopped going out together. _______________________ Just Good Friends? I’ll never forget our first meeting because it was quite romantic. I had two tickets for a concert in London, but at the last moment the girl who was going to go with me couldn’t come. So I went to the concert hall early to get my money back for one of the tickets. Paulina was standing in the queue. We started talking, and I found out that she was there for the same reason. My tickets were better than hers so I suggested that we sat in my seats and we gave her tickets back. After the concert we went for a drink and we’ve been friends ever since then. We’ve known each other for two years. After the first meeting we started going out together and we fell in love. Everything went really well at first, but after six months we started to argue a lot and finally we broke up, but we stayed close friends, which isn’t always easy. I think we get on well mainly because we’ve got the same sense of humour. We’ve got a lot in common – we like and dislike the same people and things, and we’ve got the same tastes in music. Our personalities are quite similar, too. Paulina seems quite shy when you first meet her, but when you get to know her, she’s really extrovert and funny. I think I call her my ‘best friend’ because she’s a person I can talk to about anything and I know I can trust her. Our friendship is very important to me. Nowadays, we only see each other about once a month because she’s studying at university and I’m working in London, but we keep in touch by e-mail all the time. Some people are surprised when I say that my best friend is a woman, especially my ex-girlfriend. But I think it’s perfectly possible for us to be ‘just good friends’, although maybe when one of us finds a new partner, it’ll be more difficult. I hope not. ACQUIRING COMMUNICATION SKILLS 1. It's easy to deal with people who are....(cheerful, honest, polite, frank, fussy, efficient, rude, impatient, suspicious, foolish, cruel, obliging, unfair, stubborn, selfish) 2. I hate it when people....(have good manners, have bad manners, interrupt others, are not punctual, are too curious, don’t respect their elders, interfere with other people’s affairs, are always joking) 3. I think he is the right man for the job because he is....(lazy, efficient, hard-working, disciplined, absent-minded, capable, careless, attentive, impatient, smart, well-read, well-educated, well-traveled, stubborn, sociable) 4. When you get to know him better, you’ll see he’s ….(intelligent, selfish, naive, good for nothing, tight-fisted, hot tempered, forgetful, fussy, stubborn, pompous) 5. He... and I like it about him.(has a subtle sense of humour, is a Don Juan, is a chatterbox, is the life and soul of the party, is understanding, always does what he promises, never lies, is a man of his word) 6. She... and I don't like it about her.(pokes her nose in other people’s affairs, takes advantage of other people, likes to show off, thinks too much of herself, is always up to mischief, is too careless, stops at nothing when she wants to get something, thinks she is a femme fatale, is very self-confident) 7. You overestimate him. He's not so … as you think. (clever, bright, hard working, polite) 8. I don't like the way she.... (treats her friends, speaks to me, sings, dances, speaks English) A: - What do you think of your new colleague? What is he like?- The right man for the job: experienced and pleasant to deal with. B: -Why don't you like to work with young Donaldson?- He is incompetent and inefficient and has no experience at all. He does everything in the wrong way. Besides he is very fussy and messy.- In this case, please, help me to find someone else.- With pleasure. C:- Do you want to work with old Brown? I think, he is very supportive, understanding and he always gives you a hand when things go wrong.- That's just great. Unlike my assistant, he is competent and efficient. The right man for the job and a pleasant companion. D:- Peter is late.- Really? I don't believe my ears.- That's certainly unlike him.- Yes, he is so punctual. E: - Barbara is late.- That's she all over. It's like her.- Yes, she always keeps people waiting. F:- Every nation has a reputation of some kind. For instance, everybody believes that the French are light-minded and the Germans are punctual.- What kind of people are the English?- They are unlike the Americans. Snobs, cold, reserved and conservatives.- But that's not true.- Of course, not. But we are talking about their reputation. frank keeps confidence loyal

warm and affectionate intelligent supportive

has a sense of humour willing to make time for me

is a good conversationalist independent

questions	notes
Who is your best friend? How long have you known each other? How did you meet?
Why is s/he your best friend? Why do you get on well? Do you ever argue? What about? Who is usually the first to make it up?
How often do you see each other? How do you keep in touch?

Rule 1: Become genuinely interested in people.

Rule 2: Smile.

Rule 3: Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.

Rule 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Rule 5: Talk in terms of other man’s interests.

Rule 6: Make the other person feel important – and do it sincerely.

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