RSSPEOPLE AROUND YOU
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my ex-girlfriend my fiancée just good friends my best friend a good friend of mine my classmate an acquaintance of mine my colleague |
1. Laurence and I get on well and do absolutely everything together. He is ___________.
2. I know Bob, but not very well. He is ___________.
3. Jenny and I work together in the same office. She is ___________.
4. Jane and I announced our engagement last week and we plan to get married in the summer. She is______________.
5. Clare and I used to go out together. She is ______________.
6. Jordi attends the same English lessons as me. He is____________.
7. I often go with Ben to the cinema or to the hub. He is ____________.
8. Andy and I are going out together, but we haven’t told anybody yet. In fact, if anyone asks, we say that we are ______________.
- Replace the underlined information with phrasal verbs and idioms.
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to get out of doing smth to see eye to eye on smth to bring sb up to fall out with sb to get on well with sb to put up with smth to tell sb off to look back on smth to look up to sb to be fed up with smth / sb to have one’s own way to take after sb to get away with smth to confide in sb |
I come from a fairly close-knit family, although we don’t always have good relationships. I’m very close to my granny, especially as we have a lot in common, but I’ve recently quarrelled with my grandfather.
Their son is my father. He is quite old-fashioned, and we often have completely different views on many things. I know, I should respect and admire him, but the fact is I don’t do it. My father very often speaks severely to me, especially when I try to do what I want.
As for my mother, I adore her. She is kind and caring. I know, it was difficult for her to raise me as she had to work a lot when I was a child. As a matter of fact, I often think about my childhood. I’m proud that I’m similar to my mother in character.
I’ve got two sisters, Helen and Ann. I should say that I’m very close to Helen. I can tell her all my secrets and she will keep them. I’m not so close with Ann. I have to tolerate her laziness. She is always trying to avoid helping our mother about the house and very often she succeeds in escaping punishment for this. Frankly speaking, I’m sick and tired of it. But in general I’m on friendly terms wit her.
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to confide in to get on to see eye to eye to rely on to get out of to fall out to look up to to bring up |
According to Leo Tolstoy, “All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”. In my opinion, a happy family is a close-knit one, in which parents and children (1) ____ ____ well and (2) ___ ___ ___ ___ on most things.
I suppose that in a happy family children should have a reasonably strict upbringing. They should feel free to (3) ____ ____ their parents if they have a personal problem. What is more, if they are ever in trouble, they should be able to (4) ___ ___ their parents. They shouldn’t try to (5) ____ ____ ____ doing housework. It’s nice when children are close to their parents and seldom (6) ___ ____ with them. Good children should (7) _____ ____ _____ their parents because they work hard to (8) ____ their children _____ .
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to get through to to stay out to tell off to put up with to grow up to look back |
I believe that being a good parent is difficult. Sometimes it’s not easy to (9) ____ ____ ____ children and (10) _____ _____ _____ their bad behaviour. From my point of view, parents should be loving and understanding, but strict at the same time. They shouldn’t allow their kids to (11) _____ _____ late at night. They can (12) ____ them ____, if they do something wrong. I think when children have their own way, they (13) _____ _____ spoilt. Parents should set a good example through their own behaviour. To sum it up, children and their parents should have a very close relationship.
As for my family, we are very friendly. And I always (14) _____ _____ on my childhood as a very happy time.
- Agree or disagree with the following statements using the following phrases:
Yes, I agree that.../ It is true that ... / Yes, I think that …
Or: I don't think that is correct ... / I can't agree with the fact that ... / No, I don't think you are right...
1. People are always a part of the family. 2. The optimal size of the family is 3 members. 3. To be the only child in the family is very good. 4. It is not easy to be the head of the family. 5. Children should be polite with the elder members of the family.
6. The man is always the head of the family. 7. Brothers and sisters are always friends. 8. Happy families are always united.
