Communication and Technology (Keeping in touch)

Unit 1. FRIENDS

Vocabulary

Look up the translation of the following words and word combinations in the dictionary:

1) admire (v) Which famous person do you admiremost?

2) anonymously (adv) If you give something anonymously, you give it without telling people who you are.

3) average (adj) How many numbers does the averageyoung person have on their mobile phone?

4) on average (phr) On average, how many friends do young people communicate regularly with online?

5) brief (adj) The film La Vie en Rose reminded David how brieflife can be.

6) brush (against) (v) If something brushes againstyou, you feel it touch your body.

7) confide (v) If you confidein someone, you tell them your private thoughts and feelings.

8) dinner party (n) A dinner partyis a nice meal for several guests that is eaten in the evening at a friend’s home.

9) dive (off) (v) If you dive offsomething, you move suddenly from it towards the ground.

10) dream dinner / party / holiday etc (phr) Your dream dinner partyis one where you invite all your favourite people.

11) fall in love (phr) La Vie en Rose reminded David how wonderful it is to fall in love.

12) fear (n) My greatest fearis standing on stage in front of thousands of people and forgetting what to say!

13) funeral (n) A funeralis a ceremony for someone who has died.

14) gift (n) A “gift” is another word for a “present”.

15) go separate ways(phr) When Will and Tina graduatedfrom university, they went their separate ways.

16) guilty pleasure(n) A guilty pleasureis one you enjoy but feel slightly ashamed of.

17) improve (v) Technology has improvedthe world in some ways, but not in others.

About you: Q & A

1) Take it easy(phr) “What are you doing this weekend?” “I’m justrelaxing and taking it easy.”

2) keep busy (phr) If you keep busy, you always have something to do.

3) lifestyle (n) Will earns much more money than Tina so they have very different lifestyles.

4) a living (n) “What do you do for a living?” “I’m a doctor.”

5) local (adj) She was looking for someone to share the house and put an advertisement in the localnewspaper.

6) memory (n) Your earliest memoryis the first thing you remember doing as a child.

7) mortal (adj) All human beings are mortal– we are all going to die.

8) realise (v) David was happiest before he realisedhis family were all mortal.

9) receive (v) Do you prefer giving or receivinggifts?

10) remind (v) The film remindedDavid of how brief life is.

11) rent (v) Tina and Will rentedthe same house.

12) replace (v) Technology has replaceda lot of face-to-face interaction.

13) research (n) Hi, Carole, can I ask you a question for some researchwe’re doing?

14) satisfaction (n) I don’t earn a lot but I get a lot of satisfactionfrom my job.

15) share (v) We sharedthe same house for nearly three years.

16) on stage (phr) When an actor is on stage, he or she is performing in a theatre in front of an audience.

17) straightaway (adv) If something happens straightaway, it happens immediately.

18) stressed (adj) Does technology make us happier or more stressed?

19) be supposed to be doing sth (phr) I’m sorry, I’ve forgotten what I’m supposed to bedoing.

20) survey (v) If you do a survey, you ask a lot of people their opinion about something.

topic (n) A topicis a subject you talk or write about.

Adverbs of frequency/Adverb phrases of frequency

1) all the time Sharon texts all the time.

2) every day/week/weekend She calls me on Skype from Australia every weekend.

3) from time to time Adam texts from time to time, but not very often.

4) normally Carole normallyuses the telephone.

5) now and again Now and againshe uses Skype.

6) occasionally Adam texts occasionally, but not very often.

7) once/twice/three times etc He checks his emails twice a day.

8) rarelyI rarelywrite letters nowadays.

9) regularly A lot of young people regularlyuse messaging.

Communication and Technology (Keeping in touch)

1) chat (with) (v) Sharon is always online and chats withfriends every evening.

2) check one’s email (phr) How often do you check your email?

3) close friendship (phr) A close friendshipis one in which two people know each other very well.

4) communicate (v) Nowadays a lot of people communicateregularly online.

5) contact (v) How do you usually contactyour friends – by phone, email or text?

6) email (n) How often do you check your email?

7) face-to-face (adv) Do you prefer communicating online or face to face?

8) face-to-face interaction (phr) Technology has replaced a lot of face-to-face interaction.

9) (online) messaging (n) Sharon uses online messagingto chat with her friends.

10) mobile phone (n) How many numbers do you have on your mobile phone?

11) online (adv) Do men or women spend most time online?

12) by phone/email/text (phr) How do you usually contact your friends – by phone, email or text?

13) pick up the phone (phr) Carole usually contacts her friends by picking up the phone.

14) Skype (n) Skypeis a technology that allows you to use your computer like a telephone.

15) social networking (n) Facebook and myspace are social networkingsites.

16) text (v) Adam textsfrom time to time but usually uses the phone.

Friendship expressions

1) become close friends (phr) We had a lot in common and quickly became close friends.

2) click (straightaway) (v) We clicked straightawayand I told Will he could move in.

3) come from different backgrounds (phr)If two people come from different backgrounds, they have very different lifestyles.

4) drift apart(v) Their lifestyles are very different now and they’ve drifted apart.

5) fall out (phr v) If two people fall out, they have an argument.

6) get on well (together)(v) We get on well togetherand are close friends.

7) go one’s separate ways(phr) After university, they went their separate ways.

8) have a lot in common(phr) We have one thing in common– we’re both crazy about football.

9) have one’s ups and downs(phr) Everyone has ups and downs– good moments and bad moments.

10) hit it off(v) When two people hit it off, they like each other a lot.

11) be opposites(phr) Despite being friends, Antonia and Jackie are oppositesin many ways.

12) Smb will always be there for smb (phr) Although our lifestyles are different, Tina willalways be there for me.