Meeting an old friend
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
Preparation
Transcript
Selina: Patrick? Is that you?
Patrick: Selina! Hello!
Selina: Well, well. Patrick Eastwood. How have you been?
Patrick: Good. Great, actually. How are you? I haven't seen you for ... how long?
Selina: It's been ages. At least fifteen years. Wow.
Patrick: Yeah. Wow.
Patrick and Selina: So, what are you doing here?
Selina: Sorry, you go first.
Patrick: OK. What are you doing here? I thought you'd moved to London.
Selina: I was in London for a couple of years. But it didn't work out.
Patrick: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you ... OK?
Selina: I'm fine! The dream job wasn't really a dream, you know? Um ... and London is great but it's so expensive. I mean, just the rent on a flat is ... uh … crazy expensive.
Patrick: I see.
Selina: So, I came back. I've been back now for almost five months. Living back home with Mum and Dad. Which is err ... interesting. Um ... but anyway, what about you?
Patrick: Me? Oh, nothing new. You know me – 'Patrick the predictable'. I never left here.
Selina: Oh. And is that ...?
Patrick: Oh, I'm very happy. I'm married now. We've just celebrated our tenth anniversary.
Selina: No way! You? Married? To …?
Patrick: I don't think you know her. Her name's Marigold. And we've got two kids. They're five and eight years old.
Selina: Married and with two kids? Wow!
Patrick: Don't look so surprised!
Selina: No, no … I'm just amazed how time flies! I'm happy for you. I really am.
Patrick: Thanks. You should really come round to the house one day.
Selina: That would be great. Let's swap numbers and ...
I’ve been keeping in touch with my friends through social media. Unfortunately, we moved to different cities and even different countries, and Instagram is a way to stay close.
This lesson is really fun... I like the mood of the conversation. The tone of their voices and even the silences make it sound like they were more than just friends in the past. Just a theory… maybe. So, congratulations to the British Council for this soap opera.
After about ten years, I’m lucky that I still have some friend arround me. However, it’s not always easy to stay in touch with old friends, especially when we change jobs or move to different places. This often happens when we grow up, from childhood into our teenage years and adulthood.
Yes. I did keep in touch with a few friends who are on social media.
Actually no. I didn't mean to get away from them. Sometimes, we met maybe once a year. Only if they asked me to hangout, i would love to. Personally, I'm not the ones who can easily reach out first.
Do you keep in touch with old friends?
No, honestly, it's hard for me to keep in touch with old friends and people in general; I don't send them messages, I don't respond after a few days... I think I'm a very bad friend, but I don't do it on purpose
This recording is helful to me. i love it 😍
I like the way Selina's amazed how time flies. I can't imagine how my own life and my loved ones' lives could be in 10 years, 20 years, and even more...
I love that lesson :)
i have 5/6 oin preparation
7/8 in task1 after second trying
4/6 in task 2
that not bad, i can do better
Yes, absolutly, they're with me actually