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3.11. A) Read the text and match the italicized words with the meanings below.

b) Ask 5 questions about the text.

“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 trueblood 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

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3.12. Complete the following statements, making use of the words given in brackets. Explain your choice.

. 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)

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