How do you know each other?

​How do you
know each other?

​Tell me about how you got to know some of your friends.
You might want to use some of the language below.

​We grew up together.
We met at primary / secondary school.
We met at university / work.
We met through a friend.
We met at a party.
It's a long story! 😁

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Listen to five people talking about how they know a Belgian man called Nicolas. Match each speaker to one of the sentences.

• Speaker 1

• Speaker 2

• Speaker 3

• Speaker 4

• Speaker 5

They shared a bad experience.

She's his ex-girlfriend.

They met while travelling.

She's going out with Nicolas.

He / She fell out with his friend.

• They shared a bad experience.

• She's his ex-girlfriend.

• They met while travelling.

• She's going out with Nicolas.

• He / She fell out with his friend.

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Doug

I met him ​

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doing a summer job in England. We were ​

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working in this café – he was in the kitchens and I was a waiter. Our boss was a bit of an​

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. He was really strict – he was ​

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shouting at us and was just horrible. ​

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, we used to go out after work and we’d sit and complain about our boss. We’d talk about the things we wished we’d said to him. Nicolas was always very funny about it.

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both

idiot

Anyway

while

always

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Sandra

We were dating for a​

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. I met him when we were studying in Rome on an Erasmus programme. It was a great few months. He was always so much ​

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and so full of life. We tried to ​

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the relationship going after he went back to Belgium, but it’s difficult maintaining a ​

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relationship. We couldn’t afford to visit each other very often and, in the end, we split up. We’ve ​

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friends, which I suppose is important, but I sometimes wish we’d stayed together. Yeah, I wish we hadn’t split up.

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while

fun

long-distance

keep

remained

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Shane

I met him while I was backpacking. We were staying in a hostel and we ​

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to share a room. We ​

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talking and found we had a lot in common. We ended up spending a couple of weeks sightseeing until I went back to Australia. We ​

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in touch via email and social media after that and two years ago I moved to Britain. Since ​

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, I’ve ​

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over to Belgium to see him a couple of times.

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had

got

then

kept

been

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Brigitta

We met at university. We didn’t have ​

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to do with each other at first ​

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we’re so different. I think I’m quite sociable and outgoing and, as you probably know, he’s a bit quiet and shy. It’s not ​

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we didn’t get on at all. We’d see each other in class and in the library and we’d chat a bit. Over time, though, our chats ​

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longer, and then, just before we left university, I asked him out on a date. He looked a bit surprised, but he said OK and we’ve been seeing each other now for about two years. It’s a ​

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it took so long for us to get together, really!

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as

much

that

got

shame

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Franck

I met him ​

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a friend, Jef, who he was sharing a flat with. We all used to hang out together so I’d talk to Nicolas and ​

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to know him very well. At some ​

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I had an argument with Jef. It was about something stupid, but we ​

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stopped talking to each other. We’re both very stubborn and I didn’t want to be the first to apologise, but of course, neither did he! I regret that, really. I wish we’d managed to sort things out between us, but … there you go. Anyway, to cut a ​

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story short, I haven’t seen Jef for years, but I’m still friends with Nicolas.

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through

got

point

basically

long

• Why do you think Sandra (his ex-girlfriend) and Brigitta (his current girlfriend) have such different views of Nicolas?
.

• Do you think you show different sides of your personality in different situations? Give examples.
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• Do you think you've changed in the last year? The last five years? The last ten years?

• Who did you hang out with when you started secondary school / university? What did you do? Have you remained friends? Why? / Why not?
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• Have you ever been close to someone but then drifted apart? Do you regret it?
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• How many people do you keep in touch with? How? How often do you actually meet up?
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• Have you ever removed anyone from your social media? Why?
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• Can you think of any friends who fell out? Why? Did they become friends again? Did it cause any awkward moments?

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Complete the story:

We were very ​close at secondary school. We used to ​

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out all the time together. Then he started ​

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this girl and he spent more time with her, so I made new friends and we slowly ​

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apart. We still ​

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in touch via Facebook from time to time, but I can’t remember the last time we ​

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up.

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hang

dating

drifted

keep

met

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Complete the story:

We were friends for a while before I went to university, but then we ​

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out over something stupid and I ended up ​

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her from all my social media. A few years later, I ​

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into her through work. At first it was awkward but then we actually ​

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on really well and we’ve ​

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friends ever since.

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fell

removing

bumped

got

remained

• Who did you hang out with when you started secondary school / university? What did you do? Have you remained friends? Why? / Why not?
.

• Have you ever been close to someone but then drifted apart? Do you regret it?
.

• How many people do you keep in touch with? How? How often do you actually meet up?
.

• Have you ever removed anyone from your social media? Why?
.

• Can you think of any friends who fell out? Why? Did they become friends again? Did it cause any awkward moments?