Touchstone 3

Touchstone 3 Unit 7 Relationships

Lesson A Circle of friends •

freak: a thing, person, animal or event

that is extremely unusual or unlikely and not like any other of its type •

organize: to plan or arrange something

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keep in touch with: to communicate or

continue to communicate with someone by using a telephone or writing to them

1 Getting started

B

1. Jen plays in a rock band that’s really hot right now, … 2. Nina is an interesting woman who sits across from me at work. 3. Angela / She’s a new friend I met through Mike.

2 Grammar A Note: ( ) indicates that the pronouns can be omitted 1. I have a friend who / that calls me a lot to talk about her problems. 2. I made some new friends at a club that / which organizes hiking trips and things like that. 3. My best friend has a guitar (that / which) she bought from a rock star.

4. I know someone who / that has a big party once a year for all his friends. 5. I have a really interesting friend (who / that) I met at my health club.

6. I found this cool Web site that / which helps you find your old school friends.

Lesson B Dating •

write back: to reply to someone's letter

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(it) turned out (that): [= turn out to] to

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hung out: to spend a lot of time in a

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going out: to have a romantic and

happen in a particular way, or to have a particular result place or with someone

usually sexual relationship with someone

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get along: have a good relationship

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settle down with: to start living in a

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signed up : to arrange to take part in

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immediately: now or without waiting or

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work out: to happen or develop in a

place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with a partner an activity

thinking about something particular way

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long-distance relationship: people’s

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break up: to end a personal or business

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moved away: to go to a different place to

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came back: to return to a place

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attend: to go officially and usually

relationships travel a long way, or separated by a long distance relationship

live or work

regularly to a place

1 Building vocabulary and grammar A 1. Steve and Anna grew up … 2. After they graduated, … 3. But the long-distance relationship didn’t work out, … 4. When Steve was 35, … 5. He discovered that … 6. When they saw each other, …

1B 1. Steve and Anna grew up in the same town. 2. Steve and Anna started going out. 3. Anna went away to college. 4. Steve and Anna decided to break up.

1 C along: get along away: go away, move away

back: come back, fly back, write back down: settle down

up: break up, grow up, sign up out: go out, hang out, turn out, work out

2 Grammar A 1. It’s more fun to go out with someone you know than to go on a “blind date.” 2. If you don’t get along well with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family, your relationship won’t work out. 3. It’s good to date a lot of different people before you settle down with one person.

4. After you break up with someone, you should try and stay friends.

5. You should never go back to someone you’ve broken up with. 6. If you want to meet someone, it’s a good idea to sign up for a class.

Lesson C They’re probably just busy. •

weird: very strange and unusual,

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sort of: in some way or to some degree

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ignore: to pay no attention to something

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stressed out: (adj.) worried and anxious

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annoyed: (adj.) angry

unexpected or not natural

or someone

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nosy: always trying to find out private

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irritating: making you feel annoyed

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socialize with: to spend time enjoying

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incredibly: extremely

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look forward to: (+ing) to feel happy

things about other people

yourself with other people

and excited about something that is going to happen

1 Conversation strategy

B

1. My neighbors are a little bit unfriendly. Maybe they think they’re better than everybody else. 2. The people next door go to bed kind of early. They sort of get annoyed when I have parties.

3. The people across the street are always looking out of their window. They seem a little nosy. (I guess) they don’t have anything better to do (I guess).

4. The guy above me plays the drums a bit too loud. It gets kind of noisy. 5. One of my neighbors is always coming over. It’s irritating, in a way. I think she’s probably just lonely.

2 Strategy plus A 1. c

2. a

3. d

4. b

5. e

3 Listening and speaking A 1. friendly 2. demanding 3. strict

3 B 1. It’s nice to see her friendly face. 2. He makes the class fun. 3. He’s really good at explaining things.

Lesson D Old friends •

reunion: an occasion when people who

have not met each other for a long time meet again • supervisor: a person whose job is to supervise someone or something • figure out: to finally understand something or someone after a lot of thought • profitable: making or likely to make a profit

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subscriber: someone who subscribes to a

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original: not the same as anything or

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registered: to put information about

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launch: to begin something such as a

product, service or organization

anyone else and therefore special and interesting someone or something, especially a name, on an official list

plan or introduce something new such as a product

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lose touch: to stop communicating with

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visitor: someone who accesses a web site

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chaperone: an older person, especially a

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stumble onto: to make a mistake, or to

someone, usually because they do not live near you now on the Internet

woman, who goes with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public pause unexpectedly when speaking

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fork over: to pay or give money for

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science-fiction: stories about life in the

something, especially when you do not want to future or in other parts of the universe

1 Reading

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1. False. Gina remembered Ray because he was her first love. 2. True 3. True 4. False. You have to become a paying member to contact friends. OR You have to subscribe to the site and become a member. It costs $36 a year. 5. True

2 Speaking and listening A • loses the other’s address or phone number, has children, changes jobs / changes schools, has a fight.

2 1. Don’t know

B 2. Yes

3. No

2 C 1. He has a lot to do at work now. / He got tired of parties and clubs. / He got busy with other things, like writing songs. 2. His friend got married. / His friend just had a baby. / His friend doesn’t have time for running or socializing now.

3. It wasn’t working out. / They were just very different people.

Vocabulary notebook

1 1. go, move

4. go, come

2. eat, work

5. sign, grow

3. come, get

6. fall, settle

2 up:

• wake, get

||out: • hang, go

• break, meet

• stay

• show, sign

• go

• wake, get

• eat

• grow

• work