Touchstone 3 Unit 7

Relationships

Lesson ALesson A Circle of Circle of friendsfriends

• freak:freak: a thing, person, animal or event that is extremely unusual or unlikely and not like any other of its type

• organize:organize: to plan or arrange something

• keepkeep inin touchtouch with:with: to communicate or continue to communicate with someone by using a telephone or writing to them

1 Getting started1 Getting started BB

1. Jen plays in a rock band 1. Jen plays in a rock band that’s really hot right now, …that’s really hot right now, …

2. Nina is an interesting 2. Nina is an interesting woman who sits across from woman who sits across from me at work.me at work.

3. Angela / She’s a new friend I 3. Angela / She’s a new friend I met through Mike. met through Mike.

2 Grammar2 Grammar AANote: ( ) indicates that the

pronouns can be omitted

1. I have a friend who / that calls 1. I have a friend who / that calls me a lot to talk about her me a lot to talk about her problems.problems.

2. I made some new friends at a 2. I made some new friends at a club that / which organizes hiking club that / which organizes hiking trips and things like that.trips and things like that.

3. My best friend has a guitar (that 3. My best friend has a guitar (that / which) she bought from a rock / which) she bought from a rock star.star.

4. I know someone who / that has 4. I know someone who / that has a big party once a year for all a big party once a year for all his friends.his friends.

5. I have a really interesting 5. I have a really interesting friend (who / that) I met at my friend (who / that) I met at my health club.health club.

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

Lesson B DatingLesson B Dating• write back:write back: to reply to someone's

letter

• (it) turned out (that):(it) turned out (that): [= turn [= turn out to]out to] to happen in a particular way, or to have a particular result

• hung out:hung out: to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone

• going out:going out: to have a romantic and usually sexual relationship with someone

• get along:get along: have a good relationship

• settle down with:settle down with: to start living in a place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with a partner

• signed up :signed up : to arrange to take part in an activity

• immediately:immediately: now or without waiting or thinking about something

• work out:work out: to happen or develop in a particular way

• long-distance relationship:long-distance relationship: people’s relationships travel a long way, or separated by a long distance

• break up:break up: to end a personal or business relationship 

• moved away:moved away: to go to a different place to live or work

• came back:came back: to return to a place

• attend:attend: to go officially and usually regularly to a place

1 Building vocabulary and 1 Building vocabulary and grammar Agrammar A

1. Steve and Anna grew up …1. Steve and Anna grew up …

2. After they graduated, …2. After they graduated, …

3. But the long-distance 3. But the long-distance relationship didn’t work out, …relationship didn’t work out, …

4. When Steve was 35, …4. When Steve was 35, …

5. He discovered that …5. He discovered that …

6. When they saw each other, …6. When they saw each other, …

1 B1 B1. Steve and Anna grew up in the 1. Steve and Anna grew up in the

same town.same town.

2. Steve and Anna started going 2. Steve and Anna started going out.out.

3. Anna went away to college.3. Anna went away to college.

4. Steve and Anna decided to 4. Steve and Anna decided to break up.break up.

11 CCalong: get alongget along

away: go away, move awaygo away, move away

back: come back, fly back, write come back, fly back, write backback

down: settle downsettle down

up: break up, grow up, sign upbreak up, grow up, sign up

out: go out, hang out, turn out, work outgo out, hang out, turn out, work out

2 Grammar2 Grammar AA1. It’s more fun to go out with 1. It’s more fun to go out with

someone you know than to go on a someone you know than to go on a “blind date.”“blind date.”

2. If you don’t get along well with your 2. If you don’t get along well with your boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family, boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s family, your relationship won’t work out.your relationship won’t work out.

3. It’s good to date a lot of different 3. It’s good to date a lot of different people before you settle down with people before you settle down with one person.one person.

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

5. You should never go back to 5. You should never go back to someone you’ve broken up with.someone you’ve broken up with.

6. If you want to meet someone, 6. If you want to meet someone, it’s a good idea to sign up for a it’s a good idea to sign up for a class.class.

Lesson C Lesson C They’re probably just They’re probably just

busy.busy.• weird:weird: very strange and unusual, unexpected or not natural

• sortsort of:of: in some way or to some degree

• ignore:ignore: to pay no attention to something or someone

• stressed out:stressed out: (adj.) worried and anxious

• annoyed:annoyed: (adj.) angry

• nosy:nosy: always trying to find out private things about other people

• irritating:irritating: making you feel annoyed

• socialize with:socialize with: to spend time enjoying yourself with other people

• incredibly:incredibly: extremely

• look forward to:look forward to: (+ing) to feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen

1 Conversation 1 Conversation strategystrategy BB

1. My neighbors are a little bit 1. My neighbors are a little bit unfriendly. Maybe they think unfriendly. Maybe they think they’re better than everybody they’re better than everybody else.else.

2. The people next door go to 2. The people next door go to bed kind of early. They sort of bed kind of early. They sort of get annoyed when I have get annoyed when I have parties.parties.

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

4. The guy above me plays the 4. The guy above me plays the drums a bit too loud. It gets kind drums a bit too loud. It gets kind of noisy.of noisy.

5. One of my neighbors is always 5. One of my neighbors is always coming over. It’s irritating, in a coming over. It’s irritating, in a way. I think she’s probably just way. I think she’s probably just lonely.lonely.

2 Strategy plus2 Strategy plus AA1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

3 Listening and 3 Listening and speakingspeaking A A

1. 2. 3.

c a d b e

friendlyfriendly demandindemandingg

strictstrict

33 BB

1. It’s nice to see her friendly 1. It’s nice to see her friendly face.face.

2. He makes the class fun.2. He makes the class fun.

3. He’s really good at 3. He’s really good at explaining things.explaining things.

Lesson DLesson D Old friendsOld friends• reunion:reunion: an occasion when people who

have not met each other for a long time meet again

• supervisor:supervisor: a person whose job is to supervise someone or something

• figure out:figure out: to finally understand something or someone after a lot of thought

• profitable:profitable: making or likely to make a profit

• subscriber:subscriber: someone who subscribes to a product, service or organization

• original:original: not the same as anything or anyone else and therefore special and interesting

• registered:registered: to put information about someone or something, especially a name, on an official list

• launch:launch: to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product

• lose touch:lose touch: to stop communicating with someone, usually because they do not live near you now

• visitor:visitor: someone who accesses a web site on the Internet

• chaperone:chaperone: an older person, especially a woman, who goes with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public

• stumble onto:stumble onto: to make a mistake, or to pause unexpectedly when speaking

• fork over:fork over: to pay or give money for something, especially when you do not want to

• science-fiction:science-fiction: stories about life in the future or in other parts of the universe

1 Reading1 Reading CC1. False. Gina remembered Ray

because he was her first love.2. True3. True4. 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 2 Speaking and listeninglistening A A

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

22 BB1. 2. 3.Don’t

knowYes

No

2 2 CC1. He has a lot to do at work now. / 1. He has a lot to do at work now. /

He got tired of parties and He got tired of parties and clubs. / He got busy with other clubs. / He got busy with other things, like writing songs.things, like writing songs.

2. His friend got married. / His 2. His friend got married. / His friend just had a baby. / His friend friend just had a baby. / His friend doesn’t have time for running or doesn’t have time for running or socializing now.socializing now.

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

Vocabulary notebookVocabulary notebook

111. 4.

2. 5.

3. 6.

go, movego, move

eat, workeat, work

come, come, getget

go, comego, come

sign, sign, growgrow

fall, fall, settlesettle

22 up: ||out:

• wake, getwake, get

• break, break, meetmeet

• show, signshow, sign

• wake, getwake, get

• growgrow

• hang, gohang, go

• staystay

• gogo

• eateat

• workwork