For The Topic "Friends and Laughs" You Will Be Asked Some Questions To Provide Full Answers

For our oral interaction number 11, we will be talking about Friends and laughs.
We all might
have someone to be considered a friend or best friend and we love laughing.
Watch the following video to get an introduction of the topic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5IRfU2CDSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_cSy0IIOg
As you can now see, we are going to talk about Friends and laughs.
For the topic “Friends and laughs” you will be asked some questions to provide
full answers
Topic (Temática)
 Do you prefer to have one particular friend or a group of friends? Why?

 What do you like doing most with your friend(s)?
 Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with your friends from childhood? Why?
 What makes a friend a good one?
 What kinds of things make you laugh? Do you like making others laugh? Why?
 Is laughing the same feeling as happiness? Why?
 (opinion) having virtual friends is the same to have face to face friends, and in certain
aspects you can trust more virtual friends. What do you think?
Notice: Give full responses to the questions, more than a couple of words.
I look forward to seeing all of you participating in this oral interactions. So Let´s get down work to
prepare and participate!
Vocabulary
Feelings and Friendship
love = very strong feeling

“I love my husband.”
adore = love
“She adores her niece.”
like = have a positive feeling

“I like Sue.”
like a lot / really like = more than “like”

“I really like my new boss.”
“I like my new boss a lot.”
get on well with = have a good relationship with

“She gets on well with her sister.”
don’t like very much = more positive than “don’t like”

“I don’t like John’s new girlfriend very much.”
can’t stand = hate

“I can’t stand Emily!”
have a good time with = have fun with

“I always have a good time with my friends.”
like being with / enjoy being with

“I like being with my friends.”
Be careful! “Like being with” = “like to spend time with”. Don’t say “like staying with”.
spend a lot of time with

“She spends a lot of time with Debbie.”
always with
“He’s always with his friends.”
Types of friend
best friend = your number 1 friend
“Harry is my best friend.”
a good friend
“Tony is a good friend of mine.”
a close friend = a very good friend

“She has one or two close friends.”
Describing your friends
fun = good company

“I like being with Sally because she’s good fun to be with.”
Be careful! “Funny” = humorous: “She’s a funny girl and she makes me laugh.”
“Funny” = strange: “I think there’s something funny about Jane.”
a laugh = someone who is funny

“John’s a laugh.”
loyal = she is always my friend
easy-going = relaxed
“I like him because he’s easy-going.”
easy to get on with = there are no problems

“All my friends are easy to get on with.”
English verbs to describe the stages in a friendship

to make friends = to start a friendship
“They made friends when they were children.”
to be friends with = to describe current friendship

“They are friends with Tony and Rachel.”
to lose touch with = to not see your friend very often

“I lost touch with Julia after university.”
Idioms about friendship:
a shoulder to cry on: someone who listens to your problems

It's always good to talk to Hilary, she's so sympathetic. She's a real shoulder to cry on
see eye to eye: to agree with someone
(usually used in the negative) They don't always see eye to eye on politics but they're still great
friends
no love lost: disagree with someone

They used to be best friends but they had a huge fight about money. Now there's no love lost
between them
hate someone's guts: to very strongly dislike someone They fell out and now she hates his guts
clear the air: two people talk about a problem they have been avoiding discussing
I hated the way he kept borrowing things without asking me but we had a chat about it and
cleared the air so now he knows to check with me first
bury the hatchet: to stop fighting or quarrelling

After years of arguing about politics with my dad, we finally decided to bury the hatchet band
stopped trying to change other's opinions
patch up our differences: to settle an argument

I used to fight a lot with my sister. My mum would always make us apologise and patch up our
differences so that we would be friends again
through thick and thin: people who have had some good times and difficult times together
They've been friends for 20 years. They've had a lot of fun over the years but he was unemployed
after university and she was very ill for a long time recently. They've really been through thick and
thin together
More Vocabulary:
morals (n):
beliefs about the correct or right way to behave and treat other people
A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom):

If someone helps you when you are having a problem that means s/he is a true friend
to have someone over a barrel (idiom):

to give someone no choice about what s/he will do
two-faced (adj):
to say one thing and then do something different. For example, to say you like someone but then
gossip about her/him when s/he isn't there

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For our oral interaction number 11, we will be talking about Friends and laughs.

Watch the following video to get an introduction of the topic

 Do you prefer to have one particular friend or a group of friends? Why?

Feelings and Friendship

love = very strong feeling

like = have a positive feeling

like a lot / really like = more than “like”

get on well with = have a good relationship with

don’t like very much = more positive than “don’t like”

can’t stand = hate

have a good time with = have fun with

like being with / enjoy being with

spend a lot of time with

a close friend = a very good friend

Describing your friends

fun = good company

a laugh = someone who is funny

loyal = she is always my friend

easy to get on with = there are no problems

English verbs to describe the stages in a friendship

to be friends with = to describe current friendship

to lose touch with = to not see your friend very often

a shoulder to cry on: someone who listens to your problems

no love lost: disagree with someone

bury the hatchet: to stop fighting or quarrelling

patch up our differences: to settle an argument

A friend in need is a friend indeed (idiom):

to have someone over a barrel (idiom):

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