Meeting an old friend

Listen to the conversation between two old friends to practise and improve your listening skills.

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Preparation

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Transcript

Selina: Patrick? Is that you?

Patrick: Selina! Hello!

Selina: Well, well. Patrick Eastwood. How have you been?

Patrick: Good. Great, actually. How are you? I haven't seen you for ... how long?

Selina: It's been ages. At least fifteen years. Wow.

Patrick: Yeah. Wow.

Patrick and Selina: So, what are you doing here?

Selina: Sorry, you go first.

Patrick: OK. What are you doing here? I thought you'd moved to London.

Selina: I was in London for a couple of years. But it didn't work out.

Patrick: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you ... OK?

Selina: I'm fine! The dream job wasn't really a dream, you know? Um ... and London is great but it's so expensive. I mean, just the rent on a flat is ... uh … crazy expensive.

Patrick: I see.

Selina: So, I came back. I've been back now for almost five months. Living back home with Mum and Dad. Which is err ... interesting. Um ... but anyway, what about you?

Patrick: Me? Oh, nothing new. You know me – 'Patrick the predictable'. I never left here.

Selina: Oh. And is that ...?

Patrick: Oh, I'm very happy. I'm married now. We've just celebrated our tenth anniversary.

Selina: No way! You? Married? To …?

Patrick: I don't think you know her. Her name's Marigold. And we've got two kids. They're five and eight years old.

Selina: Married and with two kids? Wow!

Patrick: Don't look so surprised!

Selina: No, no … I'm just amazed how time flies! I'm happy for you. I really am.

Patrick: Thanks. You should really come round to the house one day.

Selina: That would be great. Let's swap numbers and ...

Task 1

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Discussion

Do you keep in touch with old friends?

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B1 Intermediate

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My main group of friends is from the school. We´ve known each other for 22 years and I´m sure this friendship will last forever. Cheers from Madrid.

I try to keep in touch with old friends ))

yes, but not a lot

It depends. I still keep in touch with some old friends. Mostly that I was more friends and that I'm always staying together. I fall to miss them.

yes, I made some friends at school and we still keep in touch.

No, at school the majority of my classroom do not get along so for that reason nobody is interest in each other now, but at university I keep in contact with one friend. I think that it is good to be kind with everybody. Life makes many turns.

I keep in touch with some of my close friends in high school, but have a few chances to go out with them.

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Yes, I keep in touch with my friend from university even that I haven't met them since we finished University. We are planning to arrange a reunion next month, so it will be a good chance to meet and to see how much our life has changed. Most of them found their soulmates, built their career, and have children. Unfortunately, my best friend from University won't be there, because she passed away two years ago.

I used to meet a lot of my classmates after two years of our school graduation , but after that, we have been seldomly meeting or seeing each other. It turned out that many of them are now employed so they are soo busy with their works though we sometimes text each other through Facebook and WhatsApp