Relationship Área Lectura y Escritura Resultados de aprendizaje Conocer vocabulario relacionado a los tipos de relaciones. Utilizar vocabulario relacionado a los tipos de relaciones. Contenidos 1. General vocabulary words Debo saber - Simple present Present continuous Simple past Past continuous Relationships Types of relationships Here is a scale showing closeness and distance in relationships in different contexts. CLOSER MORE DISTANT - Friendship: best friend - Work: close colleague colleague / work mate - Love / romance: lover steady boy / girlfriend ex - * - Marriage: ex - * good friend wife / husband / partner friend acquaintance Ex – can be used with or without (informally) another word: She’s my ex. (girlfriend, etc.) Mate is a colloquial word for a good friend. It can also be used in compounds to describe a person you share something with, e.g. classmate, shipmate, workmate, flatmate. Workmate is usual in non – professional contexts; colleague is more common among professional people. Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 1 Fiancé / ée can still be used for someone you are engaged to, but a lot of people feel it is dated nowadays. You will sometimes see husband - / wife – to – be in journalistic style. English has no universally accepted word for ‘person I live with but am not married to’, but partner is probably the commonest. Liking and not liking someone Core verb Positive Love Adore Worship Idolize Look up to Admire Turn s.b. on Fancy - Like - Respect - Attract - - Be attracted to - - She doesn’t just like Bob she idolizes him! I can’t stand him. I really fancy Lisa, but her friend just turns me off. - Negative Dislike Hate Can’t stand Loathe Look down on Despise Repel Turn s.b. off Fancy and turn off are informal. Repel is very strong and rather formal. Phrases and idioms for relationships - Jo and I get on well with each other. (have a good relationship) - Adrian and Liz don’t see eye to eye. (often argue / disagree) - I’ve fallen out with my parents again. (had arguments) - Tony and Jane have broken up / split up. (ended their relationship) - George is having an affair with his boss. (a sexual relationship, usually secret) - Children should respect their elders. (Adults / parents, etc.) - Let’s try and make it up. (be friends again after a row) - She’s my junior / I’m her senior / I’m senior to her, so she does what she’s told. (refers to position / length of service at work) Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 2 Exercises 1. Use word with the suffix –mate to resay or rewrite these sentences. a. This is Jack. He and I share a flat. b. My granddad still writes to his old friends he was at sea with. c. We were in the same class together in 1978, weren’t we? d. She’s not really a friend; she’s just someone I work with. 2. How many relationships can you find between the people in column A and column B, using words from the left – hand page? Example: John Silver and Lorna Fitt were once colleagues. A. John Silver: owns a language school for business people in Bath. Worked at the Sun School, Oxford, 1984 – 5 Josh Yates: politician was married to Eve Cobb 1973 – 1980. Met Bill Nash a couple of times. Ada Brigg: was married to Bill Nash 1981 – 4. Swam for Britain in 1982 Olympics. Ana Wood: has lived as a couple (unmarried) with Bill Nash for the last five years. B. Nora Costa: was in UK Olympic swimming team in 1982. Was in same class at school as Ada Brigg. Bill Nash: works every day with John Silver. Shared a flat years ago with Eve Cobb. Fred Parks: politician. Knew Ada Brigg years ago, but not very well. Lorna Fitt: taught at Sum School Oxford 1980 – 7. Lives with Josh Yates. 3. Liking and disliking. Using the verbs, phrases and idioms opposite, what sort of relations do you think the people on the left might have with the people on the right? a. Teenage music fan parents – pop star – strict teacher – mate b. Secretary another secretary – boss – very attractive workmate c. 45 – year – old teenagers – ex – husband / wife Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 3 4. The person who typed this book has got some of the phrases and idioms opposite mixed up with one another. Correct them. a. Jo and Phil don’t get on eye to eye with each other. b. I fell up with my parents last night. It wasn’t my fault. c. We had a quarrel but now we’ve made it well. d. Do you think Jim and Nora are making an affair? I do. e. I see very well with all my colleagues at work. f. She should learn to respect her olders. g. Jo’s attractive, but her mate just turns me up completely. Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 4 Key 1. Use words with the suffix – mate to resay or rewrite these sentences. a. This is Jack. He’s my flatmate. Or He and I are flatmates. b. My granddad still writes to his old (or former) shipmates. c. We were classmates in 1978, weren’t we? Or You were a classmate of mine … d. She’s not really a friend, she’s just a workmate. 2. How many relationships can you find between the people in column A and column B, using words from the left – hand page? Some possible answers: - John Silver and Lorna Fitt were colleagues in 1984 – 5. - Josh Yates is Eve Cobb’s ex – husvand. - Eve Cobb is Josh Yates’ ex – wife. - Eve Cobb used to be Bill Nash’s flatmate. - Bill Nash and John Silver are colleagues. - Ada Brigg and Nora Costa were Olympic team – mates. (Usually written with a hyphen because ‘m’ is written twice). - Ana Wood is Bill Nash’s partner. (or vice – versa) - Fred Parks and Ada Brigg were once acquaintances. 3. Liking and disliking. Using the verbs, phrases and idioms opposite, what sort of relations do you think the people on the left might have with the people on the right? a. A teenage music fan might not see eye to eye with his / her parents, might worship or idolize a pop star, might dislike, but might (secretly) respect a strict teacher, and probably likes or even loves his / her mates. Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 5 b. A secretary might like another secretary, might or might not get on well with them, might despite or hate their boss, or perhaps look up to him / her, and might fancy a very attractive workmate, because that person turns them on. c. A 45 – year – old may well dislike teenagers or look down on them, he / she might be repelled by their ex – husband / wife, or might still fancy them. 4. The person who typed this book has got some of the phrases and idioms opposite mixed up with one another. Correct them. a. Jo and Phil don’t see eye to eye. Or … don’t get on with each other. b. I fell out with my parents. c. We had a quarrel but now we’ve made it up. d. Do you think Jim and Nora are having an affair? e. I get on very well with my colleagues at work. f. She should learn to respect her elders. g. Jo’s attractive, but her mate just turns me off completely. Servicios Académicos para el Acompañamiento y la Permanencia - PAIEP Primera Edición - 2016 En caso de encontrar algún error, contáctate con PAIEP-USACH al correo: lecturayescritura.paiep@usach.cl 6
