Topic: Relationship

Level: Upper Intermediate

Objectives

• Activise vocabulary of the topic

• Revise the topic idioms and phrasal verbs

• Develop critical thinking through problem-solving tasks

• Foster life skills to have a better awareness of self and society

• Learn students to deal with challenges in life

Source textbooks:

• Check Your English Vocabulary for FCE+ (Copyright Rawdom Wyatt 2004 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)

• Longman Exam Activator (Marta Uminska/Dominika Chandler, Person Longman)

• Longman Exam Accelerator (Bob Hastings, Marta Uminska, Dominika Chandler, Person Longman

• Solutions Advanced (Tina Fala, Paul A Davies, OXFORD Longman)

 

        Teacher: Our lesson today is devoted to the topic «Relationship». Here's  a definition of  relationship.

It's the way in which two or more people or things are connected or the state of being connected.

What can this connection  involve?

(Students give their variants and the teacher summurises)

• Family bonds

• Marriage

• Love affair

• Colleagues (workmates)

• Classmates

• Frienship

Here's quatation of C.S. Lewis, author of the  Chronicles of Naenia

 

«Friendship is born at that time when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was alone'»

 

1. Let's revise the vocabulary of the topic

 

Match the words in the box with the definitions 1 – 10

 

best friend • acquaintance • fiance / fiancee • housemate • workmate

ex-girlfriend / boyfriend • ex-husband / wife • roommate • classmate

colleague • relative / relation • (steady) girlfriend / boyfriend • flatmate

 

1. Somebody you are going out with.

2. Somebody you used to go out with.

3. Somebody you used to be married to.

4. Somebody you are going to marry.

5. Somebody you work with (two possible answers)

6. Somebody you share accommodation with (three possible answers)

7. Somebody you know well and get on very well with.

8. Somebody you share lessons at school with.

9. Somebody you know, but not very well.

10. A member of your family.

 

2. Match each expression (a-j) with one of the explanations (1-10).

a) nearest and dearest ...7

b) newlyweds

c) the nuclear family

d) adults

e) a community

f) a generation

g) contemporaries

h) the extended family

i) a household

j) outcasts

 

1 people who are alive at the same time or e.g. attend the same school

2 people who have only recently been (or are still) on their honeymoon

3 all the people of approximately the same age

4 the people in a family who live together under the same roof

5 the entire range of relatives in one family

6 all the people living together in the same area

7 a person (or people) from your immediate family

8 people who are no longer teenagers

            9 people abandoned by their families or by society in general

            10 parents and their children

 

3. Do you believe in horoscope predictions? We have information about some sign. Let's read it and explain bold words.

(Student read, explain the meaning of bald words and comments on the context)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. The next task will be to use the most suitable word in the sentence

 

a) As I am officially a/an alien/outsider/stranger I have to register with the police.

b) Let me introduce you to my betrothed/engaged/fiancee. We're getting married

next month.

c) Jim is just a/an acquaintance/colleague/figure I met on holiday.

d) Why not bring your child along to the Mothers and Juveniles/Juniors/Toddlers

group? It's for one and two year-olds.

e) Local people are campaigning for better facilities for the aged/ancient/elder.

f) Our ancestors/descendants/predecessors are all buried in the local churchyard.

g) Peter is 50 and unmarried and his friends call him 'an eligible

bachelor/independent/single'.

h) The bridegroom was handed the ring by the assistant groom/best

man/godfather.

i) When I was a bloke/chap/lad I used to walk ten miles to school.

            j) We call her 'Auntie Flo', though she is not really any family/relation/relative to       us.

 

 

5. Complete each sentence with the most appropriate word from the box.

a) Sharon works very hard and is extremely--------------

b) David does everything alone. He is a rather--------------- person.

c) What a lovely couple! They seem totally------------------- to one another.

d) Jim has extreme views, and is ---------------------against all immigrants.

e) Very few students wanted to join in the activities. They seemed rather---------------

f) Simon is always getting into fights, he's so----------

g) Jane may look rather young, but she has a very ---------------attitude.

h) Pauline is a good teacher, and very------------- to the needs of the

students.

i) Bill is shy but his brother Mike is more------------------

                j) Mary doesn't realise how she hurts people. She is really---------------

 

6. Have you ever dreamed of an ideal boyfriend or girlfrind? Let's do the «Ideal Boyfriend Test»

 

7. You are going to hear a conversation between two friends about The Ideal Boyfriend Test. Decide if the statements 1-6 are true of false. (students listen to the audio and do the task)

1. Kieran doesn't have a girlfriend.

2. According to Georgie, spending time on your appearance means mainly working out in the gym.

3. Kieren would end a relationship with a text message because it doesn't cost much.

4. Kieren likes cooking and dislikes ironing.

5. Kieren doen't like action movies.

6. At the end of the conversation, Kieren decides to change his behaviour a bit.

 

 

8. Your next task is to   watch a video and  say what love is according to main heroin's opinion.

(students watch the video and interpret the saying  )

 

9. Reading. The students are going to read two love stories ;

the task is to complete the first part of the story below using the words and expressions in the box.

 

tie the knot • split up • engagement • got engaged

courting • living in sin • got on • wined and dined

attracted to • proposed • chatted her up • fallen in love

asked her out • drift apart • cohabiting • go out

 

Laurence first met Carol at a party and was immediately 1.___________ her. He 2.___________ and at the

end of the evening 3___________ to dinner at a nearby restaurant. She accepted his offer and the next

evening he 4.___________ her in style, with champagne and delicious, exotic foods. They 5.___________

well with each other, decided to meet again and then started to 6.___________ on a regular basis.

Laurence's granny was delighted that he was 7.___________ at last. It wasn't long before they realised

that they had 8.___________ with each other.

A few months later, they bought a flat and moved in together. Laurence's granny disapproved of them

9.___________, but Laurence explained that 10.___________ was quite normal these days.

One day, Laurence decided to ask Carol to marry him, so after a romantic meal, he got down on one

knee and 11.___________ to her. They 12.___________ and the next day announced their 13.___________

to their friends and family. Their parents were delighted that they had decided to 14.___________.

Laurence's friends weren't so sure, however, and all agreed that they would 15.___________ and

16.___________ long before the wedding.

 

 

 A LOVE STORY: part 2

 

Read the second part of the story and choose the correct word for each number.

 

A week or so before the wedding, Laurence went out on a 1.stag night / bull night / lion night with his male friends, while Carol enjoyed her 2.chicken party / duck party / hen party with her female friends. At last, the big day arrived. Laurence and Carol had wanted to get married in a 3. registered office /registry office / regimental office, but their parents insisted on a traditional church wedding. The

church was packed, friends and family of the 4. bride / bright / blight on the left, friends and family ofthe 5. gloom / groom / doom on the right. Laurence sat nervously at the front with his 6. beast man /bent man / best man, who was carrying the 7. wedding rings / wedding rinks / wedding rims in his

pocket. The organist started playing the 8. Wedding March / Wedding Crawl / Wedding Stagger andCarol walked up the 9. aisle / I'll / ail, accompanied by her father and followed by the 10. brightmaids /bridesmaids / bride's mates. The priest conducted the ceremony and, after Laurence and Carol had

exchanged 11. cows / vows / vowels, pronounced them husband and wife.

 

10. The students watch another video and write down the love idioms

• Fall head and heels in love

• Love at first sight

• Puppy love

• Lovey-dovey (whisper to each other, look into each other’s eyes)

• Love conquers all

• It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

• Love is not finding someone to live with, it’s finding someone you cant live without

(The students read the idioms and use them in their own examples. They can do it in pairs or small groups)

 

 

 

11. The following task is to match the sentences on the left with a suitable response on the right. Use your dictionary to look up the meanings of the words and expressions

1. They were going to get married, but at the

last moment Allison broke it off.

2. I've got lots of friends, but only one real soul

mate.

3. How do you get on with your in-laws?

4. Didn't you meet your future wife on a blind

date?

5. I'm sorry you and Melanie have split up, but

don't worry; there are plenty more fish in

the sea.

6. Don't go out with him; he's a real ladykiller!

7. Sally came to the party with her latest toy

boy.

8. Your new secretary is a bit of a flirt, isn't

she?

9. Is Meg still on the shelf?

10. Chris and Jo's marriage is on the rocks.

11. How do you get on with your exboyfriend?

12. Are you divorced?

 

A. Me too. We have similar feelings and get on

really well.

B. She certainly is. She likes attracting the

attention of all the men in the office.

C. Not yet, but we are separated.

D. Yes. My friends arranged it for me.

E. That's true; I should get out a bit and meet

more people.

F. Although we don't go out together any

more, we're still good friends.

G. Poor Ian! He must have been really upset.

H. Really? I thought they were getting on so

well together.

I. I know. He seems to spend all his time

chatting up women.

J. Not well, I'm afraid. They've never forgiven me for marrying their son.

K. No. Haven't you heard? She met the man of

her dreams a few weeks ago.

L. I'm not surprised. She's always preferred younger man

 

 

12. The next activity is to replace the words underlined with the most appropriate phrase from the box.

fell out                    turned him down                  moved in with                         got on well with

kept in touch                   ran away from                     got to know                     let him down

grew up                             went out together

 

a) When Brian asked her to marry him, Ann said no.

b) I communicated regularly with most of my old friends

c) Ann spent her childhood years in London

d) David and Jean dated for three months before they got engaged.

e) Kate quarrelled with her boyfriend and they stopped seeing each other.

f) Helen had a good relationship with her in-laws

g) Harry left home without his parents' permission.

h) Sophia promised to meet Michael after work but disappointed him.

i) After a few weeks I went to live in the house of some friends.

j) I grew friendly with Pam when we worked together

 

 Our lesson is going to be finished . I want to thank you for your works and offer you one more video . These are my favourite writer’s farewell words which can inspire you to love people who are around you and enjoy your life!

Students watch the video.

 

 

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