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Warm-Up |
Ending relationships
- Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you back or vice-versa? What happened?
- Is it normal to fall out of love?
- do you think it's better to be in a relationship or stay single?
- Which of these break-up lines do you think is the least hurtful way of letting someone know you want to break up with them?
- It's not you, it's me.
- I love you, but I'm not in love with you.
- You are like a brother/sister to me.
- I think we'd be better off as friends.
- I don't love you anymore.
- I need some time to be on my own.
- You're a fantastic person, but you're too good for me.
- I think I'm just too young to settle down.
- We're at very different points in our lives now.
- I think we rushed into this relationship too fast.
- Would you consider it okay to end a relationship by email? It's at least direct, right?
Pre-reading |
Ending relationships
- You receive the break-up email, do you:
- geolocate him and get your own back (get revenge)?
- call to convince him or her [s]he's making a big mistake? Let him or her know he'll never find anything better?
- respect the decision, and try to improve yourself?
- get on the rebound (quickly start a new relationship), possibly with the aim of making him or her jealous?
- spy on him or her on social media to see what he or she is doing now, if he or she is happy, and to investigate if there was another reason behind the break-up?
- geolocate him and get your own back (get revenge)?
Reading |
Getting your own back
- French artist Sophie Calle replied to a break-up email from her former partner. What was her motivation?
- She wanted to humiliate him.
- She wanted them to get back together.
- She wanted to help herself get over the break-up.
- She wanted to make art.
Reading |
Complete The Text
Post-Reading |
Reaction
- Why do you think the exhibition was so successful?
- Do you think she was justified in making the man's email public?
- How do you think he felt about the exhibition?
- Do you think men enjoyed it as much as women?
- What do you think the moral of the story is?
Pronunciation |
"French" Expressions
- What do they mean? How do you say them?
Vocabulary |
Expressions with Get
Ask and answer the questions. C1 challenge, make the mundane questions interesting.
Warm-up 2 | Red Flags ( ✓ ✘ ? )
Which of the following would you consider red flags (signs you should stop a relationship early)?
- They always want to know where you've been and what you(ve done during the day.
- They use an Android / iPhone.
- They tell you another man / woman is cute.
- They are very close to their parents.
- Their home is untidy.
- They get jealous when you talk to other men or women, and want to know what you talk about.
- They spend a lot of time in the gym and the bathroom.
- They say all their exes are "crazy".
- They talk to waiters rudely.
- Your friends don't like them.
- They don't want to start a family.
- They don't like it when you spend time alone from home and always want to be with you.
- They talk about their ex a lot.
Speaking and Listening | Dating
- Have you ever been on a blind date or a date set up by friends?
- If so, how did it go?
- If not, would you consider it?
Listening and Speaking | Dating
- Read the intro about Stef and Graham's date. Who said what?
Stef, Graham or both?
- First impressions: "effortlessly beautiful and unforgiveably late"
- Table manners: "impeccable even though it was burgers"
- Best thing about them: "Really genuine and friendly"
Listening and Speaking |
Check, Compare, How might their relationship develop?
Listening and Speaking |
Radio Programme: Dating Tips
Listening and Speaking |
Radio Programme: Dating Tips
Listen again.
- What do the tips say about:
- the best place for a first date?
- looking good?
- lying?
- politeness?
- exaggeration?
- first impression?
Listening and Speaking |
Radio Programme: Dating Tips
- Which do you think are the top two tips?
- Are there any tips you disagree with?
- Do you get nervous on dates?
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- How do you deal with awkward silences?
- What topics of conversation work well and which are off limits? Is it OK to talk about your past relationships?
- Would you stay until the end if you realise you don't like the person from the start?
- How do you deal with awkward silences?
- Most people go for a meal on dates, do you think that's a good idea?
Listening and Speaking |
Extracts: Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
Grammar | Get
- I got an email from Mark today.
- Could you get me some stamps from the Post Office?
- When do you think we'll get to Paris?
- Get + noun/pronoun to replace other words meaning receive, bring, fetch, obtain, buy. + to = arrive.
- We'd better go home; it's getting dark.
- He's gotten very forgetful recently.
- get ° adjective / comparative = become.
"It is dark => it's getting dark."
- get ° adjective / comparative = become.
- Did you know Dan got sacked this week?
- The man got caught stealing cheese.
- get + past participle, replacing 'be' for passive (informal)
- I'm getting my hair cut next week.
- I need to get my passport renewed.
- Replacing "have" in causative passive, when another person does something for you.
- We need to get someone to fix the heating.
- Could you get Jane to finish the report?
- 'get + object + infinitive' to make, tell, persuade or ask someone to do something for you.
Choose 8 to ask.
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