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Ep.1 Best Friends
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❶ Intro
There is nothing like having a friend who has been with you through all of the stages of your life. Some people are lucky enough to have made a best friend when they were in primary school, and then continue to be friends with them for the rest of their lives.
But as we grow older, it can be difficult to keep in contact as we move away and begin different lives. Even so, even best friends who have not spoken in many years might be able to maintain a relationship just because of their shared history.
Kellie and Brian talk about the best friends of their lives. Learn more in today’s English lesson about staying in touch.
❷ Dialogue
Kellie: Hey, Brian.
Brian: Yeah, Kellie?
Kellie: You know what? It’s my best friend’s birthday today.
Brian: Oh, that’s great. Do you have big plans?
Kellie: No. He lives in Florida, actually.
Brian: Oh, wow.
Kellie: But I called him to say, “Happy Birthday.” I’ve had the same best friend for a long time… about 15 years.
Brian: I’ve moved around a lot. And I found that I’m still really close to all of my best friends. But everywhere that I move, I usually acquire a new best friend in that area that I can actually spend time with physically and enjoy hobbies together.
Kellie: That’s good.
Brian: I still keep in contact with my other friends. But it gets harder, as I go through stages of my life, to maintain one really strong friendship.
Kellie: Have you drifted away from some of your old best friends?
Brian: We do try to maintain contact at least once a year. And I realize, “Oh, that’s why I really like this guy.” He’s a really good friend because we get along so well.
Kellie: I think the great thing about having a best friend for a long time is you get to see each other go through these different stages. My best friend has seen me go through a lot of stages in life.
Brian: You have that shared history. And you can be supportive of each other.
Kellie: Exactly.
Brian: Be there for one another. Tell him I said, “Happy Birthday.”
Kellie: Oh, thank you. I will.
❸ Discussion
Kellie tells Brian about her best friend, whom she has known for 15 years. Even though they don’t live in the same city, she still works to maintain a friendship. She asks Brian about how he keeps in touch with his best friend.
Brian says that he has moved around a lot, and has made a best friend in each new place. He says that it’s difficult to keep in contact with his friends after he has moved away. But he does try to get in touch with his friends at least once a year, and at that time he can see why they were such great friends.
Do you have a best friend? Is it difficult to keep in contact with your friends?
❹ Grammar Point
Direct vs. Reported Speech
Kellie says, “But I called him to say, ‘Happy Birthday.’” Kellie uses direct speech.
Direct and reported speech are two different ways to say what someone else said.
In direct speech, we quote the exact words that were spoken. We put quotation marks around what was said and add a speech tag such as “he said” or “she asked” either before or after the quote. When Kellie called her best friend, she said, “Happy Birthday.” For example:
“Are you free tonight?” she asked.
“I failed a test last week,” she said.
He asked, “Have you seen any good movies lately?”
We can also use direct speech to say what someone is saying right now, as in: She says “Hurry up.”
Reported speech is another way of saying what someone said, but without quotation marks. Reported speech doesn’t repeat the words exactly as they were spoken. It changes the tense of all the verbs that were used. For example, if the speaker used a present tense verb, we change it to the past tense. If the speaker used a past tense verb, we change it to past perfect. We also change pronouns and time expressions.
See how the quotations given in direct speech above look in reported speech. Notice the changes in verb tense:
She asked if I was free that night.
She said she had failed an exam the week before.
He asked if I had seen any good movies lately.
Which is reported speech, “She asked, ‘Do you want to go to the store with me?’” or, “She asked if you wanted to go to the store with her”?
❺ Quiz
⒈ How long has Kellie known her best friend?
❶ Since she was in primary school.
❷ 15 years. ✓
❸ 10 years.
❹ One year.
⒉ Why does Brian have many best friends?
❶ Brian doesn’t have many best friends.
❷ He likes having many friends around him.
❸ Brian makes a new best friend when he moves. ✓
❹ He is obsessed with making friends.
⒊ Since Kellie has known her best friend for so long, they have a great __.
❶ shared history ✓
❷ supportive
❸ hobbies
❹ stages
⒋ Which is incorrect?
❶ Kyle said he’s so sad that his favorite basketball team lost.
❷ My sister’s boyfriend called, “Again.” ✓
❸ Joan said, “I’ll see you at noon.”
❹ His dad said to call him if we need a ride.
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There is nothing like having a friend who has been with you through all of the stages of your life. Some people are lucky enough to have made a best friend when they were in primary school, and then continue to be friends with them for the rest of their lives.
But as we grow older, it can be difficult to keep in contact as we move away and begin different lives. Even so, even best friends who have not spoken in many years might be able to maintain a relationship just because of their shared history.
Kellie and Brian talk about the best friends of their lives. Learn more in today’s English lesson about staying in touch.
❷ Dialogue
Kellie: Hey, Brian.
Brian: Yeah, Kellie?
Kellie: You know what? It’s my best friend’s birthday today.
Brian: Oh, that’s great. Do you have big plans?
Kellie: No. He lives in Florida, actually.
Brian: Oh, wow.
Kellie: But I called him to say, “Happy Birthday.” I’ve had the same best friend for a long time… about 15 years.
Brian: I’ve moved around a lot. And I found that I’m still really close to all of my best friends. But everywhere that I move, I usually acquire a new best friend in that area that I can actually spend time with physically and enjoy hobbies together.
Kellie: That’s good.
Brian: I still keep in contact with my other friends. But it gets harder, as I go through stages of my life, to maintain one really strong friendship.
Kellie: Have you drifted away from some of your old best friends?
Brian: We do try to maintain contact at least once a year. And I realize, “Oh, that’s why I really like this guy.” He’s a really good friend because we get along so well.
Kellie: I think the great thing about having a best friend for a long time is you get to see each other go through these different stages. My best friend has seen me go through a lot of stages in life.
Brian: You have that shared history. And you can be supportive of each other.
Kellie: Exactly.
Brian: Be there for one another. Tell him I said, “Happy Birthday.”
Kellie: Oh, thank you. I will.
❸ Discussion
Kellie tells Brian about her best friend, whom she has known for 15 years. Even though they don’t live in the same city, she still works to maintain a friendship. She asks Brian about how he keeps in touch with his best friend.
Brian says that he has moved around a lot, and has made a best friend in each new place. He says that it’s difficult to keep in contact with his friends after he has moved away. But he does try to get in touch with his friends at least once a year, and at that time he can see why they were such great friends.
Do you have a best friend? Is it difficult to keep in contact with your friends?
❹ Grammar Point
Direct vs. Reported Speech
Kellie says, “But I called him to say, ‘Happy Birthday.’” Kellie uses direct speech.
Direct and reported speech are two different ways to say what someone else said.
In direct speech, we quote the exact words that were spoken. We put quotation marks around what was said and add a speech tag such as “he said” or “she asked” either before or after the quote. When Kellie called her best friend, she said, “Happy Birthday.” For example:
“Are you free tonight?” she asked.
“I failed a test last week,” she said.
He asked, “Have you seen any good movies lately?”
We can also use direct speech to say what someone is saying right now, as in: She says “Hurry up.”
Reported speech is another way of saying what someone said, but without quotation marks. Reported speech doesn’t repeat the words exactly as they were spoken. It changes the tense of all the verbs that were used. For example, if the speaker used a present tense verb, we change it to the past tense. If the speaker used a past tense verb, we change it to past perfect. We also change pronouns and time expressions.
See how the quotations given in direct speech above look in reported speech. Notice the changes in verb tense:
She asked if I was free that night.
She said she had failed an exam the week before.
He asked if I had seen any good movies lately.
Which is reported speech, “She asked, ‘Do you want to go to the store with me?’” or, “She asked if you wanted to go to the store with her”?
❺ Quiz
⒈ How long has Kellie known her best friend?
❶ Since she was in primary school.
❷ 15 years. ✓
❸ 10 years.
❹ One year.
⒉ Why does Brian have many best friends?
❶ Brian doesn’t have many best friends.
❷ He likes having many friends around him.
❸ Brian makes a new best friend when he moves. ✓
❹ He is obsessed with making friends.
⒊ Since Kellie has known her best friend for so long, they have a great __.
❶ shared history ✓
❷ supportive
❸ hobbies
❹ stages
⒋ Which is incorrect?
❶ Kyle said he’s so sad that his favorite basketball team lost.
❷ My sister’s boyfriend called, “Again.” ✓
❸ Joan said, “I’ll see you at noon.”
❹ His dad said to call him if we need a ride.
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