Ứng dụng Collocation vào Speaking – Unit 8: Relationships

(Nguồn: English Collocations In Use Intermediate)

Chủ đề Các Mối quan hệ là những chủ đề quen thuộc và có liên quan đến đời sống hàng ngày của mỗi chúng ta. Nhưng liệu rằng các bạn đã biết hết những cách diễn đạt hay về chúng trong Tiếng Anh? Bạn có tự tin miêu tả mối quan hệ gắn bó giữa bạn và bạn thân không?

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A. Friendship

Friendship is essential to a good life. So why are we losing it?
CollocationExample Comment
make friendsWhen you go to university you will make a lot of new friendsNOT find friends (a common student error)
strike up a friendshipJack struck up a friendship with a girl he met on holiday= start a friendship
form/develop a friendshipJuliet formed a lasting friendship with the boy she sat next to at primary schoolNOT make a friendship
cement/spoil a friendshipSpending several weeks on holiday together has cemented their friendshipcement = strengthen
spoil = have a bad effect on
a friendship growsWe were at school together, but our friendship grew after we’d left schoolgrow = get stronger
close/special friends
mutual friends
I’m glad that our children are such close friends, aren’t you?mutual friends = friends that you share with someone else
a casual acquaintanceI don’t know Rod well. We’re just casual acquaintances= someone you know a little
have a good relationship with someoneAnna and Marie have a very good relationship. They love doing things togetherNOT have a relation / relations with
keep in contact/ touchWe must keep in contact when the course ends.opposite = lose contact/touch

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B. More than just good friends

Love Story' 50 năm chinh phục khán giả - VnExpress Giải trí

A love story

I fell madly in love with Anton from the moment I met him. It was certainly love at first sight. I knew at once that he was the love of my life but at first, I was not sure if my love was returned or not. Within a few days, however, he had told me that he was desperately in love with me too. A couple of weeks later, we realised that we wanted to make a commitment to each other and, when Anton asked me to marry him, I immediately accepted his proposal. I’m sure we will always love each other unconditionally. Neither of us would ever consider having an affair with someone else.

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C. Exercise

Bài 1: Dựa vào những từ ở phần A, chọn một từ phù hợp để hoàn thành các câu sau

1. Kay is quite a shy person and finds it hard to friends.
2. Do Paul and Sophie a good relationship?
3. Sam is always up friendships with people he meets on trains and planes.
4. I hope their disagreement over the bill won’t their friendship.
5. It’s amazing, when you meet someone new, how often you find that you have some friends.
6. Apparently, people most of their closest friendships when they are young.
7. I wouldn’t call Graham a close friend, more a casual .
8. We didn’t really like each other at first, but our friendship as we got to know each other better.

Bài 2: Hãy tạo 9 collocations dựa vào những từ sau (Lưu ý: mỗi từ chỉ sử dụng 1 lần)

a a a affair an at first friends commitment friendship someone’s contact  contact  sight in love proposal up

1. special
2. make
3. accept
4. return
5. have
6. keep
7. lose
8. strike
9. love

Bài 3: Hãy trả lời các câu hỏi về collocation sau:

1. Which verb suggests that friendship can be seen as a plant ? =>
2. Which collocation suggests that love is close to being crazy? =>
3. Which collocation from the love story means agree to marry someone ? =>
4. Which collocation means the same as special friends? =>
5. Which collocation means the same as keep in contact with? =>

Bài 4: Hoàn thành các câu hỏi sau

1. Have you ever fallen in love at first ?
2. Do you think it’s true that men are more reluctant to a commitment than women ?
3. How old were you when you in love for the first time?
4. Do you think it is possible to have one person who is the love of your ?
5. Have you ever been in love with someone who has not your love?
6. Do you think that men or women are more likely to be tempted to an affair?

Điểm số của bạn là % – đúng / câu

D. Practice

Part 1

1. Do you have many friends?

(*) Cố gắng sử dụng 1 số collocations Gợi ý để hình thành câu trả lời. Lưu ý là bạn KHÔNG cần dùng tất cả collocations này trong câu trả lời của mình, chỉ cần chọn ra 1 vài collocations hữu ích.

make friends, strike up a friendship, form/develop a friendship, a friendship grows, cement a friendship, have a good relationship with someone, keep in contact/ touch.

2. Who do you usually like to spend time with?

 close/special friends, mutual friends,, have a good relationship with someone, keep in contact/ touch.

3. Have you ever fallen in love with anyone ?

fall madly in love with sb, love at the first sight, love of one’s life, be desperately in love, return one’s love.

Part 3

1. Do you think friendship is important to people?

have a good relationship with someone, close/special friends, keep in contact/ touch, form/develop a friendship, cement a friendship.

2. Can friends turn to lovers easily?

close/special friends, friendship grows, have a good relationship with someone, cement a friendship,  love at first sight, fall in love with, be desperately in love with, make a commitment