2. Read and complete the text with the words and word combinations from the box

daily routine, exchange, network, skeptical, a response, initiate, to have numerous friends online, trendy outfits, online technology, email, countless, give updates about, share, looking forward to, got acquainted with, was fascinated by, amazes

Friendship Online, Why Not?

I’ve heard (1)… stories about making friends via the Internet, but I remained (2)... until I (3)... Elba. She’s from the USA. We constantly email each other and (4)… personal messages through our favourite (5)... . Just imagine: we used to live in the same city! She moved to the USA more than five years ago.

I met my friend Elba through Friendster network four years ago. At first, I thought she was just one of the ordinary girls who wanted more than (6)... . But that common notion proves me wrong. I (7)… her visit on someone’s page who paid a visit on her page. We (8)... how things have been in our lives like the recent events in the country we live in: pleasant, funny or sometimes dramatic things; anything under the sun. We (9)... our common interests such as school life, music, shopping and most of all, beauty! What is very particular of Elba is her (10)… . We talk about fashion and would love to shop together one day. I am (11)… visiting her in the USA in future.

There are times we are busy with our (12)... . But what (13)… me is that, whenever the two of us (14)…. a thought of communicating through the network, we are sure of (15)... . Every (16)… or the web-page visit is definitely worth it.

This is how me and Elba have been friends for four years now just because of the (17)... . That is where our friendship began! And I’m glad I did!

Key: 1. countless, 2. skeptical, 3. got acquainted with, 4. exchange, 5. network, 6. to have numerous friends online, 7. was fascinated by, 8. give updates about, 9. share, 10. trendy outfits, 11. looking forward to, 12. daily routine, 13. amazes, 14. initiate, 15. a response, 16. email, 17. online technology.

3. Complete the sentences with the words from the Vocabulary File.

1. If you work harder, you will … the differences between these similar cases.

2. If it were love … , she would not leave him so soon.

3. If it were not for … , they would still be enemies.

4. If I have some … , with my close friends I will listen to their points of view and share mine.

5. If it were not for this … , I would invite them to my Sunday party.

6. If you move to a bigger city, it will demand great … to the new situation.

7. If you had a will, you would move from … to autonomy.

8. The … from impressionism to cubism made a great impact on her pictures.

9. If you do your best during your … , you will benefit in your adulthood.

10. If it were not for Jane, I would not be able to … these difficulties.

Key: 1. distinguish 2. from the first sight, 3. compromising, 4. arguments, 5. misunderstanding, 6. adjustments, 7. dependency, 8. transition, 9. adolescence, 10. get through.

4. Match the phrasal verbs to their definitions.

1	to get about	A	to take a holiday from the place you normally live
2	to get across	B	to have enough money to buy the things you need, but no more
3	to get ahead	C	to return to a place
4	to get along	D	to go or travel to different places
5	to get at	E	to have a friendly relationship
6	to get away	F	to keep criticizing someone in an unkind way; to discover information
7	to get back	G	to become well again after an illness
8	to get by	H	to avoid doing smth you have promised to do or are supposed to do; to enjoy smth you do or experience
9	to get out of smth	I	to be successful and better than other people in a job or work
10	to get over smth	J	to do an amount of work
11	to get through	K	to succeed in communicating an idea or a piece of information, or to be communicated successfully

Key: 1- D, 2 – K, 3 – I, 4 – E, 5 – F, 6 – A, 7 – C, 8 – B, 9 – H, 10 – G, 11 – J.