📙 Part 2: Describe your favorite childhood friend

This episode's vocabulary

To hang out (phrasal verb) - to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with a particular group of people.

Utter (adj.) - used to emphasize something.

Nonsense (noun) - if something someone has said or written is nonsense, it is silly and not true.

Ultimately (adverb) - used to emphasize the most important fact in a situation.

Relate to someone (phrasal verb) - to understand someone and be able to have a friendly relationship with them.

Frame of reference (noun) - a set of ideas or facts that a person accepts and that influences the person’s behavior, opinions, or decisions.

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Questions and Answers

M: Rory, are you ready?

R: Yes.

M: Come on.

R: This is difficult since I didn't have many friends growing up, and usually I was just grateful that anyone took an interest in speaking to me at all. However, one friend does stand out, now I think about it. In greater detail, I used to have a friend called Kevin, who I hung out with in primary and high school. We actually met each other twice, now that I think about it, both through school and mutual friends. I think in terms of what we got up to, it wasn't much different to what teenagers usually do. Generally, a lot of walking and talking utter nonsense and thinking we were being very grown up, when in fact, we were just kids, to be honest with you. I think it was ultimately our shared sense of dark and wildly inappropriate humor that brought us together. Although the coincidence of being approximately the same age probably made it easier for us to relate to each other, in addition to living nearby. Oh, well, by that, I mean, when you're of a similar age, you usually have a similar frame of reference too. Still, it couldn't have happened with just anyone. We had a lot of fun together. And I don't think I'll ever forget these days just because, well, when you're a child, everything seems so new and fun. And it's not really like that when you're an adult, and you've kind of done everything. So it sort of fades in your memory and doesn't stick as much. But I still think it made for some pretty good times, to be honest with you. I definitely wouldn't have traded those experiences for anything else.

M: Thank you, Rory! And what about your friend, does he like you?

R: I certainly hope so.

M: Oh, does he feel the same about you?

R: I certainly hope so.

M: Yeah, dear listener, just at the end of this part, the examiner will ask you a very short question just to wrap it up, just to finish, right? And you just answer with one sentence, this would be enough. Usually, the examiner asks this question and just moves on to speaking part three.

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