Phần thực hành cho học sinh cơ hội sử dụng các động từ nhiều từ để nói về kinh nghiệm và ý tưởng của họ. Ngoài ra còn có các bài tập thực hành cho các giới từ và thành ngữ. | 12 Across a crowded room Preparation Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions. - Do you believe in love at first sight Why Why not - What vocabulary do you know for describing the different stages of a relationship at the beginning you get to know someone etc. Presentation 1 The pictures below are in the wrong order. Discuss them with your partner and think about a possible order. The first one has been done for you. e. 71 70 ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM 2 Now read the story and put the pictures in 1 in the correct order. Write the relevant multi-word verbs and idiomatic expressions under each of the pictures. Then discuss their meaning with your partner. ACROSS A CROWDED ROOM It was love at first sight. I saw her standing on the other side of a crowded room sipping a glass of wine. Our eyes met. I walked over to her and said You seem to be on your own. Can I join you She smiled and said yes. At first she came across as rather shy but as I got to know her better I found out she was an open and confident person who was easy to get on with. At the end of the party I said I would like to see her again and asked her out for a meal the foUowing week. I took her out to a small Italian restaurant in Soho. After talking for a while we found out that we had a lot in common - in fact we seemed to have the same interests and tastes in everything. She smiled at me when I spoke to her and when our eyes met this time I knew that I was head over heels in love with her. I thought that she was falling in love with me too. We started going out with each other and after some time we got engaged and decided to live together. We were both very happy and made plans to settle down and get married the following year. However it wasn t long before things started to go wrong. She seemed less affectionate and loving as the weeks passed and I started to feel she was going off me. She criticized me all the time. Why are you always going on at me I asked. In the end I wondered if we were suited
