Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
When people are close, they know a lot about each other. A person will know what her best friend likes to drink at the coffee shop, what music will be playing in her car, and what color she will pick when offered a flower. Some people can even finish each other’s sentences!
People who are close friends are comfortable standing close to each other, too. If you see two people standing next to each other, the places where their bodies are likely to touch are the shoulders and the hips. That’s why when two people seem to do everything together we say they are joined at the hip. Friends who are joined at the hip are always together. It’s so common that you never expect to see them apart.
Rafael is still new in town, but he and Jeff have been hanging out a lot. Lily jokes that they’re joined at the hip now! Does Jeff like hearing that from her? Read more to find out.
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Lily: Hi, Jeff.
Jeff: Hey, what’s up?
Lily: What’s going on?
Jeff: Have you seen Rafael?
Lily: He’s not here right now. He’s at a job interview.
Jeff: Oh. At that coffee shop, right?
Lily: No, it’s for an actual yoga studio. It’s so cool. Marni set it up. He was going to go to that coffee shop interview, but then this came up.
Jeff: Wow. That’s really good for him. That’s like his dream job or something.
Lily: It totally is. Can I just say? You guys are totally joined at the hip these days.
Jeff: What are you talking about?
Lily: You’re spending all this time together. It’s actually really cute!
Jeff: Look, OK. No guy wants to be told that he’s “cute.”
Lily: OK, so I guess it’s heartwarming. Is that better?
Jeff: Yeah, I guess.
Lily: I think it’s really great that you guys have hit it off so much. Rafael could definitely use some more friends.
Jeff: He’s a good guy, and we’re both bachelors, so we’re not tied to anyone, anything.
Lily: You’re like cowboys riding the wide open range.
Jeff: Yeah, OK.
Lily: Well, cowboy, I will let your partner know that you were here. And I promise not to tell him about you guys being joined at the hip or anything.
Jeff: All right. Well, we’ll try to keep from lassoing you with our cowboy lassos.
Lily: All right. It’s a deal.
Jeff: Cool.
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Discussion
Jeff stops by Lily and Rafael’s place to see his friend. Unfortunately, Rafael’s at a job interview. The good news is that he’s interviewing for a job at a yoga studio, and Jeff knows how important that is to Rafael. Instead, he chats with Lily.
Lily teases Jeff that he and Rafael have been joined at the hip lately. She means this as a good thing, but Jeff’s a little embarrassed. Lily says that she thinks it’s cute that her friends are hanging out, but that only makes it worse. Eventually, Jeff leaves, and Lily promises not to tell Rafael what they talked about.
Are you joined at the hip with any of your friends? What do you do together?
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