Outcomes Advanced p 19. Making Up After a Fight. Extra Listening



 

You are going listen to a psychologist giving some advice on how to make up after fighting with your partner.

Which are the strategies the expert mentions to make up after an argument?





What do the following expressions from the listening mean?


get along
have a blow-up
cool down
take a deep breath
set up a time
to be in one’s right mind
in the heat of the moment



Discursive markers carry a heavy emotional meaning. Can you classify the following markers according to the tone the listener gets from them (aggressive, peaceful, neutral, settling, etc.)


1.    You can’t be serious!
2.    You have to be kidding!
3.    It’s of common knowledge that
4.    Don’t dare to state that…
5.    Do you expect me to believe that?
6.    The word on the street is that…
7.    It’s undeniably true that…
8.    Are you implying that…?
9.    That’s unbearable!
10.  I’ve never heard a weaker argument!
11.  I refuse to think that you really mean that!
12.  Speak your mind, please, I beg you
13.  You won’t dare to deny that…





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