How to Catch Up With an Old Friend in English | Real English Conversation (B1)3:39YouTube

Words to know

meet someone by chance, without planning it

be doing something; the question form asks about someone's recent life

stop being in contact with someone over time

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Listen first

No text yet. Listen for who, where and what goes wrong.

LeoMaya

Practice · 4 min

Take Leo's part first, then Maya's. Both speakers use short, fast lines with a lot of feeling: surprise, warmth, a joke at the end. Copy the rise on "Maya Chen?" and the fall on "We did."

  1. LeoMaya? Maya Chen?
  2. MayaLeo! I don't believe it. What are you doing here?
  3. LeoI live two streets over. Since March.
  4. MayaYou're kidding. I've been on this street for three years.
  5. LeoSo we've been neighbors for months and never noticed.
  6. MayaIt's been ages. What have you been doing with yourself?
  7. LeoWork, mostly. I changed jobs last year, which is why I moved.
  8. MayaWait, you left the café?
  9. LeoI did. Office job now, believe it or not. Better hours. You?
  10. MayaSame studio, new team. Longer hours, but I like it.
  11. LeoWe really lost touch, didn't we?
  12. MayaWe did. That's on both of us.
  13. LeoWell, we can fix it. Are you free Saturday?
  14. MayaSaturday morning, yes. There's a good bakery on the corner.
  15. LeoI know it. I'm there every Saturday. Their coffee is almost as good as mine.
  16. MayaThen I've been missing you by about ten minutes every week.
  17. LeoNine o'clock? I'll save you a table.
  18. MayaNine o'clock. Don't run into anyone else on the way.

Say it today

Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.