1 In pairs, answer the questions.
1 Can you work out the meaning of the title?
Break the ice means find a way of talking to someone in a relaxed way.
2 Do you find it easy or difficult to break the ice with people you don’t know? Say why.
Students’ own answers.
Idioms المصطلحات
• An idiom: is a fixed phrase that has a special meaning which is different from usual meaning of the individual words.
التعابير الاصطلاحية: هي عبارة ثابتة تحمل معنى خاصًا يختلف عن المعنى المعتاد للكلمات الفردية .
• Idioms rarely translate exactly into another language.
التعابير الاصطلاحية نادرًا ما تُترجم بدقة إلى لغة أخرى
• Many idioms describe an image. If you can visualise the image — or even draw it — that might help you to remember and learn the idiom.
العديد من التعابير الاصطلاحية تصف صورة. إذا كنت تستطيع تصور الصورة — أو حتى رسمها — فقد يساعدك ذلك في تذكر التعبيّر وتعلمه .
How to break the ice and make new friends
كيف تكسر الجمود وتكوّن أصدقاء جدد
Don't worry too much about making a favourable impression. Often the best way to strike up a conversation is simply to comment on the weather, or say something funny about what's happening around you. If you can have a laugh about the situation you're in, it can really create a bond or connection.
لا داعي للقلق كثيرًا بشأن ترك انطباع إيجابي. في كثير من الأحيان، أفضل طريقة لبدء محادثة هي ببساطة التعليق على الطقس، أو قول شيء مضحك عن ما يحدث من حولك. إذا استطعت أن تضحك عن الوضع الذي أنت فيه، فإن ذلك يمكن أن ينشئ حقًا رابطة أو اتصالًا بينك وبين الآخرين.
People often like it if you pay them a compliment, but don't try too hard or you'll sound insincere. Just make small talk about where you live, what you're studying and so on. You may find that in the end you really hit it off and become friends for life. People are more likely to take to you if you come across as warm and approachable person. So, make eye contact (though don’t stare) and smile.
الناس غالباً ما يحبون أن تجاملهم او تمدحهم، ولكن لا تحاول جاهدًا حتى لا تبدو غير صادق. قم بإجراء محادثة قصيرة عن مكان إقامتك، وما تدرسه، وما إلى ذلك. قد تجد في النهاية أنك الفتهم وتوافقت معهم جيدًا وتصبح أصدقاء مدى الحياة. من المرجح أن يتقبلوك إذا بدوت كشخص دافئ وسهل التعامل. لذا، قم بإجراء اتصال بالعين (لكن لا تحدق) وابتسم.
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ACTIVE VOCABULARY| Idioms التعابير • An idiom is a fixed phrase that has a special meaning which is different from the usual meaning of the individual words. المصطلح هو عبارة ثابتة لها معنى خاص يختلف عن المعنى المعتاد للكلمات المفردة |
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to react angrily to something someone has said أن ترد بغضب على شيء قالھ شخص ما (دق بخناقه) |
Jump down (somebody’s) throat |
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to embarrass someone by forcing them to answer a difficult question أن تحُرج شخصًا عن طریق إجباره على الإجابة على سؤال صعب (حطني بوز مدفع) |
Put (somebody) on the spot |
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ask someone a lot of questions quickly أن تطرح على شخص العدید من الأسئلة بسرعة (بطخ علي أسئلة) |
Fire questions at (someone) |
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to not stop talking about a particular subject أن لا تتوقف عن الحدیث عن موضوع معین (مش تارك الموضوع) |
Refuse to let (something) drop |
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to have to make the final point in a discussion یحب ان تكون من یقول الكلمة الأخیرة في المناقشة (تصر على الكلمة الاخيرة) |
Insist on having the last word |
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be unable to say anything because someone else is talk all the time أن تكون غیر قادر على قول أي شيء لأن شخصًا آخر یتحدث طوال |
Not get a word in edgeways |
2 Study the phrases highlighted in the article. Then complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
ادرس العبارات الموضحة في المقال. ثم أكمل الجملة الثانية بحيث يكون معناها نفس معنى الجملة الأولى.
1 He started talking to the new neighbour. STRUCK He struck up a conversation with the new neighbour.
2 She gave the impression of being very self-confident. ACROSS She came across as being very self-confident.
3 Abeer commented on how nice her shoes were. PAID Abeer paid her a compliment about her shoes.
4 I immediately liked him. TOOK I took to him immediately.
5 We found it really funny. LAUGH We had a laugh really about it.
6 I didn’t really like her friends when I met them. OFF I hit it off didn’t really with her friends when I met them.
3 Listen to someone talking about breaking the ice. What behaviour does she fi nd annoying when meeting new people?
استمع إلى شخص يتحدث عن كسر الجليد. ما السلوك الذي تجده مزعجاً عند مقابلة أشخاص جدد؟
She finds it annoying when someone talks too much, but she thinks it’s even worse when someone keeps fi ring questions at you and thus makes you do all the talking.
4 Match idioms 1–6 with definitions a–f.
طابق التعابير من 1 إلى 6 مع التعريفات من أ إلى و
1 e jump down somebody’s throat
2 b put somebody on the spot
3 f fi re questions at someone
4 d refuse to let something drop
5 c insist on having the last word
6 a not get a word in edgeways
a to be unable to say anything because someone else is talking all the time
b to embarrass someone by forcing them to answer a difficult question
c to have to make the final point
d to not stop talking about something
e to react angrily to something
f to ask someone a lot of questions quickly
5 REFLECT | Society In pairs, make a list of five rules for making a good impression when you meet people for the first time.
في أزواج، ضعوا قائمة بخمس قواعد لترك انطباع جيد عند مقابلة الناس للمرة الأولى
student own answers
Listen to someone talking about breaking the ice. What kind of behaviour does she find annoying when meeting new people?
She finds it annoying when someone talks too much, but she thinks it’s even worse when someone keeps firing questions at you and thus makes you do all the talking.