LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS

We are close to February, which some people consider the love month because of Saint Valentine's Day. 

There are lots of expressions and idioms that are used to talk about love and relationships and new ones are created everyday. Most of them come from songs. Here you have some in case you want to use them with the person you love. 

LOVE EXPRESSIONS AND IDIOMS

• to have a soft spot for someone / to have a crush on someone = to be attracted to someone  
• to love somebody to death = to have a extremely strong affection for someone
• to fall/ be head over heels in love = to be completely in love with someone as Alanis Morrisey said in her song "Head over Feet"

•  to have the hots for…= to feel sexually attracted to someone
• to be the apple of your eye = to love someone deeply, this is what Stevie Wonder said to his daughter  in his famous song " You are the Sunshine of my Life" 

•  To be an item / a couple= to be in a romantic relationship with someone. 
• A match made in heaven = a very successful combination of two people or things
  

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  To act / to be lovey- dovey = when people show they love in public, kissing, touching each other or saying loving things, which could be a bit embarrasing sometimes, don't you think? 

 

• someone or something is out of someone's league = someone / something is too good or expensive for someone to have

• to pop the question = to ask someone to marry you

 What are the weirdest situations that you have seen in films or TV series when someone popped the question?

  

How would you like to be asked to get married?

 

 

 Listen to Bruno Mars in " Marrry me" and you'll get an idea.

• to  tie the knot / to get hitched = to get married

FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS

• Birds of feather flock together =   they have so much in common and they get along so well that it’s almost impossible to think of one without thinking of the other one. Like Annie, Brooke and Haydenin " Chicken Girls" 

•  A friend in need is a friend indeed =   You can use it both as a cry for help and as a way of saying “thank you” to someone who has stayed by your side through tough moments.
  

• to give someone the cold shoulder = to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way

• to be your ride or die =  To be very loyal to someone and to do whatever for someone you love.
  

like "Thelma and Louise"

    or such as " Bonnie and Clyde", where this expression comes from.

• to cross someone’s path = to come into contact with someone or something, often surprisingly or unexpectedly 

• to have friends in high places  to know important people who can help you get what you want

I hope you enjoy it as much as me writing this and now you can write at least five examples using them and leave them in comments.  

LOVE AND MEDIA

We've just celebrated Saint Valentine, a date full of cheesy stories, kitschy gifts and corny messages on social networks and phones. 
I thought about including two activities related to a different kind of date and a special app in phones ( Thanks to Film English and Kieran Donaghy for sharing) 

SPEED DATING

How do you normally meet a romantic date?
Which is the perfect way to meet a date for the first time?
What is your idea of a perfect date? and a nightmare date?

You are going to watch a short video about a woman, Ava, who goes speed-dating. 

Lead In 
Do you know what speed-dating is?
Have you or anyone you know been speed-dating?
Would you consider going speed-dating?
What are the advantages of speed-dating? 

Watch the video and answer the questions

1. What does Ava decide to wear?
2. How does she feel when she arrives at the bar?
3. What are the three rules of speed-dating?
4. What is wrong with each of Ava’s dates? Give as much detail as possible.
5. Is the ending happy?

Meghan Artes   Speed dating

What questions would you ask in a first date?  

LOVE APP

What kind of "apps" do you have in your phone? What do you use them for?

Do you know the app "Tinder"? (it is a location-based app that helps people to contact other people who they may be interested in romantically)

You are going to watch a short film about a man who uses a love app similar to Tinder. 

 Write 10 sentences to describe the different scenes that you see 

 97% by Ben Brand

1. Is it possible to find love anywhere nowadays thanks to your smartphone?

2. Do apps such as Tinder make finding a romantic partner less romantic?

3. Would you use an app like Tinder? 

SAINT VALENTINE´S DAY

We all know about Saint Valentine's story, we already know about the origin of the celebration. 
You can agree on it or not but it's obvious it doesn't go unnoticed every year.
Whether you celebrate it or not, it's a good opportunity to listen to a good and romantic song. 

Annie's Song was written and sung by John Denver in 1974, it was a tribute to his wife when he was climbing a mountain in Aspen, Colorado. He felt the beauty of the landscape and that "filled all his senses" and made him think about his wife. 

John Denver was born in New Mexico in 1943, he was a folk/ country singer and composer but also an activist worried about wildlife and environment. He died in a plane crash into the Pacific ocean in 1997.   
                                                    ANNIE'S SONG 

1. Listen to the song and complete the blanks with the following words:

be- laughter- lay- die- arms -drown- give- love- senses- night- forest- mountains- walk

desert- springtime- rain- storm- ocean- sleepy 

You fill up my .............

Like a .............. in the ................

Like the ..................... in ............................

Like a .................... in the ......................

Like a ...................  in the .....................

Like a ................... blue ...........................

You fill up my senses, come fill me again.

Come let me ............... you

Let me ................ my life to you.

Let me .................... in your ......................

Let me .................... in your .....................

Let me ................ down beside you

Let me always ........ with you.

Come let me love you 

Come love me again 

2. Write down all the prepositions you find: 

3. Discuss

1. What do you think about love songs?
2. Are they so romantic now?
3. Mention any romantic songs/ ballads you know and their singers
4. What do you feel when you listen to  a song like this?
5. Do you celebrate Saint Valentine's Day? Do you agree with it?

Click on the following link  if  you want to know IDIOMS RELATED TO LOVE

A different activity with the song My Valentine by Paul MacCartney