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I Love You, Man

Date: Apr 29 2009

Themes: Friend

Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives

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Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Guys who are sweet, sensitive and good at talking about their feelings make great boyfriends. But they might have a harder time maintaining friendships with other dudes. That’s the idea behind I Love You, Man, a new comedy about a friendless fiancee played by Paul Rudd who has to find a best man in time for his wedding.

Jason and Mason (who share a pretty close man-friendship themselves) have both seen I Love You, Man. Find out what they think about the movie and making friends.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jason

Mason

Jason: What else has Jason Segel been in? I just saw I Love You, Man.

Mason: He was in like all of Judd Apatow’s early stuff.

Jason: Man, he was so good in that. So hilarious, just being that really slobby roommate guy.

Mason: Yeah, I don’t know why, but I think he’s a lot like that in real life.

Jason: I just thought that was cool, you know, when the whole movie’s about the guy on the quest to find his best man.

Mason: Sure.

Jason: And it’s like you couldn’t do better than that guy for a guy friend.

Mason: Yeah. It’s funny, you know, all these new movies are taking these comedic approaches to stuff that people kind of aren’t talking about. Like it really is hard for guys to find platonic friends.

Jason: Yeah, and it was a good take on the romantic comedy. Sort of a platonic friendship version of a romantic comedy.

Mason: So, like, what kind of weird guy friend dates have you been on? ‘Cause I’ve definitely made new friends deliberately and been like, “You and I are gonna’ go on a guy-date. It’s just what needs to happen.”

Jason: I guess one of the weirdest ones was just going to the park with my friend and his two-year-old son as one of our first man-dates. How ‘bout you?

Mason: It was like go to someone’s house to cook a dinner. It was very shi-shi. Yeah.

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Discussion

Jason and Mason both just saw the new comedy I Love You, Man. In the movie, Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife, a slobby bachelor who teaches the main character, Peter Klaven, all about the joys of man-friendship. Jason and Mason both thought that Segel did an excellent job in the film.

Mason thinks that making new friends is difficult for guys. It’s very common for women to get to know each other over drinks or coffee. But it can be awkward for a guy to ask another guy he’s just met to hang out with him. Jason and Mason have both had awkward man-dates in the past.

Do you think it’s hard for guys to make new friends? Who would you ask to be the best man at your wedding?

Comments

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Futuristic

Philippines

I want to seee this movie.

Futuristic

Philippines

Basically, It's really hard to guy hang out with the other guy and it seems that it is really ackward to see it. I have a bestfriend and we have the same in common like likes and dislikes, hobbies, profession.

dalisay

Philippines

What most guys do to make new friends and to know more about them is to have a drink and get drunk.

Vivianzhou

China

my idea is that making friends does not depend on what you are,if two become friend,they may have something in common,maybe te hobby,the way of talking,or just a comfortable feeling.so i don't think guys are difficult to make friends with others.

lenganthinh

Viet Nam

hey dude, i totally accept with the idea that man is harder than woman in making friend. in fact, in my personal life, i just have some [best] friends [male]. perhap, in my life, i never have more than 3 friend. so i think that idea was true for me.

However, its rare to happen in averyone coz peole differ from the others. so i think we [boys and girls] must make friend as improve our communication.

yimuyi

China

Sometimes making friends is not easy ,but i don't think guys make friends are more difficult than women.I have several good friends,and we know each other very well.

If u want to make friends u shoud be honest, amicable,sincere.

tanchik

Russian Federation

I have many friends but I can not say who is the best…

there are situations in my live when each of them shows that he ist he best!!! and Im very glad to this fact!

mehmetd

Turkey

ı think old friends usually are being better friends that are later…but of course it doesn t mean that we can t make new friends…sometimes you may meet anyone and may be sincere each other..sometimes you ve been met your friend for years,but you never been sincere each other…however old friends better for me….

zoe.wu0923

China

I don't think so! I think,you should be a kind man,then you will get lots of friends,whether guys or girls.

tusedo

Viet Nam

i don't think it's really hard stuff. man is created to make friends that is our basic instinct.because the man is man right off the bat, and we also have a lot of things common that bring us together whenever we are from. ex: football is my cup of tea, so i can find out a lot of friends who share my interest, and we can talk all day about this. making friends, to me, doesn't matter.

sandyn

China

I think it’s difficult for me to make friend with someone has a huge uncommon,I want to know what can i do to make friends who is not really bad

zhzloverzy

China

I think so..because.it's hard for me to make friend with everyone,,I don't know why.and I can't figure it out why some guys always hate me,,but I have best friends,,,and one of them told me that I will be his bestman at his wedding. I am so happy..haha this is enough.. it's mean everything to me