I'm in touch with a few high school friends, but I'm out of touch
with my friends from college. I guess it's natural to lose touch because there
was no social media in those days. Nowadays, you can easily keep in
touch with tons of people. Let's study together. Welcome to another Happy English
podcast, coming to you from New York City. And here's your English teacher,
Michael. All right, thank you, Johann, and thanks everyone.
It's Michael here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. And
this is Happy English Podcast, Episode sixty two. Communicating with touch. Touch
is an interesting word that we use to talk about communicating with people, and
today I have six different ways you can use touch. This way, let's
check him out. First of all, you can be in touch with someone.
This means that you are regularly communicating with someone, usually through phone calls,
text messages, or emails. For example, Elaine is in touch with
her brother every week to check on him. Monica tries to be in touch
with her friends from college, even though they live in different cities. Jerry
and George have been in touch with each other since high school. The opposite
is to be out of touch with someone, which means that you haven't communicated
with someone for a long time. Here are some examples. Rachel is out
of touch with her cousin because they haven't spoken in years. I have been
out of touch with Samantha since I left my last job. Susan is out
of touch with her best friend from childhood because they moved to different countries.
You can be out of touch with someone because you lost touch with them.
When you lose touch with someone, it means that you used to communicate with
someone but no longer do and you don't know what has happened with them.
For example, Jerry lost touch with his old roommate from college and doesn't know
where he is now. Phoebe lost touch with her friend from music school after
she moved to a different city. I've totally lost touch with all of my
friends from college. Next, if you have lost touch with someone, you
may want to get in touch with them. This means that you want to
communicate with someone and you're trying to find or reach out to them. Here
are some examples. Elaine is trying to get in touch with her friend from
high school who moved to a different country. Chandler got in touch with his
ex girlfriend to apologize for his behavior. Ross needs to get in touch with
his boss to ask her time off next week. Once you successfully get in
touch with someone, you'll probably want to keep in touch with them. In
other words, when you keep in touch, you are actively maintaining communication with
them and not letting the relationship fade away. For example, Rachel promised to
keep in touch with her cousin after the family reunion. Jerry and Elaine keep
in touch with each other even though they live in different states. Phoebe tries
to keep in touch with her music school friends by sending them updates on her
life. The last one is to touch base with someone. Touch Base means
that you want to have a conversation with someone in order to exchange information or
check on their progress. Here are some examples. George needs to touch base
with his coworker before the meeting to review the agenda before starting the project.
Monica is going to touch base with her team members to discuss their roles.
Joey is going to touch base with his agent to discuss potential acting opportunities.
Keep in mind, the best way to remember this and any vocabulary is to
take the word or phrase write it in a sentence that's true for you or
true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Well that's it for
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