Dialogue:

reaching out to old friends

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, what's your ______?

Mark: You mean ______?　Probably ______ named Kenny.

Jingjing: More than ______ —not trying to _____________.

Mark: That's right.　I ______ last time I was back there.

Jingjing: Is he the only one?

Mark: Some other friends ______ —I got together with a few ______.

Jingjing: Do you use social media to ______?

Mark: Yeah.　I ______, but haven't been back to ______ since I lived there ______.

Jingjing: Social media makes you feel like ______.　But ______ actually reaching out to a person you knew before.

Mark: That ______: Broken Flowers—have you seen it?

Jingjing: I guess ______.

Mark: Bill Murray plays a guy that ______ each of his former girlfriends.　He ______ at each door ______.

Jingjing: How do those women ______?

Mark: Most of them are ______, ______.

Jingjing: That sounds like kind of ______, possibly ______.

Mark: It is.　If you're a Bill Murray fan, it's ______.　I like Groundhog Day ______.

Jingjing: I know that one.　He has to ______ February 2nd ______ until ______.

Mark: That's ______.　Anyway, ______ reaching out to old friends?

Jingjing: Oh, ______!　There's an article I read about ______ —not girlfriends.　I'll share ______ you come back with your coffee.

Mark: Great!　Thanks.______.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, you're back.______ do you think your old friends would ______ to them?

Mark: I'd ______ most of them would be glad to hear that I didn't ______.

Jingjing: The research ______.　A scholar named Peggy Liu ______ with nearly ______ participants.

Mark: What did she ______?

Jingjing: People ______ hearing from someone ______.

Mark: ______ is better received than a message from ______?

Jingjing: In most cases, yes.　If someone ______, then suddenly contacts you, ______, right?

Mark: I guess so, unless they say they just want to ______.　But, come to think of it, I have gotten messages from people ______, just saying thanks and ______.

Jingjing: Those are ______, right?

Mark: Yeah, they are.

Jingjing: That's the kind of thing that ______.

Mark: I should ______ contacting someone I ______.

Jingjing: You could do that ______.

Mark: I'd ______ in the course of a year, if ___________.

Jingjing: Exactly. ______ you reached out to someone?

Mark: It seems like ______.　I could start with a Beijing guy who helped me about ______.　I just ______.

Jingjing: Good idea.

Mark: Thanks, Jingjing. ______.

Jingjing: I'm ______.

new words and phrases

up and <do something>:

fall off the face of the Earth:

touch base:

keeps <someone's> spirits up: