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Intro

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• depression
• feed
• journal
• all for

• tendency
• social butterfly
• phase
• anxiety

• compromise
• loner

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Do you prefer to spend time alone, or with lots of people? Do you have your best ideas when you’re by yourself, or when you’re with a group? Do you prefer big parties or intimate gatherings? These are the kinds of questions someone might ask you to find out if you’re an introvert or an extrovert.

Sure, it’s a generalization. But it’s true that people with introverted tendencies tend to be focused inward and prefer to spend time alone, but extroverts are focused outward and are more social. One isn’t a better way to be than the other. It’s just about whether you are more fed by social interaction, or by spending time alone.

Are Marni and Amanda introverts or extroverts? See what you think in this English lesson.

Dialog

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

Marni

Amanda

Marni:  Come on, Amanda, let’s go out! Let’s go be the life of the party. Come on!

Amanda:  Oh, are you in that social butterfly phase again?

Marni:  Uh, yeah. What, do you have social anxiety or something?

Amanda:  You know I do. I’m kind of a loner, in a cool way, and I’m okay with that.

Marni:  Solitary confinement leads to massive depression. You need to get out and go have some fun with me.

Amanda:  I am most creative when I’m alone. In the dark.

Marni:  Is that what feeds you?

Amanda:  I guess. I have my thoughts, and my journal, and my books. I don’t need to be surrounded by people at all times like you.

Marni:  OK, I’m all for alone time. It’s healthy and all, but you need to get out. You’ve been trapped in your room for too long. Let’s go, there’s a killer party down the street. We’re going.

Amanda:  I have a compromise. Let’s go to a party where it’s just us.

 

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