首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
To Have a Better Conversation Introduction To converse well requires a balance between 【T1】______【T1】______ Rules for
To Have a Better Conversation Introduction To converse well requires a balance between 【T1】______【T1】______ Rules for
admin
2021-02-21
44
问题
To Have a Better Conversation
Introduction
To converse well requires a balance between 【T1】______【T1】______
Rules for a better conversation
- Don’t 【T2】______. 【T2】______
—be present
—don’t think about anything else
- Don’t pontificate.
—enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn
— 【T3】______yourself and your personal opinion 【T3】______
- Use 【T4】______questions. 【T4】______
—start your questions with who, what, when, where, why or how
—get a much more interesting 【T5】______【T5】______
- Be concise.
—try not to 【T6】______yourself 【T6】______
—try not to beat about the bush
—a good conversation is concise like 【T7】______【T7】______
- 【T8】______: a matter of prime importance. 【T8】______
—pay attention to someone, otherwise you’re just shouting out barely
related sentences in the same place
—the basic concept: 【T9】______other people 【T9】______
Conclusion
We should be interested in our conversation and be prepared to 【T10】______【T10】______
【T4】
To Have a Better Conversation
Good morning, everybody. Today we will talk about the ways to converse well. A conversation requires a balance between talking and listening, and somewhere along the way, we lost that balance. That is partly due to technology. With smart phones people are more likely to text their friends than they are to talk to them face to face. We all have had great conversations before, the kind of conversation where you walk away feeling engaged and inspired, or where you feel like you’ve made a real connection or you’ve been perfectly understood. There is no reason why most of your interactions can’t be like that.
I have some basic rules for great conversations. I’m going to walk you through all of them, but honestly, if you just choose one of them and master it, you’ll already enjoy better conversations.
Number one: Don’t multitask. I mean, be present. Be in that moment. Don’t think about your argument you had with your boss. Don’t think about what you’re going to have for dinner. If you want to get out of the conversation, get out of the conversation, but don’t be half in it and half out of it.
Number two: Don’t pontificate. If you want to state your opinion without any opportunity for response or argument or pushback or growth, write a blog. You need to enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn. You should set aside yourself. And sometimes that means setting aside your personal opinion. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will become less and less vulnerable and more and more likely to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener.
Number three: Use open-ended questions. In this case, take a cue from journalists. Start your questions with who, what, when, where, why or how. If I ask you, “Were you terrified?” The answer is “Yes, I was.” or “No, I wasn’t.” You should let them describe it. They’re the ones that know. Try asking them things like, “What was that like?” “How did that feel?” Because then they might have to stop for a moment and think about it, and you’re going to get a much more interesting response.
Number four: Be concise. To achieve conciseness, leave out repetition and details. First, try not to repeat yourself. Repetition is really boring, and we tend to do it a lot. Especially in work conversations or in conversations with our kids, we have a point to make, so we just keep rephrasing it over and over. Don’t do that. Second, try not to beat about the bush. Remember to leave the details out. Frankly, people don’t care about the years, the names, the dates, all those details that you’re struggling to come up with in your mind. They don’t care. What they care about is you. They care about what you’re like, what you have in common. So forget the details. A good conversation is concise like a miniskirt; short enough to retain interest, but long enough to cover the subject.
Number five: Listen. This is a matter of prime importance. Buddha said, and I’m paraphrasing, “If your mouth is open, you’re not learning.” It takes effort and energy to actually pay attention to someone, but if you can’t do that, you’re not in a conversation. You’re just shouting out barely related sentences in the same place. And this boils down to the same basic concept: be interested in other people.
To sum up, with these rules in mind, we should be interested in our conversationists and, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed. Next time, I will talk about how to deliver a public speech.
选项
答案
open-ended
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/65CK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Theyreducedthestaff.B、Theyreducedsalary.C、Theyrecombineddepartments.D、Theychangedseniormanagement.A本题考查细节。由句(4)可
HowtoGettheMostfromYourCollegeProfessorI.【T1】yourprofessors【T1】______1)Usetheschool’s【T2】【T2】______—theprofessor’
A、Shehadgreatdifficultyfinishingherwork.B、Shehadalowerpositionthanshehadexpected.C、Shethoughtlittleabouther
A、Shetendstopursueperfectionism.B、Shehasmademajoradjustmentsinherlife.C、Sheisbraveenoughtoovercomedifficulty.
Whatdoes"it"refertointhesentence"Ithinkitimportanttoachieveanagreementonthisissue"?
WhichofthefollowingisINCORRECT?
(1)Eachyear,moreU.S.propertieswithinfloodplainsaredestroyedbyfloodingthanfire.Changingweatherpatterns,increase
Readcarefullythefollowingexcerptondiscountsforbeingpoliteargumentsacrosstheworld,andthenwriteyourresponseinN
TipsforApplyingtoU.S.CollegesI.GeorgeMasonUniversity-Thelargest【T1】______universityinVirginia【T1】______
(1)Themajorityofsuccessfulseniormanagersdonotcloselyfollowtheclassicalrationalmodeloffirstclarifyinggoals,asse
随机试题
Thedogwaitingbehindthegatelookedso______thatIdidnotdaretogoin.
含氮类激素有
患者,男,40岁。腰膝酸软,眩晕耳鸣,精神萎靡,性功能减退,并有遗精、早泄。其病因是()
当环境影响筛选完成时,所有的环境影响被分类为()。
下述关于资本金制度的表述,不正确的是( )。
简述中国涉外税收中所采用的几种税率并举例。
张三、李四、王五三人于2018年2月设立了甲有限责任公司(以下简称“甲公司”),公司注册资本100万元,张三用货币出资,李四用一辆汽车出资,王五用房屋所有权出资。甲公司组织机构中,张三任董事长兼总经理,王五任监事。经甲公司股东会同意,张三将该公司一辆汽车出
商业信息中的管理层信息的两种流向()。
某企业2008年有关会计资料如下:(1)年度会计利润总额为180万元;(2)全年销售收入为1200万元;(3)“管理费用”中列支的业务招待费30万元,广告费和业务宣传费480万元;(4)“营业外支出”中列支的税收罚
假定流动补偿理论解释利率期限结构是合理的,已知下列条件:未来5年内的一年期利率分别是:5%,6%,7%,7%,7%。未来1~5年的流动补偿率分别是:0%,0.25%,0.5%,0.75%,1%。请回答:[对外经济贸易大学2014研]2~5年期的利率。
最新回复
(
0
)