TEDで英会話

Questions セレステ・ヘッドリー:上手に会話する10の方法

Part 1   ( Comprehension Questions with Sample Answer):

 

  1. What are the 10 ways to have a better conversation?
  2. Why do we need to listen?
  3. Why multi-tasking is bad for us?
  4. What is pontification?
  5. How can we avoid it?
  6. How can we benefit from leaving an open-ended questions?
  7. What is the implication of going with the flow?
  8. Why is it that there’s no sense for us to try to repeat ourselves?
  9. Is it essential for us to speak briefly?
  10. Why Celeste gives emphasis on don’t equate your experiences with theirs?

 

Part 2   (Express Yourself Questions):

 

  1. What traits do you look for in a conversation partner?
  2. What makes it easy to talk to someone?
  3. Tell about your favorite types of conversations to have?
  4. What do you talk about?
  5. What is your role in a conversation?
  6. Do you dominate? or subordinate?
  7. Who communicates better: men or women?
  8. How do conversations between men and women differ?
  9. Do you have better conversations when you are drinking?
  10. How do your conversations change after you have been drinking?
  11. Have you ever said something to someone that you wish you hadn’t said? What was it?
  12. How do you feel about being frank? Explain
  13. How do you feel about blunt people?
  14. How do you feel about conversations with people older than yourself?
  15. Do you like to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations?
  16. If you had to choose, would you rather marry a partner who is handsome/beautiful and sexy, but who is a terrible conversationalist, or a partner who is a wonderful conversationalist, but who is lessattractive-than-average?
  17. What was a difficult conversation you had to have in your life?
  18. How can you improve your conversation skills?
  19. If you could have a conversation with any famous living person, who would you talk to?
  20. In your experience, which country’s people are the easiest to talk to? Explain.

 

Part 3   (Activity):   Vocabulary Match

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