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I. Mini-lecture
Conversational Skills
People who usually make us feel comfortable in conversations are good talkers. And they have something in common, i.e. skills to put people at ease.
1. Skills to ask questions
1) be aware of the human nature: readiness to answer others’ questions regardless of ______being shy_1______
2) start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions
e.g. questions about one’s ___1st___2_job_____
questions about one’s activities in the ___morning___3______
3) be able to spot signals for further talk
2. Skills to ____4_listen____ for answers
1) don’t shift from subject to subject
--- sticking to the same subject; _____No subject change5_____ in conversation
2) listen to _____tone6_____ of voice
--- If people sound unenthusiastic, then change subject.
3) use eyes and ears
--- steady your gaze while listening
3. Skills to laugh
Effects of laughter:
--- ______easing and comfort_7________ --- help start __conversation_____8_______
4. Skills to part
1) importance: open up possibilities for further friendship or contact
2) Ways:
--- men: a smile, a ____2nd hand squueze__9_____
--- women: same as ______10______ now
--- how to express pleasure in meeting someone
II. Conversation
1. Victoria has eventually decided to go on a _1________.
A. fly-drive holiday
B. car-trip
C. two-city holiday
D. conducted tour
2. At the Epcot Centre Victoria will _____3________.
A. see aquatic displays
B. visit a large funfair
C. visit a technologically-advanced city
D. visit a film studio
3. When she visits the Kennedy Space Centre, Victoria will be able to __4______.
A. send messages to satellites
B. learn something new about space
C. go aboard a spacecraft
D. operate Mission Control
4. In order to go on this holiday, Victoria ultimately had to ____4________.
A. overdraw an account
B. borrow from her parents
C. work overtime
D. spend her savings
5. From the conversation, we get the impression that Victoria is ______2____.
A. pragmatic
B. extrovert
C. willful
D. calculating。