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山东师范大学附属中学2019届高三英语第四次模拟考试试卷
"You have two ears and one mouth. Remember to listen more and speak less." That was the advice I 1 from a communications expert before, which got me thinking about listening. It's not 2 that most of us are good at. Even those of us who write for a living and are supposed to 3 how to do an interview and listen, often get it wrong and miss the rule: "Don't interrupt or try to 4 other people's sentences" and the rule: "Focus fully on the person speaking 5 focusing on your next comment."
I found this out recently after following that communications expert's 6. I was part of a group lobbying (游说) politicians about the importance of old buildings and main streets. One gentleman 7 a very large district made up of small towns complained that the main street was too 8 and there wasn't enough parking and there was no 9 to widen the roads, which is exactly what our organization 10 for. We want walkable streets, not parking spaces. Instead of arguing the point, I just 11 for a change and let him talk. Before our time was up he was 12 how his son is a carpenter restoring a church, and how 13 building preservation was to him and his family. Had I not 14practiced listening, we might have left his office earlier.
It has taken me a very long time to learn how to 15. I might have been more 16had I listened more. Now that I write and teach, I have 17 often about how important hearing is to our connection with others, and what a 18 my hearing has made in my life. 19, hearing is different from listening, and, interestingly, there isn't any hardware that can help you listen; you just have to sit down, shut up and 20 it.
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