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贵州省贵阳市2021届高三下学期英语5月适应性考试（一）试卷
How to Quiet a Complainer
Talking to a complainer can stress you out, but with the right tools you can lighten the mood for all.
. Some complainers will stop if you change the conversation in a direction that interests them. If your neighbor is caring much about the phone company, tell her about an unexpected call you received from an old friend. If you coworker is complaining about your boss, ask whether he met the new employee.. Therefore, you can keep using it.
Summarize the complaint. If your complainer keeps repeating himself, he may stop if you prove that you're listening. Ask something like, "Can I tell you what I've heard so far and you know that I've got it?" Using "I" statements ("I've heard…") rather than "you" statements shows that you're interested rather than trying to shut the person down..
Challenge the person to act. When a complainer is always telling you about her latest problem, ask nicely what she's done to improve it. That isn't the usual direction that a complaining conversation takes..
Be honest. When you have things to do, tell the complainer that you must cut the conversation short. . You can simply be honest, even saying you need to move on so the conversation doesn't bring you down—especially if it's someone who's complained to you many times before.
A. Change the subject
B. Continue the subject
C. You don't need an excuse to stop it
D. Therefore, you can keep complaining it
E. Hard as it may be, avoid saying the word "you"
F. However, this direction may help to shortly end a complaint
G. This method is especially effective on those who are mindlessly expressing
How to Do Man-on-the-Street Interviews
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When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the-street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it. For example, if your topic is about environmental problems in America, you might ask, “Why do you think environmental protection is important in America?”{#blank#}2{#/blank#}
Hit the streets with confidence. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Say, “Excuse me, I work for XYZ News, and I was wondering if you could share your opinion about this topic.” This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.Move on to the next person if someone tells you she is not interested in talking on camera.Don't get discouraged.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Each interview that you get on the street shouldn't be longer than ten minutes. As soon as you get the answer you need, move on to the next person. Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers. If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won't be able to use it. A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
If your news station or school requires interviewees to sign release forms to appear on the air, don't leave work without them.
A. Limit your time. B. As you approach people, be polite. C. If you don't own a camera, you can buy one. D. For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task. E. To get good and useful results, ask them the same question. F. That number of interviews should give you all the answers you need. G. With a question like this, you will get more than a “Yes” or “No” reply. |
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A. Sometimes you may need advice on breaking bad habits from other people. B. First, you may ask yourself how you feel about a habit. C. You may come up with a plan to break your bad habits. D. Meanwhile, keep a diary of the bad habits you desire to change. E. Sometimes the truth hurts. F. Otherwise there is an empty space in your life where the bad habit could go back. G. There are times when it can be difficult to identify your bad habits. |
While it is important to maintain good habits, it is equally important to learn how to break bad habits if you want to achieve success in life. Here are some tips to get you started.
The first step in breaking bad habits is to identify them. Only after identifying them can you decide to do something about them. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} For example, you may ask yourself: Is the habit holding me back from achieving my goal? Does the habit make me feel good or bad?
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then you may listen to the things that people say about you. Are people saying the same negative things about you? It's easy to become defensive when someone says something about us we don't like, and let's face it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Once you have identified your bad habits, it's time to break them. First, you should introduce something new and meaningful in your life to replace the bad habit. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} If you hung around at the bars after work, replace it by going to the gym instead. Or if you sat and watched TV for hours, you may work on a task that needs to be done.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Write down the efforts you make to change them, and also the results of your actions. And write down how you feel when you successfully change one of your bad habits. If you can read and reflect on how you feel about the progress you've made, it may motivate you to continue to work on changing other things.
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