Weareconstantlyaskingforandgivinghelptofriendsandstrangers.Wealldothis.Andweknowthatnoteverybodywillacceptourassistance.Wealsoknowthatwecannotusethesamelanguagewitheverybody.Thiswillvaryfrompersontoperson.Sometimesweofferdirectadvicetoclosefriendsbutsomeothertimesweunderstandthatwehavetouseopenadvice.Soitisimportanttopayattentiontothecontextandnotonlytothepersonweareabouttohelp(thisis,whetherthepersonisafamilymemberoraclosefriend).Peopleinneedofhelpcanbeinadifficultsituation;theycanbeemotionalwhentheycometousforadvice.Ifthisisthecase,usingopenexpressionswillhelpcreatingamorerelaxingenvironment.WecaneventaketheconversationtoapositiveclosurebyusingleadingquestionslikeHaveyouconsidered…,Howabout…orIfIwereyou…Youcanevenusepersonalexamplestoempathizewiththepersonseekingadvice.Ifyouputyourselfinhisorhershoes,youradvicewilldefinitelybemoreuseful.AboutyouReadthetextagain.ThinkabouthowyougiveadviceinChinese.ThinkalsoaboutthedifferencesbetweengivingadviceinChineseandinEnglish.Writeyourthoughtsinthespacebelow:InChina,we()WhenspeakinginEnglish,we()
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- -What shall we do after class?-Howabout _____ out for dinner? A: going B: go C: goes
- 【填空题】We shall ________________, we shall ________________, we shall _________ and __________, we shall ___________.
- We will not attack unless we _______ (attack); if we ______(attack)we will certainly counterattack.
- If we’re in London, then we’re in England. We are not in England. So, we are not in London.
- We will be marching today for ______________________ gun laws, but we will not stop with just ____________. We will keep walking; we will keep running; we will keep marching; we will keep fighting and we will keep ________________until we are successful in our fight to keep our children ____________.