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Match the following to one or more means of communication, then make sentences, as in the example.

ü intrusive/be disturbed when trying to relax ……….

ü personal/take time to express yourself ………

ü slow/take weeks to reach destination …………

ü efficient/be reached wherever you are ……………

ü send sound or pictures ………….

ü impersonal/not communicate meaningfully ………..

ü artistic /use customized paper /handwriting personal ……..

ü limited/only send brief messages …………..

 

I believe mobile phones can be intrusive because you can be disturbed when you're trying to relax.

Discuss the following quotations and the axiom.

Paraphrase each quotation.

Say whether you agree or not, and why.

 

· "A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is ignorant of his own." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

· "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." Joseph Priestley (British political theorist)

· "Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after." Ann Morrow Lindberg (US author)

· 'Just be yourself' is an old axiom. But isn't it impossible once you are aware of how others are judging you by your appearance and speech? How much do you think you 'act a role' to achieve a certain reaction in others?

· In the day of old men made the manners. Manners now make the men. (Byron)

 

5 Complete each sentence with one of the words or phrases given.

• politically correct • national stereotype • trait

• reserved • image • vanity • social • breeds

• commitments • crystallized • credibility

•body language • communicate• arrogance

• national security • confidence • impact

• assertiveness training

 

1. Whenever foreign visitors come into Mrs Jones’s shop she can’t help judging then according to …………………… .

2. A successful businessman has learnt how to project a positive ........................ .

3. …………………… can be a useful asset to people whose self-esteem is low or who are reluctant to speak up for themselves.

4. The information received is highly confidential and relates to ……………… .

5. Maxim is very quiet, very ……………………. . You never know what's going on in his mind.

6. There was a …………….. in his personality that encouraged people to trust him.

7. Some very ……………............ parents won't let their children play with toy guns.

8. "……………….. exclusion" seems to be the latest euphemism for poverty.

9. He could ………………….. a feeling of intense excitement to his audience.

10. One of the most powerful forms of nonverbal communication is ……………………. .

11. Ignorance only …………….. fear and contempt of the unknown.

12. I can't get engaged with this job right now as I have other …………………. .

13. The new authority is losing ………………….. by its failure to act quickly.

14. His …………………. and unwillingness to learn from others prevent him from being an effective member of the team.

15. His life is driven by ……………………. . He has to drive around in the most expensive car and wear the best designer clothes.



16. The more he fails, the more he loses ………………….. in his abilities.

17. Internet shopping has begun to have a serious ………. on the traditional bookshops.

18. It was her trips to South and Central America that ………………. her desire to work on environmental issues.

 

Complete the text using the words and phrases given.

•innocuous •common •bonds •subtler

•wake up •enhance • tend •metamessage

•dissection •scoring points • vulnerability

•assert •doomed


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