UNIT 2研究生英语 教学 教程 课件.ppt

1. Write down the topics of your conversation with men and women friends respectively. 2. Decide whether the following conversational habits are positive, negative, or neutral. Part I (Para. 1 – 5) Introduction to the issue: The lack of communication between husband wife endangers marriage. Part II (Para. 6 – 18) Answers the question why men women have such different impressions of communication in marriage. Part III (Para. 19 – 22) Further explains the differences and tells us the significance of understanding the problem and recognizing the differences . 1. How does the author begin her article? What is her purpose ? (para.1) 2. What problem does she find about how American men and women talk? (para.2) 3. What do American women often complain about? Why? (para.3) 1. How do little girls create and maintain friendships? In what way are they similar to women regarding their attitude toward conversation? 2. How do boys maintain their friendships? 1. Why do women complain that men are not listening when they talk? 2. How do boys and girls differ in switching a topic of conversation? 3. Do men and women respond differently when they hear a problem? How? 4. How would women interpret “silent attention”? Read Para.12 to 16 and find out the differences between men and women regarding their conversational habits. 1. How do men interpret a stream of “listener-noise”? 2. How do men interpret the “participatory listenership”? 3. How do women consider “ pointing out the other side of an argument” when they are talking to each other? 1. Why do men and women have different expectations about communication in marriage? 2. What does a woman try to avoid in a conversation? 3. What solution does the author offer to the communication problem between men and women? Men’s conversational habits 1) Facing away; 2) Switching topics; 3) Responding by dismissing each other’s problems; 4) Giving silent attention; 5) Pointing out the other side of an argument