1、Section A Discussion Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.1 How easy is it for you to make friends with a total stranger? Do you think that interpersonal skills are very important at school and at work? Please explain.2 Have you ever encountered a very impolite person
2、? If so, share your experience with your group members.3 How can we build good relationships with people were familiar with, such as our peers and our family?4 What do you think are some of the common causes of misunderstanding between people and what do you think we should do to clear up misunderst
3、anding? Answers for reference:1 Hints for the importance of interpersonal skills both at school and at work: Good interpersonal skills enhance relationships with fellow students or colleagues and help build a pleasant environment for all to work in. Conversely, poor interpersonal skills can often le
4、ad to coldness and even hostility between one another and may lead to inefficiency in study or at work. 2 Open.3 Hints: loving others sincerely, being considerate, and being ready to help others unselfishly. 4 Hints on common causes of misunderstanding: differences in expectations, backgrounds, atti
5、tudes and ways of saying and doing things, etc. Hints on how to clear up misunderstanding: putting ourselves in other peoples shoes, trying to see things from different perspectives, being non-judgmental about other peoples ways of doing things, etc.Section B Quotes Study the following three quotes.
6、 Do you agree with Earnest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Epictetus? State your reasons. Ernest Hemingway I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest HemingwayInterpretation:Hemingway emphasizes the importance of listening to other
7、s. According to him, one can learn a lot by paying attention to what others have to say. But most people do not really like to listen.About Ernest Hemingway (1899 1961): Ernest Hemingway was a great US writer of the 20th century, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He wrote many novels a
8、nd short stories in a simple and direct style, and his books are often about typically male activities like war and hunting. Among his well-known novels are A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea. He died by shooting himself. Martin Luther King We must learn to live
9、 together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King, Jr.King emphasizes the importance of peaceful and loving relationships with one another in a society. If we treat one another as brothers, we can live together peacefully. But if we foolishly fight with one another, we will all d
10、ie together. About Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 1968): Martin Luther King, Jr. was a black US religious leader who became the most important leader of the Civil Rights Movement and worked hard to achieve social changes for black people. He was known for being a great public speaker and many people
11、remember his famous speech that starts with the words “I have a dream”. He encouraged people to try to achieve changes without using violence, and in 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1968 he was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. In the US there is a national holiday in January to celebrate
12、 his birthday. Epictetus We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus Epictetus emphasizes the importance of listening and paying more attention to those who talk to us. About Epictetus (c.55c.135): Epictetus was a Greek Stoic (禁欲主义的) philosopher. He live
13、d and worked, first as a student in Rome, and then as a teacher with his own school in Nicopolis in Greece. Our knowledge of his philosophy and his method as a teacher comes to us via two works composed by one of his students: Discourses and Handbook.Section C Watching and Discussion Watch the follo
14、wing video clip Why Interpersonal Communication Skills and do the tasks that follow:插入视频片段: “Why interpersonal communication skills.wma” 1 Answer the following questions.1) What three things are important for you to climb up the corporate ladder?Answers: The ability to work, the work ethic, and the
15、interpersonal communication skills.2) Why could someone get a day off when everybody else had to work? Because of their strong interpersonal communication skills.3) Someone always believes they deserve a promotion but never gets one. What might be the reason? Probably because they dont have a good relationship with the manager, good communication and good interpersonal communication skills.2 To what extent do you agree or disagree with what the speaker says? Open. Script:Hi, Im Caroline from blue mo
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