讨喜法-对话回想：证明你在注意听(4)

 讨喜法

 

Conversation¹ Recall²: Prove³ You're Paying⁴ Attention⁵.

 

对话回想：证明你在注意听。

 

To really show someone⁶ you've been paying attention, try bringing up a topic⁷ that the person⁸ mentioned⁹ earlier.

 

为了真正表明你在注意听，你可以试着提出对方之前提过的话题。

 

Did¹⁰ your co-worker¹¹ talk about working with his son on a science fair¹² project¹³ last week?

 

你的同事谈论上周和他儿子一起参加科学展览了？

 

Follow up and ask how it went.

 

你可以接着这个话题问问他展览怎么样。

 

They don't have to be big, life¹⁴-changing events¹⁶. In fact¹⁷, sometimes it says more that you can recall and show interest¹⁸ in even¹⁵ the small happenings in another person's life.

 

他们说的可能都不是威胁生命的大事，其实有时你能回忆起他们说的话、甚至对对方生活里的小事都感兴趣才更有说服力。

1 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

2 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

3 prove   

v.证明，证实，表现出，结果是

参考例句：

• This will prove to the world that we are right.这将向全世界证明我们是对的。
• How can you prove that you are right?你如何能证明你是正确的呢？

4 paying   

adj.支付的，有利的n.付，支付v.付给( pay的现在分词 )；付款；有利可图；（对…）有利

参考例句：

• You cannot stay here ad infinitum without paying rent. 你不付房租就不能永远住在这里。
• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。

5 attention   

n.注意，注意力，关心，关注

参考例句：

• I hope you will give attention to this problem.希望你对此给予关注。
• Pay attention to your spelling.请注意拼写。

6 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

7 topic   

n.题目，话题，主题

参考例句：

• On what topic are you talking?你在谈论什么话题？
• This is a topic sentence.这是个主题句。

8 person   

n.人

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。

9 mentioned   

v.提到( mention的过去式和过去分词 )；说起；提名表扬；传令嘉奖

参考例句：

• I mentioned it to Kate and she wasn't averse to the idea. 我向凯特提起这个想法，她不反对。
• He mentioned en passant that he was going away. 他顺便提到他要离开。

10 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

11 co-worker   

n.共同工作者；同事

参考例句：

• I went to visit my co-worker on Saturday.周六去同事家做客了。
• My new co-worker comes to work late every day.我的新同事每天上班都迟到。

12 fair   

adj.公平的，晴朗的，美丽的；(皮肤，毛发等)浅色的；白皙的；n.展览会，市集

参考例句：

• I think it is not fair.我认为那不公平。
• And never I'd seen a girl as fair.我从没见比她更美丽的女孩。

13 project   

n.（学校的)课题，作业；项目，计划；方案；工程

参考例句：

• The project will start next year.这项工程明年上马。
• I'm doing a project on Chinese history.我正在做一个有关中国历史的研究课题。

14 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

15 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

16 events   

n.事件；事件，大事( event的名词复数 )；运动项目

参考例句：

• Recent events had no bearing on our decision. 近期的事件与我们的决定没有关系。
• She beguiled them into believing her version of events. 她哄骗他们相信了她叙述的事情。

17 fact   

n.事实，实情，论据

参考例句：

• It is close to fact.这更接近于事实。
• I'm going there tomorrow,as a matter of fact.其实，我明天是准备去那里。

18 interest   

v.引起…关注；使…感兴趣

参考例句：

• She lost interest in him.她对他失去兴趣。
• He developed an interest in science.他养成了对科学的兴趣。