1. Why did the presenter mention “My fair lady”?

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1. What is the percentage of youth the speaker has mentioned? How many text they send? How often?

          about a third of American teenagers send more than a hundred texts a day. 

1. What are the ten advice the speaker mentioned to have a great conversation?

Don't multitask. , be present. Be in that moment. 

Don't pontificate

Use open-ended questions.

Go with the flow

If you don't know, say that you don't know.

Don't equate your experience with theirs.

Try not to repeat yourself

Stay out of the weeds

Listen.

Be brief

1. Now, complete the table and add as many words or phrases that you have learned from the talk.

Word/phrase	Meaning	Sentence
Compromise	SETTLEMENT
Competence	SKILLS
Pontificate	TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION IN A VERY LONG WAY
Pushback	A NEGATIVE RESPONSE
Pundits
Conservative	TRADITIONAL
Liberal	OPEN TO CHANGE
Go with the flow	INTERACT; FOLLOW THE SAME
Brag about	SHOW OFF
Promotion	INCENTIVES
Condescending		NEGATIVE ADJECTIVE
Rephrasing
Miniskirt
trivial	SILLY; LESS IMPORTANT
anti-vaxxing	NOT ANNOYING
sustain coherent	MAINTAIN UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATION

create rapport   TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.  

• interaction        BEING SOCIABLE.
People need to interact with each other in a very nice and friendly way

• no-no’s         something forbidden
Here in Canada talking about religions is no no topic.

• casual friends LIKE WORKPLACE COLLEAGUES.
in the first few years of our immigration life; most of the person friends are considered casual friends.

• break the ice  BREAK THE SILENCE BARRIER.
at the first dating; both sides are doing a good effort to break the ice.

• robotic         COLD AND UNFRIENDLY PERSON.
Most of our nowadays relationships we are acting as robotics.

• engage in (a conversation) JOINING THE CONVERSATION.
i am trying to engage in a lot of small talks to be friendly and nice

• colleagues PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AT THE SAME WORKPLACE.

1. Small talk is mainly used to get things done and to provide information. F

2. When someone asks, How are you? they are asking for information about your health. F

3. In Canada, people always expect you to ask about their family.  F

4. People use small talk in the workplace to keep their work relationships friendly. T 

5. An example of small talk is giving a compliment to someone.  F

6. Couples who have been together for a long time often engage in small talk. F

7. People in Canada talk about the weather all the time because they love it so much.  F

SMALL TALKS

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my autobiography

My name is Miriam Ibrahim; I am Egyptian; I am speaking Arabic; and my education background is mechanical engineering; I like walking; playing tennis; and reading; I want to improve my language; because now it is the language of the country I am living in; so for my daily life issues; as well to be able to explain myself; my dreams; any issues or concerns; poor language means a huge barrier in the life; as well I am fully aware that English is the first speaking international language all over the world; so it is a big asset to have this language.