kadioguy
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- Joined
- Mar 4, 2017
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- Student or Learner
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- Chinese
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- Taiwan
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- Taiwan
[From BBC 6-minute English]
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Emily Alison
I often describe rapport-building in relationships is, er, like walking a tightrope because you really do need to maintain that balance of being objective, treating people with compassion, but that doesn’t mean I’m sympathetic, I’m collusive – it’s that balance between judgement and avoidance.
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(2)
Georgina
Here’s Emily talking to BBC Radio 4’s ‘All In The Mind’ about the fourth animal, the T-Rex. Try to listen out for the communication style of this personality:
Emily Alison
You’ve got the T-Rex, which is conflict, so this is argument, whether you’re approaching it from a positive position where you can be direct, frank about your message or you approach that in a negative way by being... attacking, judgemental, argumentative, sarcastic, and that actually breeds the same behaviour back. So anyone who has teenagers will 100% recognise that (laugh). If you meet sarcasm with sarcasm, it’s only gonna go one way.
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Questions:
(1)
Are the structures of them as follows?
a. ... that balance of being objective, [and] treating people with compassion ... (i.e., that balance of being [A] and )
b. ... but that doesn’t mean I’m sympathetic, [or] I’m collusive ...
(2)
What does the blue part mean? Does it mean that the T-Rex type is a conflict communication style, so when you communicate with that kind of person, there is often an argument?
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(Source)
(1) [2:07-2:27] (2) [3:08-3:52]
(1)
Emily Alison
I often describe rapport-building in relationships is, er, like walking a tightrope because you really do need to maintain that balance of being objective, treating people with compassion, but that doesn’t mean I’m sympathetic, I’m collusive – it’s that balance between judgement and avoidance.
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(2)
Georgina
Here’s Emily talking to BBC Radio 4’s ‘All In The Mind’ about the fourth animal, the T-Rex. Try to listen out for the communication style of this personality:
Emily Alison
You’ve got the T-Rex, which is conflict, so this is argument, whether you’re approaching it from a positive position where you can be direct, frank about your message or you approach that in a negative way by being... attacking, judgemental, argumentative, sarcastic, and that actually breeds the same behaviour back. So anyone who has teenagers will 100% recognise that (laugh). If you meet sarcasm with sarcasm, it’s only gonna go one way.
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Questions:
(1)
Are the structures of them as follows?
a. ... that balance of being objective, [and] treating people with compassion ... (i.e., that balance of being [A] and )
b. ... but that doesn’t mean I’m sympathetic, [or] I’m collusive ...
(2)
What does the blue part mean? Does it mean that the T-Rex type is a conflict communication style, so when you communicate with that kind of person, there is often an argument?
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(Source)
(1) [2:07-2:27] (2) [3:08-3:52]
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