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Harvard Research Finds Talking About Yourself Is RewardingVocabulary 1. Estimate A. a strong feeling of excitement and pleasure 2. Speech B. ordinary and not interesting or exciting 3. Self-disclosure C. short for website, a place on the Internet 4. Rewarding D. a strong desire to do or have something regularly 5. Wonder E. spoken language rather than written language 6. Mundane F. facts that show clearly that something exists or is true 7. Thrill G. What actually happens or is the case 8. Addiction H. a probable guess about the size, value, amount, etc of something 9. Primarily I. to think about something and to try to guess what is true about it 10. Evidence J. Happening every day, without rest or a break 11. Site K. mainly, the main reason for something 9. It turns out L. Revealing information about oneself to other people 10. Day in and day out M. Something that makes you feel happy and satisfied because you think you are doing something useful or important
2) Questions – Answer these questions with your partner. 1. What is this article about? 2. Who is Diana Tamir? What did her research find? 3. Why do people enjoy talking about themselves? Do you enjoy talking about yourself? 4. Why might Tamis's research explain the popularity of Facebook and Twitter? 5. Do you use any social networking websites? Which do you use? Do you post about yourself often?
Harvard Research Finds Talking About Yourself Is Rewarding
Do you like talking about_____________? Answer truthfully, because it's estimated that __-__% of all of your speech has to do with you. But why do we like to talk about ______________? As it turns out, our brains find self-disclosure to be very rewarding.
“Self-disclosure is a ____________________ that we do all of the time, day in and day out, ” says Diana Tamir, a Harvard _____________. She wondered why everyone talks about their lives. So, she studied people’s ________________________. What would happen when people answered questions about their favorite subject: themselves?
Tamir asked really mundane questions like “do you ________ coffee over tea?” or “do you like to snowboard?” Harvard researchers watched the brain while people answered those questions. Research found that __________________ of the brain were more active when people talked about themselves. And that those parts are also _________________ for the thrills of good food, money and drug addiction.
So does Tamir think this explains the _____________ of Facebook and Twitter? "On Twitter and Facebook, people are primarily _________about what they're thinking and feeling at the moment. This research is ______________ evidence about why we may use those sites,” she says.
4) Free Discussion – Discuss these questions with your partner.
1. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Why do you think that? 2. What makes you happy? What makes you sad?
3. What do you do in your free time?
4. What's your occupation? What's it like? Do you enjoy it? Why/Why not?
5) Giving an interview in English – You are hiring someone for the position of Korea's American Ambassador. Ask 2 interviewees these questions and decide who's the best candidate. Remember to be a good listener, polite, and professional. Write comments about your interviewees:
Who would you choose for the job? Why? What could the other interviewee do to be better next time? Who was your best interviewer? Why was this interviewer good?
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