Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show.When a man teaches a woman,says Professor Tannen,he wants to show that he has more knowledge,and hence more power in conversation.He used his language to show this.When a woman teaches another woman,however,she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful.She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others.Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women,Professor Tannen says women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is preprogrammed for language.As we are usually taught to speak by women,it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias in its programming;otherwise,male speech patterns would not arise at all.
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Question:(注意:答题尽量简短,超过10个词要扣分。)
1.What are the differences between little boys’ and little girls’ conversation?
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2.Differences between men and women in adult conversations are that in private conversations____.
3.According to the passage,study shows that a male teacher ____.
4.Why do men talk and interrupt others more than women do?
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5.Women allow men to talk more and interrupt more because ____.
Part ⅤWriting (30 minutes)