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Plan for picnic
Plan for picnicPlan for picnic
Situation:Your class teacher has sponsored$2000 (for the whole class) for your classpicnic.Now, your class teacher has asked yourgroup to suggest how to spend the money.
You may want to talk about:You may want to talk about:
1. the place you would like to go2. activity you do3. food (BBQ/ lunchboxes, etc)4. anything else you think is
important
Starting the discussionStarting the discussion
To begin with, you can say:1. Let’s start.2. Okay, let’s begin our discussion.Then, you may say:1. Today our group needs to discuss…2. We need to discuss…
Making suggestionsMaking suggestionsIf you want to make a suggestion, you may use the following phrases:• I think that…• I believe that…• I suggest that…• Let’s…• Perhaps we should…• Shall we…?• Why don’t we…
AgreeingAgreeing
To agree with someone’s suggestion,you may say:• I agree with you.• I like your idea.• I support your suggestion.• That’s a good point.• That’s true.
DisagreeingDisagreeingTo disagree with someone’s suggestion,you may say:1. I’m not sure.2. I don’t think so.3. I don’t think that’s a good idea because…4. I’m afraid that’s not a good idea because…5. I’m sorry, I disagree.6. I’m not sure about that because…
Give an alternative after Give an alternative after disagreeingdisagreeing
1.I think it’s better if … because…
2.I think it’s more …
Developing ideasDeveloping ideas
What can you do to develop each other’s view?
1.By adding details2.By giving examples3.By providing explanation
(reasons)
Summing up at the end of a sub-Summing up at the end of a sub-topictopic
1.OK, so we agree that …
2.To sum up, so far we have decided…
Summing up at the end of Summing up at the end of the discussionthe discussion
1. OK, so to conclude, we agree that…
2. So, to finally sum up, we have decided to …
Press ConferencesPress Conferences
If you make three new product announcements a day, you won’t remember them next
week.
Neither will your customers.
Infinite PossibilitiesInfinite Possibilities
I can accept finite disappointment, but I
won’t lose infinite hope.
Speed of LightSpeed of Light
Einstein said that nothing was faster than the speed of light, but he’s wrong. My imagination is much faster than the
speed of light. For example, I just imagined traveling to Pluto and back. If I took a space ship that could travel at
the speed of light, that would take centuries.
Speed of LightSpeed of Light
Also, if Energy equals mass times the Speed of Light Squared, this says that the speed of light
can be squared. That’s faster than the speed of light, and I just
imagined that, too!
Speed of LightSpeed of Light
What light? I’m still looking for
the tunnel!!
Speed of LightSpeed of Light
There’s nothing like experience to
upset a theory.
New IdeasNew Ideas
Our ideas are like children – no matter how much you admire somebody else’s,
you still love your own the best.
New IdeasNew Ideas
An optimist takes the cold water thrown on new ideas,
heats it with enthusiasm and uses the steam to push
them ahead.
TruthTruth
The truth does not depend on a
consensus of opinion.
Generation GapGeneration Gap
As we grow older, our children will eventually
end up on the same side of the generation gap.
Gen GapGen Gap
You’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is
caution. And you choose your cereal for the fiber instead of
the toy.
MaturityMaturity
Maturity begins when you’re content to feel right about something without feeling the need to prove
someone else wrong.
MaturityMaturity
Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
MaturityMaturity
Wrinkles should show where smiles have
been.
ShipsShips
Noah didn’t wait for his ship to come in. . . . He built it!
shipsships
A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.
shipsships
All the water in the world could not sink a ship unless it got inside. In the same way, all the evil in the world could never sink your soul
unless you let it in.
Job well DoneJob well Done
The reward for a job well done is the
opportunity to do more work.
Being differentBeing different
Being different isn’t the same as making
a difference.
FrustrationFrustration
Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
FrustrationFrustration
It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody
asks you the questions.
DietDiet
You are what you eat: what’s on the table eventually ends up
on the chair.
DietDiet
How can a one-pound box of chocolate make me gain five
pounds?
DietDiet
Eat dessert first, because life is uncertain!
DietDiet
Life can be a constant battle between carrots and chocolate, or
you can figure out how you can live with the two in harmony.
DietDiet
My fortune cookie mentioned a great diet. It read “eat all you
can, but only use one chopstick.”
KarmaKarma
The rain falls on the just and the unjust. But mostly on the just, because the unjust have stolen
their umbrellas.
KarmaKarma
You feel right when you do right.
KarmaKarma
The next time someone says, “Life is hard,” ask them,
“Compared to what?”
Mind GamesMind Games
My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves me
completely.
Saving and RetirementSaving and Retirement
A penny saved is not nearly enough.
RetirementRetirement
According to the latest figures, if you retired today, you could live
very comfortably until 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Time ManagementTime Management
There will be no crises next week. My schedule is full.
TroublesTroubles
Troubles come to pass, but the do not come to stay.
TroublesTroubles
Live through the tough times: the only way to the other side is
through it.
WorriesWorries
Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of
strength.
MemoryMemory
I have a photographic memory. Unfortunately, it only offers
same-day service.
MemoryMemory
People do not remember days. They remember moments.
MemoryMemory
I have a photogenic memory: I only remember pretty things.
MemoryMemory
It’s hard to be nostalgic when I can’t remember anything!
PossibilitiesPossibilities
Nothing is impossible to the people who don’t have to do it
themselves.
YesterdayYesterday
I love you more than yesterday. Yesterday, you got on my nerves.
Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers
You may not know all the answers, but you probably won’t be asked
all the questions.
MourningMourning
I’ll laugh again, but I will not forget why I cried.
World PeaceWorld Peace
It doesn’t take monumental acts to make the world a better place. It
can be as easy as letting someone ahead of you in the
lunch line.
Rock BottomRock Bottom
Even though I’m taking it “one day at a time”…
it’s about 24 more hours than I can take right now.
Rock BottomRock Bottom
When the going gets tough. . .
Get tougher!
Rock BottomRock Bottom
The end is not The end is not near. Learn to near. Learn to cope.cope.
Rock BottomRock Bottom
When things are bad, I can take comfort in the thought that they can always get worse. And when things get worse, I find hope in the idea that things are so bad
they have to get better.
Co-DependencyCo-Dependency
Better to better yourself than someone else.
Co-DependencyCo-Dependency
I’m better than I was, but not quite so good as I was before I got
worse.
FrowningFrowning
I hate to see you frown. So wear a bag on your head until you cheer
up.
PatiencePatience
The patient conceal their impatience.
ThankfulnessThankfulness
Something to be thankful for is that you’re here to be thankful.
DestinyDestiny
Choice, not chance, determines destiny.
DestinyDestiny
Don’t worry about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in
China.
RiskRisk
Progress involves risk. You can’t steal second with your foot on
first.
RiskRisk
Life isn’t about having good cards. It’s playing a poor hand well.
GraceGrace
It’s hard to get down off your high horse gracefully.
GRACEGRACE
Amusing Grace! How sweet the sound of laughter!
GRACEGRACE
Tact is not only saying the right thing at the right time, but also to
leave unsaid the wrong thing a tempting moment.
ComplainingComplaining
It’s not the mountain that wears me out – it’s the grain of sand in
my shoe.
ComplainingComplaining
It’s not the load that brings me down, it’s the way I carry it.
ShoutingShouting
Shouting and screaming to get people to perform is like using
the horn to steer your car.
thinkingthinking
Many people get through thinking before they get through thinking
things through.
Self-DeprecationSelf-Deprecation
Only some people learn by other people’s mistakes. The rest of us
actually have to be the other people.
Self DepreciationSelf Depreciation
I’m at this awkward age where I’m too old to say something cute
and too young to say something sensible.
How to be HappyHow to be Happy
Three essentials for happiness:
1. Something to do, 2. Someone to love,
3. Something to hope for.
AdviceAdvice
If it’s free; it’s advice. If you pay for it, it’s consulting. If you can use either one, it’s a
miracle!
HumbleHumble
Humility is like underwear – essential, but indecent if it
shows.
HumilityHumility
I have a friend who tells me that he’s a humble man. I told him
that the nature of humility dictates that can’t say that and
have it be true!
Seasonal - DecemberSeasonal - December
Presence, not presents, make for a happy workplace.
ChristmasChristmas
When you stop believing in Santa, you get underwear for Christmas.
DecemberDecember
Remember, the holiday gifts of today are on Ebay tomorrow.
DecemberDecember
We’re going to celebrate a traditional American holiday – the tree comes from Canada, the ornaments from Taiwan, the lights from China, the food from Italy and the idea from
Israel and Bethlehem.
Seasonal - JanuarySeasonal - January
If in the last year you haven’t discarded a major opinion or
acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.
Seasonal - FebruarySeasonal - February
Love sees through a telescope, not a microscope.
FebruaryFebruary
The force of love, like the force of gravity, is hard to
see but easy to feel.
FebruaryFebruary
All that is worth cherishing in the world begins in the heart, not in
the head.
What Dead People SayWhat Dead People Say
The greatest danger for most of usis not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Michelangelo
E-CommerceE-Commerce
eCommerce is not about technology! It is about
relationships, partnerships, and communications, made possible
by technology.
E-CommerceE-Commerce
I guess people thought the phone and the fax machine were all about technology when they
were introduced into businesses, too.
What Dead People SayWhat Dead People SayThere is no use trying,” said Alice. “One can’t
believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,”
said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six
impossible things before breakfast.”Lewis Carroll
