1) Have you ever overheard a conversation you wish you hadn’t? Extra task: Use 3 words starting with "c..." 2) A Chinese proverb says: "A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books." Do you agree? Extra task: Speak English for 2 minutes. 3) What topics of conversation do you enjoy most? Extra task: Use 5 new words. 4) Robert C. Gallagher said: "Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed." What does this mean? Do you agree? Extra task: Translate this quote on the chat. 5) Someone once said: "Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue." What does this mean? Do you agree? Extra task: Translate the quote on the chat. 6) If you were a fly on the wall, which conversation in history would you like to listen to? Extra task: Use 4 new words. 7) Are you good at small talk and making conversation? Extra task: Use 3 words starting with "e..." 8) What common conversation starters do you use? Extra task: Find new conversation starters online. 9) How do you feel when people interrupt you in the middle of an important conversation? Extra task: Use 2 phrasal verbs. 10) What are frank discussions, lively discussions, brief discussions and lengthy discussions? When was the last time you had each of these? Extra task: Check all these kinds of discussions online. 11) What’s a healthy discussion? Extra task: Use 3 tenses. 12) Should there be some limits on what we are free to say? Extra task: Use a rhetorical question. 13) Some countries forbid school teachers from introducing subjects like homosexuality in their classes. Is this denying free speech? Extra task: Use 2 conjunctions "however" and "nonetheless". 14) What do you think “gripe sites” are? Extra task: Use 2 phrasal verbs. 15) Are there things you’d love to talk or write about that you daren’t? Extra task: Check all pieces of information about "daren't" and use it!

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