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... ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 • www.compellingconversations.com“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” Agatha Christie (1890–19 76) , British crime fiction writer 6eXPloRing DAilY ... chef ? 16. What’s your favorite recipe? Where did you get it? What dishes do you cook?“Gluttony is not a secret vice.” Orson Welles (1915–1985), great director/actor14 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryPlease ... to a worm.”—Ambrose Bierce (1842–19 16) , American writer 8. “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”—Winston Churchill (1874–1 965 ), British Prime Minister, Nobel...

... LLCPublished in Charleston, SC USA www.booksurge.com1- 866 -308 -62 35orders@booksurge.comBookSurge is a division of Amazon Books, Inc.Please visit www.compellingconversations.comto share comments, ask questions, ... • iCOMPELLING CONVERSATIONSQuestions and Quotations on Timeless TopicsAN ENGAGING ESL TEXTBOOK FOR ADVANCED STUDENTSWritten, Compiled, and Edited byEric H. Roth and Toni Aberson Compelling Conversations: Questions ... Advanced StudentsCopyright © 20 06, Eric H. Roth and Toni W. Aberson Copyright © 2008, Second Edition All rights reserved.ISBN: 1-41 96- 5828-XLibrary of Congress Reg. # TX 6- 377-924To order additional...

... this book by the Conversation Club promises to lead to even more compelling conversations. Please visit our website, www.compellingconversations.com, to offer feed-back, suggest additional topics, ... progress. Compelling Conversations gives you the tools and phrases to talk more and listen better to friends and strangers in English. Finally, I hope you enjoy creating many compelling conversations! ... simplicity and convenience since we live in the United States.viii • www.compellingconversations.comA few more tips for satisfying conversations with your partners:• Be active• Be curious• Be encouraging•...

... conversation.” —Jonathon Swift ( 166 7–1745), English writer, satirist 5. “People have one thing in common: they are all different.” —Robert Zend (1929–1985), American writer 6. “Do what you can, with ... you appreciate about living in the United States?remember…Be encouragingBe kindBe open 6 • www.compellingconversations.comshAring viewsWhich quotation is your favorite? Why? 1. “I never met ... wit.” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld ( 161 3– 168 0), French writer9. “It takes two to speak truth—one to speak and another to hear.” —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1 862 ), American philosopher10. “There...

... 8 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryWhich words do you already know? Working with your partner, use ... his castle.” —Sir Edward Coke (1552– 163 4), English lord4. Home: “The place where when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”—Robert Frost (1875–1 963 ), American poet 5. “Be it ever so ... or poorly.” —Joseph Brodsky (1940–19 96) , Russian-American Nobel winner9. “Home is the girl’s prison and the woman’s workhouse.”—George Bernard Shaw (18 56 1950), Irish playwright and Nobel winner...

... —Oscar Wilde (18 56 1900), English playwright 6. “Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vice are delightful.” —Duc de la Rochefoucauld ( 161 3— 168 0), French philosopher ... night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” —William Shakespeare, playwright (1 564 – 161 6) 4. “Character is much easier kept than recovered.” —Thomas Paine (1737–1809), writer and ... www.compellingconversations.com13. What are some of your healthier habits?14. What are some of your less healthy habits? 15. How do your habits compare to your parents’ habits at your age? 16. ...

... ...............................................5. ............................................... 26 • www.compellingconversations.com“Honor thy father and thy mother.” The Bible, Exodus shAring exPeriencesEveryone ... and earnestly.” —Siddhartha Guatama ( 563 –483 B.C.E.), philosopher 2. “The rst duty of a physician is that he should do the sick no harm.” —Hippocrates ( 460 –380 B.C.E.), ancient Greek physician ... (1837–1909), English writer and critic 6. “A sound mind in a sound body is a short, but full description of a happy state in this world.” —John Locke ( 163 2–1704), English philosopher 7. “Early...

... popularity of dogs.” —Aldous Huxley (1894–1 963 ) British novelist 5. “The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.” —Madame de Stael (1 766 –1817), French writer 6. “If you pick up a starving dog ... try and chase it away.”Ed Howe (1853–1937), American humorist12CAts, AnD moRe CAts 36 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryCircle the words you know. Ask your partner about the other ... veterinarian? Did it get a vaccination? Why? remember…Be activeBe openBe sympathetic34 • www.compellingconversations.com10. Why do some cities encourage people to spay or neuter their pets? 11....

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