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... ...............................................................................................24 • www.compellingconversations.comthe conversAtion continues…1. Do you exercise regularly? What are your favorite ... 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 3. ... at the last moment.” —Publilius Syrus (85 –43 B.C.E.), Roman writer 5. “Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.” —Algernon Swinburne ( 183 7–1909), English writer and critic 6....

... • 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 ... LLCPublished in Charleston, SC USA www.booksurge.com1 -86 6-3 08- 6235orders@booksurge.comBookSurge is a division of Amazon Books, Inc.Please visit www.compellingconversations.comto share comments, ask questions, ... StudentsCopyright © 2006, Eric H. Roth and Toni W. Aberson Copyright © 20 08, Second Edition All rights reserved.ISBN: 1-4196- 582 8-XLibrary of Congress Reg. # TX 6-377-924To order additional copies,...

... 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! ... .................................. 782 6. Change ......................................................... 82 27. Clothes and Fashion .................................... 85 28. Appreciating Physical Beauty...

... Waldo Emerson ( 180 3– 188 2), American essayist/philosopher6. “Don’t tell your friends about your indigestion. ‘How are you’ is a greeting, not a question.” —Arthur Guiterman ( 187 1–1943), American ... it.” —Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton ( 180 3– 187 3), British novelist/politician8. “Condence contributes more to conversation than wit.” —Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1 680 ), French writer9. “It takes ... David Thoreau ( 181 7– 186 2), American philosopher10. “There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are interesting monologues, that’s all.” —Rebecca West ( 189 2–1 983 ), English...

... Waldo Emerson ( 180 3– 188 2), American writer7. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to nd it.” —George Moore ( 185 2–1933), Irish playwright8. “No matter ... ourselves.” —Henry Ward Beecher ( 181 3– 188 7), clergyman/abolitionist 4. “Rearing a family is probably the most difcult job in the world.” —Virginia Satir (1916–1 988 ), family therapist 5. “Heredity ... fashion.” —Leo Tolstoy in Anna Karenina ( 182 8–1910), Russian novelist 2. “All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” —Abraham Lincoln ( 180 9– 186 5), 16th U.S. President3. “We never...

... dishes do you cook?“Gluttony is not a secret vice.” Orson Welles (1915–1 985 ), great director/actor14 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryPlease circle the words that you know. Write three ... a man to a worm.”—Ambrose Bierce ( 184 2–1916), American writer 8. “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”—Winston Churchill ( 187 4–1965), British Prime Minister, ... ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 • www.compellingconversations.com“Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them.” Agatha Christie ( 189 0–1976), British crime fiction writer...

... done it from my youth.”—George Crabbe (1754– 183 2), English poet 8. “The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.” —John Stuart Mill ( 180 6– 187 3), English political philosopher 9. “The ... sins turn into bad habits.” —Saint Theresa ( 187 3– 189 7), French nun and author 6. “Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” —Mark Twain ( 183 5–1910), American humorist and novelist 7. ... 18 • www.compellingconversations.com13. What are some of your healthier habits?14. What are some of your...

... difference between a dog and a man.” —Mark Twain ( 183 5–1910), writer 7. “If man’s best friend is a dog, his worst is dogma.” —Leo Rosten (19 08 1997), writer 8. “I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cat ... equals.”—Winston Churchill ( 187 4–1965), British Prime Minister 9. “Animals are such agreeable friends–they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”—George Elliot ( 181 9– 189 0), English novelist ... Where?“The way to keep a cat is to try and chase it away.”Ed Howe ( 185 3–1937), American humorist12CAts, AnD moRe CAts 36 • www.compellingconversations.comvocAbulAryCircle the words you know. Ask your...

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