5-Background material1-How to spot a liar数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Background material 1: script of “How to Spot a Liar?” by Pamela Meyer For the complete speech “How to Spot a Liar?” by Pamela Meyer mentioned in this unit you can go to the following website: Listen to the talk and think about the following questions: Do you find the beginning interesting? Can you think of a topic and design a beginning with the same technique? Try it with your friends and see how they like your beginning. Script: Okay, now I dont want to alarm anybody in this room, but its just come to my attention that the person to your right is a liar. (Laughter) Also, the person to your left is a liar. Also the person sitting in your very seats is a liar. Were all liars. What Im going to do today is Im going to show you what the research says about why were all liars, how you can become a liespotter and why you might want to go the extra mile and go from liespotting to truth seeking, and ultimately to trust building. Now, speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, Liespotting, no one wants to meet me in person anymore, no, no, no, no, no. They say, Its okay, well email you. (Laughter) I cant even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husbands like, Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How about French cooking? So before I get started, what Im going to do is Im going to clarify my goal for you, which is not to teach a game of Gotcha. Liespotters arent those nitpicky kids, those kids in the back of the room that are shouting, Gotcha! Gotcha! Your eyebrow twitched. You flared your nostril. I watch that TV show Lie To Me. I know youre lying. No, liespotters are armed with scientific knowledge of how to spot deception. They use it to get to the truth, and they do what mature leaders do everyday; they have difficult conversations with difficult people, sometimes during very difficult times. And they start up that path by accepting a core proposition, and that proposition is the following: Lying is a cooperative ac