Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Have you ever had a friend ask for advice? What did you tell them? How did you handle the situation? It can be very difficult to know the right thing to say, but it’s also flattering that a friend would value your opinion.
When giving advice, it’s important to remember to be impartial and objective. Sometimes, depending on the situation, it can be a struggle to tell your friend the truth. But if you are truly a worthy friend, you must be honest with your advice.
Gary and Marni are talking about the best way to give advice. Find out more in today’s lesson about helping friends.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Gary: Marni, I don’t know if this happens to you often, but someone came up to me the other day and was asking for advice.
Marni: Oh.
Gary: How do you handle that kind of thing?
Marni: Well, I think it’s flattering if someone feels that you’re worthy of giving them advice. They obviously value your opinion, and maybe they find you to be impartial, which is important.
Gary: Yeah, what I did like about it, was their question allowed me to provide an objective view of what their problem was. Where they’re just in the struggle, trying to understand it, seeing it from outside feels great.
Marni: Right. It’s really nice to have that outside perspective. I think oftentimes people take sides on an issue…
Gary: Exactly.
Marni: ... and if you’re able to just stay out of it, and…
Gary: Everyone’s intentions are for their personal benefit.
Marni: Giving advice can be tricky, but I think it’s important when people seek out your advice to just really listen to them and just be honest.
Gary: Yeah.
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Discussion
Gary recently had someone ask him for some advice. He thinks it is nice to have an objective view of someone else’s problems, because he could see the issue more clearly. He thinks it’s hard to always give good advice though.
Marni thinks it is flattering when people ask her for advice. She is happy when people think she is worthy of giving good advice. But she agrees that giving advice can be hard. Her rule is to simply listen and be honest.
Do you prefer to get advice, or give it? What is the best advice you have ever gotten?
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