Excerpt One

LISTENING BETWEEN THE LINES

Part Two

Part One

LISTENING FOR DETAILS

Part Two

Part One

1. What are the results of Dr. Zimbardo’s new study?

2. According to Dr. Zimbardo, why are Americans becoming shyer?

· cultural factors:

· social factors:

3. What is the difference between situational and dispositional shyness?

4. According to Dr. Zimbardo, what important first step must shy people take to make themselves more comfortable in social situations?

5. Why is being shy especially difficult for attractive people?

Read the questions. Then listen to the interview again. As you listen circle the best answer to each question.

1. According to the interviewer, Alex Chadwick, these days Americans are having difficulty_____

a. meeting people

b. dressing appropriately

c. asking questions

2. Philip Zimbardo ____________

a. teaches in a shyness clinic

b. runs in Palo Alto

c. manages a shyness clinic

3. Zimbardo’s latest research focused on shy ________________

a. adults

b. children

c. children and adults

4. The researchers discovered that over the past ten years, the number of Americans who label themselves as shy has increased by ___________

a. 48%

b. 18%

c. 8%

5. One thing that Zimbardo does not say about shy people is that they are ____________

a. competitive

b. reticent

c. self-conscious

6. The electronic revolution means that many people’s jobs are being replaced by computers. Philip Zimbardo doesn’t mention ______________ as being replaced by computers.

a. gas station owners

b. bank tellers

c. telephone operators

7. In Dr. Zimbardo’s survey, ____________ of people said shyness was undesirable.

a. 70%

b. 79%

c. 75%

8. One example of situation or momentary shyness not mentioned by Philip Zimbardo is ________

a. going on a blind date

b. playing the piano in public

c. speaking in public

9. Quasimodo is the hunchback in Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Zimbardo compares shyness to Quasimodo’s hump because ______________

a. everyone notices it

b. you always carry it with you

c. it’s a chronic disease

10. Zimbardo feels that shy people should be aware that nearly _________ of the population is shy.

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 40%

11. According to Dr. Zimbardo, when you are too shy, people may assume you are also _________

a. unintelligent

b. motivated

c. unattractive

12. Philip Zimbardo tells Alex Chadwick that he is not shy because he is the oldest child in a _____

a. small Italian family

b. large Italian family

c. large Greek family

Read the following questions. Then listen to each excerpt from the interview. Discuss your answers with the class.

1) What does Zimbardo mean by “at one level”? What is the “other level”?

2) How do competitiveness and testing contribute to shyness in America?

3) I agree/don’t agree with Zimbardo’s point about competition and shyness because…

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