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Block II. Video. Block III: Project work. Lesson 7. Believe it or leave it: how to understand that people lie. Block I. Vocabulary
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Block II. Video
Task 1. Watch the video http: //www. ted. com/talks/paolo_cardini_forget_multitasking_try_monotasking. html and fill in the blanks:
I'm a designer and an educator. I'm a multitasking person, and I push my students to fly through a very 1)………………., multitasking design process. But how 2)………………. is, really, this multitasking?
Let's consider for a while the option of 3)……………….. A couple of examples. Look at that. This is my multitasking activity result. So trying to cook, answering the phone, writing SMS, and maybe 4)………………. some pictures about this 5)………………. barbecue.
So someone tells us the story about supertaskers, so this two percent of people who are able to control multitasking 6)……………….. But what about ourselves, and what about our reality? When's 7)……………………….. you really enjoyed just the voice of your friend? So this is a project I'm working on, and this is a series of front 8)………………. to downgrade our super, hyper-mobile 9)………………. into the essence of their function.
Another example: Have you ever been to Venice? How beautiful it is to lose ourselves in these little streets on the island. But our 10)………………. reality is 11)………………. different, and full of tons of information. So what about something like that to rediscover our 12)………………. adventure?
I know that it could sound pretty 13)………………. to speak about mono when the number of possibilities is so huge, but I push you to 14)………………. the option of focusing on just one task, or maybe turning your digital senses totally off.
So nowadays, everyone could produce his mono product. Why not? So find your monotask spot within the multitasking world. Thank you.
Task 2. Answer the questions:
1) What does multitasking mean? Are you a multitasking or a monotasking type of person?
2) What arguments against multitasking does Paolo Cardini mention, in your opinion?
3) What profession does Paolo Cardini work by?
4) What serious questions does he ask?
5) Could you give any examples that prove multitasking is rational?
Block III: Project work
Present your point of view on the following topic and give all the appropriate examples:
Lesson 7
Believe it or leave it: how to understand that people lie
Block I. Vocabulary
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Task 1. Read the text and translate the words and phrases in bold into Russian:
Body movements and facial expressions are the best indicators of catching a lie. When a person is telling a lie his body language will slightly start changing. The person's body would soon get stiff because of the nervousness and his body movements will talk volumes about his discomfort.
There will be a change in his breathing pattern. Usually the breathing gets deeper and can get audible at times. There will be unusual and untimely postural shifts in his body. His actions will start looking defensive, with his shoulders pulled up and elbows more into sides.
Hand Movements
A person who is lying will have two types of hand movements. The first type is defensive in which palms are closed and fingers are tight. The second type is fidgety in which a person will fidget a lot with his hands while talking. He will be restless and will make too many hand movements that could be easily noticed.
High Pitched Voice
A person who is lying tends to talk in a higher pitch than normal. This happens because a liar wants to be heard clearly so that the listener won't question him further to which the liar will have to fake another answer. A liar also thinks that talking in a high-pitched voice will show his confidence which would help in convincing the listener.
Covering the Mouth/Face
Even the best of liars cannot control this body movements even when they are aware of the fact that they are lying. A person who is lying will usually cover his face, mouth or touch his forehead while he is telling a lie.
This happens because even if a liar is aware of what he is lying about, his sub-conscious mind wants to avoid telling a lie, which makes him cover his face and his mouth, without even realizing it.
Unusual Pauses
The speech of a liar will be full of unusual pauses. This is because, a person who tells lies has to think of a story to fake as an answer to any given question. Thinking about a picture and making up a story takes time. Even an ace liar will take at least a few seconds to think of a story and tell a lie. So, watch out for unusual breaks in a liar's speech.
Slight Delay in Replying /Answering
The reason behind the slight delay in replying is same as that of unusual pauses. It also happens because a liar's sensory pattern slows down while telling a lie. On being asked a question about minute details, the person will tend to get defensive at first to avoid a delay in replying.
He would then, take a little pause and continue telling a lie. One should be able to read between the lines, besides just observing the body language.
Reading Eyes
Eyes Move Up and to the Left
When you ask a question to any liar, his eyes would move up towards left. This phenomenon is explained as Visual Accessing Cues by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in their book " Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)".
In simple words, if you ask a person to imagine a red rabbit, his eyes would move up towards left he will construct a red colored rabbit in his mind visually. This happens with liars when they are imagining a story in their mind to fake it as the truth.
Eye-movement up and towards right is an indication of remembering old images. For example, if you ask someone " What colored car he saw in the morning? ", his eyes would move up to right.
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Eye Contact
Some liars would not be able to look into your eyes while telling a lie, while some others will try to have excessive eye contact with you.
Too Much of Eye Blinking
Lying has a stressful effect on the liar's body. If a person is lying, his eyes are strained resulting in too much of eye blinking.
These are the primary indicants and these signs can be used as warnings to detect if a person is telling a lie. Any one of these signs can be seen on a person even when he is nervous about something. A high-pitched voice or a lack of eye-contact would not always mean that a person is lying.
Sometimes a person may suffer from compulsive lying disorder. A compulsive liar is someone who finds comfort in lying as if he is addicted to lying. He may lie about anything and everything even if you present facts before him. Admitting the truth is probably the last thing he would do. Signs of compulsive lying are different from those seen in normal lying.
Task 2. Answer the questions:
1. What two types of hand movements will a person who is lying have?
2. How to understand a person is a liar reading his eyes?
3. The speech of a liar will be full of unusual pauses, won`t it?
4. What does too much of eye blinking mean?
5. What does covering the mouth/face show?
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