{"id":12589,"date":"2020-05-17T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T19:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=12589"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:05","slug":"the-danger-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/05\/the-danger-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danger of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clint Smith stated, &#8220;we spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don&#8217;t&#8221;. Simple words that have a very powerful meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of reasons why people stay silent, one could be telling the truth is difficult and staying silent won&#8217;t give you a hard time. But then again, being silent all the time can also spell disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below and learn more about the dangers of silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The danger of silence | Clint Smith | TED\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiKtZgImdlY?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How can silence be negative to people?<\/li><li>Is there an advantage to being silent?<\/li><li>Do you prefer being silent or honest?<\/li><li>Are you comfortable sharing your two cents?<\/li><li>How is having a voice important?<\/li><li>Talk about a story when you stood up for someone\/something.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Clint Smith stated, &#8220;we spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don&#8217;t&#8221;. 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