The Great Courses – Effective Communication Skills Talk is something you do every day. And your life is literally shaped by it. Many of the decisions you make are decided by talking. You may be in a restaurant asking a waiter for an unusual substitution, urging a service manager to get your car finished sooner rather than later, or trying to sway your significant other toward a particular film or show. Or you might be trying to build more cooperative relationships at the office.
"Hot diggety!" exclaims plump Mole when he sees the full moon for what is apparently the first time. And indeed, the moon is at its most fetching, glowing in the cobalt-blue night sky "like a bright silver coin." Mole spends the balance of the book engaged in sweetly comic attempts to pry the moon out of the sky. His woodland pals try to warn him off the plan, each one pointing out, "It's not as close as it looks." But that doesn't stop Mole from trying to leap for it, poke it, knock it down with acorns or simply grab it from a high tree branch. Finally, it dawns on him: the moon's beauty lies in the fact that everyone can enjoy it.
Behind the News - ABC Australia (Nov 29, 2016 - with English subtitle)
Behind the News is a high-energy, fun way for upper primary and secondary students to learn about current issues and events in their world. And, if you're trying to get the Aussie twang down pat, this show can be a promising solution.
Behind the News - ABC Australia (Nov 22, 2016 - with English subtitle)
Behind the News is a high-energy, fun way for upper primary and secondary students to learn about current issues and events in their world. And, if you're trying to get the Aussie twang down pat, this show can be a promising solution.
