Lesson 8
Social Responsibility
REVIEW 2
“Man in the Mirror”
by Michael Jackson
I ’m gonna make a change, for once in my life
It’s gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference,
gonna make it right...
As I turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat
This wind is blowin’ my mind
I see kids on the street with not enough to eat.
Who am I, to be blind, pretending not to see their
needs?
A summer’s disregard, a broken bottle top, and a
one man’s soul
They follow each other on the wind, ya know?
‘Cause they got nowhere to go
That’s why I want you to know
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror, I ’m asking
him to change his ways.
And no message could have been any clearer.
If you wanna make the world a better place, take a
look at yourself, and then
make a change. I ’ve been a victim of a selfish kind
of love, it’s time that I realize.
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to
loan.
Could it be really me, pretending that they’re not
alone?
A willow deeply scarred, somebody’s
broken
heart, and a washed-out dream.
They follow the pattern of the wind you see, cause
they got no place to be.
That’s why I ’m starting with me.
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror, I ’m asking
him to change his ways.
And no message could have been any clearer.
If you wanna make the world a better place, take a
look at yourself, and then
make a change.
I ’m starting with the man in the mirror, I ’m asking
him to change his ways.
No message could have been any clearer.
If you wanna make the world a better place, take a
look at yourself and make
that change.
You gotta get it right, while you got the time, cause
when you close your heart,
you can’t close your ... your mind.
Rustam : H i, I ’m Rustam Hamroev, and you’re
listening to Learning English with Navruz radio
broadcast.
W ell things like texting, Twitter and the
24 hour news cycle continually bombard us with
information in our fast-paced world. But do you
sometimes wonder if people are also talking faster than
they used to? W ell, if that thought has crossed your
mind, you’re absolutely right. We are speaking faster
than we did a decade ago. So how does cramming
more words into every minute
affect our ability to
understand what we’re saying to each other? W ell
that’s one of the questions, Navruz radio
broadcast
reporter Dilfuza Mamatkulova put to communications
expert Jaloldin Zuhriddinov in this interview.
Dilfuza: Jaloldin Zuhriddinov is a Professor of
Communication Sciences and Disorders at Tashkent
State University. People seek his help to talk slower
and with greater clarity. To get back to where we used
to be.
Jaloldin Zuhriddinov : A decade ago I measured
the speed of speech of teachers, family members and
those out in society at a rate of about 145 words per
minute. That is certainly not what we’re finding today.
People are speaking at a rate of typically of around
160 to 180 words per minute.
Dilfuza: Jaloldin Zuhriddinov
says the central
nervous system is best able to comprehend speech
at around 124 to 130 words per minute.That’s about
how fast he just spoke. When we talk slowly, the
central nervous system has the time to fill in the gaps
of speech with elongated vowels and consonants.
Teachers or parents who think that kids don’t hear
them, (they) actually might not understand them. And
it’s not just kids. The
ever growing number of new
immigrants, and especially seniors, can have a hard
time with fast talkers. Jaloldin Zuhriddinov says we
all need to advocate for slower speech.
Jaloldin Zuhriddinov: When I work with television
news broadcasters whose time speaking at
200
words
per minute, and people call in and complain that they
cannot understand, then it would seem as though
people would begin to take the hint that they need to
slow down.
Dilfuza: There’s a few ways to do that. Look
people in the eye to get constant feedback and pause
between phrases. And time yourself. Mark 130 words
