Tips to keep a hearty conversation flowing

　　On holidays we typically gather with our nearest and dearest． But

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　　can be made, maintained and broken through the ways we talk to our loved

　　_37___, according to Deborah Tannen, a George-town University professor in linguistics（语言学）．She has suggestions

　　as to

　　how we can

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　　communications at our festival dinner tables．Let’s take a look．

　　A

　　round dinning table is best for promoting a

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　　conversation because everyone

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　　each other．

　　Avoid _41_ grandparents at the ends of a rectangular（长方形的） table, even though it is the traditional place of __42__．Elderly people may feel lonely there if they are unable to hear or keep __43__ a conversation．

　　__44__ prefer to face each other and make eye contact when they talk．In contrast, men tend to look around at other things．“Guys may be more

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　　keeping gazing on the TV,” says Tannen．“They’ll still be _46__, though．”

　　Be aware that people have different ways of talking．Each person has a different __47__ of tone, rhyme, timing and how _48__ of a pause is normal in a conversation．Watch for people who seem left __49__．If you feel you are doing all the talking, hold back to give others a

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