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Free Talk with Topic III
Lesson 56
Expectation
*expectation: strong beliefs about the proper way
someone should behave or something should happen
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Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
greatness
potential
beyond
reasonable
fight
1 “Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.”
― Brian Tracy
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Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
Possible answer:
greatness We expect that when we are driving the road will continue over the hill, we
potential expect that the food in the supermarket won't make us sick, we expect our parents
beyond to tell us the truth. And most of the time we get what we expect. you can choose
reasonable greatness for your life. Reaching your full potential is not something that happens
fight by mere chance, but rather is the result of marching towards a destination that is
beyond what you would typically try to achieve. Most people settle for very
average goals because it’s “reasonable.” The problem with this is that it creates a
1 lot of competition for things that aren’t really worth fighting over. In other words,
everyone is battling to achieve mediocre results.
©2016 Acadsoc Limited * The student is not required to finish all the 3 speeches, and is encouraged to choose the words they like to give a speech.
Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
unmet
experience
disappointed
angry
gift
2 “When you bite into a chocolate truffle, you don't want to find oat bran.”
― Laura Kalpakian, Educating Waverley
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Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
unmet Possible answer:
experience
disappointed One way to deal with unmet expectations is to reframe the experience. Suppose I
angry expected to see a movie tonight but when I got to the theater I discovered that the
gift movie had moved on. Besides feeling disappointed or angry, I could immediately
look around for another pleasure. I could take this as a gift and look to see what
2 else is playing or what other interesting, cool things might be around. Or I could
just decide that being with myself would be the most pleasurable use of my time.
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Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
reality
think
hope
create
base
3 “Whatever it is you're seeking won't come in the form you're expecting.”
― Haruki Murakami
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Expectation
Give a speech with
the following words:
Possible answer:
Expectations are not future reality. They are not contracts with the Universe. They
reality
are not something outside of us that is a part of nature. They are simply beliefs we
think
have accepted about the future. Very often our expectations are based on what we
hope
think are probable outcomes, on the projection of patterns we see, or simply on
create
the basis of hope. Sometimes we base our expectations on what other people have
base
said or what we thought they said. Or our expectations are based on meanings we
have created to make sense of our immediate world. But, however they come to
3 be, we are the ones who create them. Whether consciously or not we choose these
beliefs and they are our creation.
©2016 Acadsoc Limited * The student is not supposed to finish all the 3 speeches, and is encouraged to choose the words they like to give a speech.
Selective Questions:
(*If all the 3 speeches above have been given already, you can choose to discuss the following questions.)
1. What is your expectation for the next year? You can talk about yourself or the society.
2. When in school, did(do) you expect yourself to be a top student?
3. Talk about your experience of expecting something but getting disappointed in the end.
4. How to deal with other people’s unreasonable expectations on you?
5. Will you have higher expectations on someone who is good-looking?
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See you.
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