Differences in Men’s and Women’s Ways of Talking
According to the latest research in the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University has noticed the difference in little girls' conversation is less definite than boys' and expresses more doubts, little boys use conversation to establish status with their listeners.
These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private conversations, men and women speak in equal amounts--although they say things in a different style. Professor Tanner believes that, for woman, private talking is a way to establish and test intimacy. For men, private talking is a way to explore the power structure of a relationship.
Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, says Professor Tannen, he wants to show that he has more knowledge, and hence more power in conversation. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to take a sharing approach and to encourage her student to join in.
But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally more helpful. She says women feel they achieve power by being able to help others. Although the research suggests men talk and interrupt people more than women, Professor Tannen says, women actually encourage this to happen because they believe it will lead to more intimacy and help to establish a relationship.
Some scientists who are studying speech think that the brain is pre-programmed for language. As we are usually taught to speak by women, it seems likely that the brain must have a sexual bias in its programming, otherwise male speech patterns would not arise at all.【正确答案】：
Ⅰ THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WAYS OF TALKING.
Ⅱ IN PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS, THEY BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY.
Ⅲ TEACHING IS ONE JOB WHERE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WAYS OF TALKING SHOW.
Ⅳ WOMEN ARE NOT NATURALLY MORE HELPFUL.
Ⅴ THE BRAIN IS PRE-PROGRAMMED FOR LANGUAGE.
【题目解析】：句子提纲的步骤： 第一步：确定文章主题（题目多是主题） 第二步：确定中心论点（多在首段出现） 第三步：总结各段段落大意 第四步：整理全文提纲本题要求列出本文的句子提纲。本文为一篇说明文，文章题目即为本文的主旨：男女说话方式的差异。第一段第一句话为本段也是本文的主旨。Ⅰ There are differences in men’s and women’s ways of talking.第二段介绍了他们在公共谈话以及私人谈话中的不同的说话方式。Ⅱ In public conversations and private conversations, they behave differently.第三段第一句话为本段主旨句：教学能够明显体现男女说话方式的不同。Ⅲ Teaching is one job where the differences between men’s and women’s ways of talking show.第四段第一句话为本段主旨句：女人不是天生就更爱帮助别人的。Ⅳ Women are not naturally more helpful.最后一段第一句话未本段主旨句：一些研究语言的科学家认为大脑是为语言预先编程的。Ⅴ The brain is pre-programmed for language.