Stereotypes

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Answer the questions about what you read.
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1. What are stereotypes?
2. What are the common stereotypes about people in your country? The following are letters written by employees of a British based international public relations firm. To the editor in chief: I am writing you to tell you of some problems I have been having with the other editor in the office, Sakiko Fujita. We don’t work well together. She seems to depend on me for most all the ideas and decisions. I seem to carry the responsibility all the time. To give you an example of our TENSIONS, I will describe what happened between us today. This morning we were working on an article. I found that I was doing all the work. She didn’t contribute to the discussion. When I finally asked her what she thought of my decisions, she HESITATED. Then she only said that she thought my work was interesting and she would think about it more. I am very FRUSTRATED. She doesn’t give me her opinions or ideas. How can I work with someone who doesn’t communicate or give FEEDBACK? I want to move forward with our work but I can’t with her. How can I get her to take on more responsibility? I know that part of the problem is communication. She doesn’t seem to listen to what I am saying. She rarely looks at me when we speak. And she sits so far away. She is a very reserved person. I can’t FIGURE OUT what is going on her head. I hope that you can talk to her and get her to be more involved in our work. As things are now, our collaboration is not at all productive. Sincerely, Edmundo Montaya Reyes My Dear Friend Noriko, Hello. How are you? I hope everything is going well. I am not doing so well. Life at the company has been difficult lately. One of my COLLEAGUES is very difficult to work with. He seems only to CONSIDER himself. He doesn’t know how to share workspace or work responsibilities. Part of the problem is that he has difficulty listening carefully to people. When we work together, he rarely asks me for my opinion, he interrupts me. For example, today we had to make some important changes in an article. He told me what he wanted, and when I tried to say it wasn’t the best idea, he just didn’t want to listen to me. I feel a bit uncomfortable with him. He sits very close and looks at me all the time. I try to get some distance between us but he just pushes closer. He doesn’t give me room to talk or think. I think his behavior is a little aggressive. I don’t know what to do. Maybe I should ask for a transfer to a different office. It is too hard for us to work together. I don’t think we can RESOLVE our differences. Tomorrow I will mention my problem to the editor in chief. I think she will understand. Thanks for listening to my troubles and me. With love, Sakiko a. tensions b. a person you work with c. working together d. way of acting e. opinion in response to someone or something f. understand someone g. to clear up a problem h. feelings of worry, pressure or anger i. to pause j. annoyed and disappointed
3. tensions
4. hesitate
5. frustrated
6. feedback
7. figure someone out
8. collaboration
9. colleague
10. to consider
11. behavior
12. to resolve
13. Why are Sakiko and Edmundo having problems with each other? What specific behaviors are causing the misunderstandings?
14. What small things can they do to work together better on a daily basis?