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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:48 am Post subject: One question |
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1. People have different *frame of reference*, a public speaker must take care to adapt his message to a particular audience.
Does it mean the background information, in this case?
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CP
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| Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:55 am Post subject: |
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A frame of reference is a perspective or a point of view, the context in which a person sees, interprets, understands something. Here, it should be plural, because people have different frames of reference, different points of view.
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grammy
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| I think that is true but it is a little more than that, our frame of reference is made from the collective sum of our experiences. who we are is derived from what we have seen, heard, experienced, been a part of, and the frame of reference is how we relate new events and experiences to our previous experiences |
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peterteacher
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| Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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So yes, it does mean 'background information' in a way.....
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