MY DEAR STUDENTS Question: what other posible context can you imagine for: " WE NEED TO TALK" WHAT WOULD BE THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF " WE NEED TO TALK" WITHIN THE CONTEXT YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT.
So, as usually or as many people would imaginate, the context could be when your boyfriend or girlfriend text you with the typical "we need to talk" wich could mean or you could think:
a) Yeah, you did it wrong and I'll break up with you. b)You didn't do anything wrong but I'm bored I'll break up with you c) Damn it, yes, I did something bad and my awareness it's killing me I have to tell you. d) There's something that it's worrying/annoying me about you.
And so on if you imagination it's so dramatic as mine. So that's it! thanks x) or that's what i understood to answer.
Hello Teacher! Well, "We need to talk" usually sounds like, "OMG I'm in trouble". But also it can be something nice, just read:
Headmaster, have to tell you something important. It happened to me once. I won a price for being a good student in my school, so my headmaster's call me in front of everyone, and I was like "Oh no" But then he says like...For being such a good student you are going to Gorgona Island. And that's it. It's just an experience.
I just want to say, Pragmatics as interesting topic can be so difficult for complex minds like mine. Thanks Teacher, and see you on Thursday!
Hello teacher! I was working in a college as a teacher, when the college director said me "I need to talk" you in the office. I could think: a. I will have to call attention b. I could obtain a promote c. I could lose my job d. Could give me a responsability And so, in other context or situation...
Hi teacher!. Okey, so, with that expression "We need to talk" I can imagine different situations in differents contexts (social, laboral, family, personal), like: - I'm in trouble, I did something wrong. - Somebody needs a favor from me. - Break up a relationship. -Try to fix an uncomfortable or annoying situation. -Confess something. - To announce good or bad news. :))
Good afternoon. The first case that comes to my mind is the typical cliche: - "I'm gonna break up with you" :( The second case is for example when someone is trying to explain to you a mathematics exercise, but through text messages. Then some of you realise it's not working so you say: - "We need to talk face to face so I can explain better to you and be sure you understand". May be another situation would be when you go to the doctor to make some medical test, but something went wrong, so the doctor calls you to ask you to go to his office and talk about how the results went: - "I can't tell you the results by the phone, come as soon as you can, because we need to talk immediately about that"
Hi teacher. when I hear the expression "we need to talk" I said OMG! shit! I'm a trouble, I need help but i never imagine that is for something good because in the most the world use this expression to talk about the your wrongs or to split up.
Hi teacher. when I hear the expression "we need to talk" I said OMG! shit! I'm a trouble, I need help but i never imagine that is for something good because in the most the world use this expression to talk about the your wrongs or to split up.
Well Teacher if somebody told me " We need to talk" i'd think many things depending of the context hehe , for instance if my mom send me a message ( she never does it ) i'd think that I did something Wrong , if my boss told me " Hey diego We need to talk" inmediatly I would think about the things I've done at my job , if everything is going Right, he is going to congratulate me if not he would fire me :( . See you on class Teacher ;)
We "need to talk" is an utterance that must be interpreter because it maybe has a consecuense to the person that hear it and im his mind makes the situation that will happen maybe a good consecuense or a bad consecuense
I think that depends the context and obviously the person that say it too, sometimes it can be in a good way but may be no, for example, if my mother say me ''eyy, we need to talk'', I can think a lot of things, a. may be i did something wrong and she is going to quarrel me b. or she wants to tell me something important that happened in the house c.or she needs me to do something special i don't know but when she says me something like that i can think a lot of things in a good or in a bad way.
Hi teacher!
ReplyDeleteSo, as usually or as many people would imaginate, the context could be when your boyfriend or girlfriend text you with the typical "we need to talk" wich could mean or you could think:
a) Yeah, you did it wrong and I'll break up with you.
b)You didn't do anything wrong but I'm bored I'll break up with you
c) Damn it, yes, I did something bad and my awareness it's killing me I have to tell you.
d) There's something that it's worrying/annoying me about you.
And so on if you imagination it's so dramatic as mine.
So that's it! thanks x) or that's what i understood to answer.
You're right my dear.
DeleteHello Teacher!
ReplyDeleteWell, "We need to talk" usually sounds like, "OMG I'm in trouble". But also it can be something nice, just read:
Headmaster, have to tell you something important. It happened to me once. I won a price for being a good student in my school, so my headmaster's call me in front of everyone, and I was like "Oh no" But then he says like...For being such a good student you are going to Gorgona Island. And that's it. It's just an experience.
I just want to say, Pragmatics as interesting topic can be so difficult for complex minds like mine. Thanks Teacher, and see you on Thursday!
Nice my friend
DeleteHello teacher!
ReplyDeleteI was working in a college as a teacher, when the college director said me "I need to talk" you in the office. I could think:
a. I will have to call attention
b. I could obtain a promote
c. I could lose my job
d. Could give me a responsability
And so, in other context or situation...
good job
DeleteHi teacher!.
ReplyDeleteOkey, so, with that expression "We need to talk" I can imagine different situations in differents contexts (social, laboral, family, personal), like:
- I'm in trouble, I did something wrong.
- Somebody needs a favor from me.
- Break up a relationship.
-Try to fix an uncomfortable or annoying situation.
-Confess something.
- To announce good or bad news.
:))
Godd Job my dear
DeleteGood afternoon.
ReplyDeleteThe first case that comes to my mind is the typical cliche:
- "I'm gonna break up with you" :(
The second case is for example when someone is trying to explain to you a mathematics exercise, but through text messages. Then some of you realise it's not working so you say:
- "We need to talk face to face so I can explain better to you and be sure you understand".
May be another situation would be when you go to the doctor to make some medical test, but something went wrong, so the doctor calls you to ask you to go to his office and talk about how the results went:
- "I can't tell you the results by the phone, come as soon as you can, because we need to talk immediately about that"
yeah, you're right
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ReplyDeleteHi teacher.
ReplyDeletewhen I hear the expression "we need to talk" I said OMG! shit! I'm a trouble, I need help but i never imagine that is for something good because in the most the world use this expression to talk about the your wrongs or to split up.
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Hi teacher.
ReplyDeletewhen I hear the expression "we need to talk" I said OMG! shit! I'm a trouble, I need help but i never imagine that is for something good because in the most the world use this expression to talk about the your wrongs or to split up.
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Well Teacher if somebody told me " We need to talk" i'd think many things depending of the context hehe , for instance if my mom send me a message ( she never does it ) i'd think that I did something Wrong , if my boss told me " Hey diego We need to talk" inmediatly I would think about the things I've done at my job , if everything is going Right, he is going to congratulate me if not he would fire me :( .
ReplyDeleteSee you on class Teacher ;)
We "need to talk" is an utterance that must be interpreter because it maybe has a consecuense to the person that hear it and im his mind makes the situation that will happen maybe a good consecuense or a bad consecuense
ReplyDeleteOnly my mom had said me "we need to talk" and this was not good
ReplyDeleteI think that depends the context and obviously the person that say it too, sometimes it can be in a good way but may be no, for example, if my mother say me ''eyy, we need to talk'', I can think a lot of things,
ReplyDeletea. may be i did something wrong and she is going to quarrel me
b. or she wants to tell me something important that happened in the house
c.or she needs me to do something special
i don't know but when she says me something like that i can think a lot of things in a good or in a bad way.
I think that the context is the most important thing for the speech, because it helps to understand the comunicative act in a better way
ReplyDeleteI think that the context is the most important thing for the speech, because it helps to understand the comunicative act in a better way
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