Although not everybody needs to be a great communicator in English, being good at communicating can help you get a job, a friend, and even an American boyfriend or girlfriend. Sometimes when there are misunderstandings and controversial issues, American friends may ask our opinions about them. How can we explain our views on these controversial issues to American friends in a way that makes the problem understandable from Americans' point of view? How can we explain a complicated issue within our historical and cultural context, while maintaining an objective, friendly attitude in our conversation with the friends?        To do all this requires tremendous communication skills! Unfortunately, these are precisely the skills most people like us lack. We lack the skills not because we are not smart enough but that our traditional culture discourages people from becoming too eloquent and polished. If we want to be successful in this so-called knowledge-/information-based economy, we'd better know how to communicate! So how can we become a good communicator?       First, be as knowledgeable as possible about other people. In this case, learn as much as you can about Americans -- their culture and history, their way of thinking, their daily concerns and ideology, their temper and personality, their society and political system, etc. How can we become knowledgeable? Actually, almost anything will do: studying, watching movies, reading articles, making American friends, and, most of all, thinking.        Next, practice whenever you can. Talk to Americans. Write your thoughts, ideas, and stories as much as you can in English. By practicing, you will gradually develop your own personal communication style -- having personality and character is good in the US! -- and you will know how to communicate appropriately for different topics and different kinds of audiences.        Finally, have some sense of humor. Be able to tell little stories. Americans are fun-loving people! They like to tell or hear jokes and anecdotes. If you want to make your talk more lively, become a good story teller and have some jokes ready, even if you are initially not that humorous yet. Even a very simple joke will help "break the ice" with Americans. So, don’t be shy to express your ideas or thoughts with Americans. Practice hones skill.
【題組】150.What is the best title of the passage?
(A) Several characteristics of Americans
(B) The importance of communication
(C) Being a good communicator with Americans
(D) Living in the U.S.