Language is one of those areas in which scientists observe neural entrainment: When
people listen to speech, their brain waves lock up with the volume - based rhythms they hear.
«I think it's a shame that they haven't taken a more realistic approach to what we know actually happens when
people listen to speech,» Scott said.
Not exact matches
Coleman suggests that every time you give a
speech, recognize that you have three audiences: the
people sitting in the chairs
listening to your message, the event coordinator who booked you
to speak, and the
people sponsoring the event.
The thousands of
people in attendance will
listen to political
speeches, check out the latest firearms, attend gun training courses and socialize.
And if by some chance the
people that fail
to remeber our basic write
to freedom of
speech can be linked
to some offshore third world IT
person who can
listen for 10 cents an hour.
The preaching lasts anywhere from 15 minutes
to over an hour, and is delivered in
speech format — one
person talks while the rest
listen.
James Madison, that staunch advocate of free
speech, insisted that the right of
people to speak and
to listen is not an end in itself, but is a means of achieving «popular government,» by which he meant the democratic process whereby
people have the opportunity
to take a real part in the decisions which affect their lives.
Today
people look back on Luther as the all - time master of
listening to colloquial
speech and feeding it back as part of a new literary German, thus honoring both vernacular and high literature.
The practice in our churches of a
person standing up in front of a group of
people who sit passively in padded chairs for thirty minutes
listening to a
speech about a spiritual topic or passage from Scripture is not necessarily wrong; it is just not a practice that can be found within Scripture.
People «believe» all sorts of nonsense, and their «beliefs» are subject
to change on a regular basis (
listen to any John Kerry
speech, in which he begins every other paragraph with «I believe...» followed by his belief of the week.
Also, if you give
speeches at your meetings and collect money from
people who
listen to your
speeches, that is income...
It was the custom of Athenian society
to gather in the agora
to listen to speeches by any
persons who felt they had something
to say and then
to quiz them and often
to debate them on the validity of their ideas.
These totalitarian fascists in North America use exaggeration, call disagreement hate
speech and engender tons of emotion over their cause and too many
people listen to them.
For all you honeymooners, or
people going for a romantic get - away, consider upgrading
to the jacuzzi room (which you can do for a cost, or
listen to the time share
speech), you can also have strawberries and a cheese plate, or flowers and cake delivered
to your room.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Hiroshima, said Obama tried in his
speech to strike the right balance in terms of the audience in Japan but also
people listening to him back in the US.
The Tories get about 100 - 200
people to take part in their «primaries», and if the means of election involves going
to a meeting
to listen to speeches and vote, the numbers aren't feasibly going
to be much higher than that.
-- Tell us (as someone above said) how much of his time is spent actually communicating with his constituents compared
to sitting around in Westminster making wet
speeches —
Listen to the
people and get together with supposedly like minded MPs and get rid of Brown by the powers they have.
Over 100
people waved signs and
listened to speeches by George Gresham, the president of Service Employees International Union local 1199, and then Cuomo himself.
In his Leader's
speech, Vince Cable referred
to the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the chilling reality that
people who have less financial capital or status are
listened to less.
Obama made the litany recommendation
to Cuban President Raul Castro as the audience of Cuban
people gathered
to listen to his
speech, which highlighted both the similarities and «serious differences» between the United States and Cuba.
The two young men had
listened to Mario's
speech as it began
to come together, «and when you work in government... you go through such highs and lows together that you really bond or you wind up very distant from the other
person, because you really get
to see a
person's character,» Andrew Cuomo said.
Ed Miliband notes in his
speech today that «millions of
people now feel that our country does not work for them, politics does not
listen to them and can not answer them ``.
Now, the millions of
people listening to Obama's full
speech online «proves that the sound blast may be more powerful than the sound bite,» said Micah Sifry, a co-founder of techpresident.com, which analyzes online politics.
About 100
people listened as he gave his stump
speech about taking the fight
to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and reversing the exodus of jobs and
people from upstate New York.
In May 2014, about 15
people sat at a long table at Ca Va restaurant in Manhattan and
listened to Gov. Andrew Cuomo give a very expensive
speech.
Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison, said the Queen's
speech showed the government «had
listened» and taken up issues that mattered
to people, such as poverty, the environment, care for the elderly, and curbs on risk - taking and sharp practices by the financial sector.
People who braved the stormy weather
to listen to the County Executive's address had mixed reaction
to his
speech.
People just want politicians
to listen, not make grand
speeches.
While they allow
people to hear
speech, they are not good for
listening to music.
The findings may one day inspire
speech therapy approaches that teach
people to notice changes in mouth position rather than
listening for changes in sounds, says Shari Baum, a neurolinguist at McGill University who was not involved in the research.
Usually these sounds can only be understood once
people are either told
to listen out for
speech, or have been trained
to decode the disguised sounds.
On a related note, as I
listened to NASA's press conference this afternoon, I couldn't help but reimagine Rutger Hauer's famous
speech at the end of «Blade Runner»: «I've seen things you
people wouldn't believe — attack ships on fire off the shoulders of Orion, water vapor erupting off the surface of Europa.»
Rather than let her stutter get the better of her, Emily improved her
speech by
listening to the different accents of the
people in her acting class.
Bazeley admits that she sometimes must ask students
to slow the
speech down; they're used
to listening to it at a rate much faster than most
people can follow.
And I said, you know,
people don't really
listen to you when you get up
to give a
speech.
When you
listen to his best
speeches, you see a
person who really could herald a new political era.
Besides making eReaders more accesible
to people who have problems with their vision, it text -
to -
speech (or for that matter buying an eBook - AudioBook combo) could very useful for
people learning new languages, reading a book in their target language and
listening to it being spoken at the same time.
After you've got 200
people that'll, you know,
listen to your
speech or going
to buy your book... I've got a fella that sells books on the subway.
People listening to a book with text -
to -
speech will not have visual cues that a new language has been introduced.
A Brigham Young University study found that when someone's
speech pattern is slowed down by 30 %, they appear less fluent, less persuasive, and less truthful
to the
person who's
listening to them.
Of the roughly 150 or so
people attentively
listening to the Entertainment Director's welcome introduction (one of eight such all - hands - on - deck
speeches we would hear over the next eight days), I found I could group -LSB-...]
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to stop commenting if you don't want if you want
to comment about something comment feel free OH YEA FREEDOM OF
SPEECH So don't stop commenting cause of other
people, you can comment any time you want don't
listen to the others who told you stop you are a nice
person and I don't want you
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I urge you
to listen to the full
speech by Malala or read the transcript at the Web site of the nonprofit group A World at School, and share it with others, particularly children,
to help convey just how big one heart can grow and how much impact one
person can have.
For two years running at the annual school awards, my wife, my little babes and I, have had
to listen to speeches trying
to inspire the youth of today
to follow the lead of these
people.
In his victory
speech on Nov. 9, Trump pledged
to listen to people with differing views, so perhaps he'll reach out beyond Walker in weighing next steps for NASA
to people like David Titley, a retired Navy rear admiral and former Oceanographer of the Navy, who has written a comprehensive overview of the value NASA earth science provides
to society, including
to national security.
Listen to a snippet of his
speech above.DeChristopher is absolutely right: we're going
to need
to see more direct action from young, engaged
people if we hope
to see serious progress in arenas like halting mountaintop removal mining, shuttering dirty old coal plants, and making significant inroads towards climate mitigation in general.
Meeting someone in
person gives us a chance, as humans,
to listen to our intuition by analysing their body language,
speech tone and overall behaviour.
«At a time of life when many
people are content
to enjoy the benefits of retirement, Fred has continued his work; travelling, talking, delivering
speeches and above all else
listening to the concerns of ordinary Australians, black and white, and fighting
to ensure that their voices are heard in the corridors of power.»
In the afternoon we presented our thoughts on young
people's experiences online on stage in the auditorium and
listened to speeches made by Nick Lane (Managing Director of Customer Service, EE), Will Gardner (Director UK Safer Internet Centre) and Michael Bell (Head of Safeguarding, DfE).