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Happy Friday!

Today we are going to look at giving and receiving compliments.

First, watch the following video:

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Then, answer the following questions in your Lang-8 journal.

__Comprehension__ 1) What are some of the circumstances given in the video for when it is appropriate to give compliments?(There are three in the video) 2) What are three other words that can mean 'compliment'. 3) What are three other words that mean the opposite of 'compliment'. 4) Why do we compliment other people? 5) Why are compliments not "well-received"? Why does it happen that sometimes people are unhappy to receive compliments?

__Your opinion__ 6) Do you like to receive compliments? Why or why not?﻿7) Who usually gives you compliments? What kind of things do they compliment on? 8) Who do you usually compliment? What do you say? 9) What is the nicest compliment you have ever received? 10) In your culture, how do people normally react to receiving a compliment? What is the polite thing to say?