Find your "why"
📢 Last call! Last call! Last call! 📢
六月團班就快開始了，剩下兩名額，還沒報名的趕緊！🙀
Different kinds of “why”
Some argue that “why” questions can make people feel interrogated1, feel like they need to defend2 themselves. In this situation, you may not get good answers.
有些人認為「why」會讓人有被審問的感覺，好像需要為自己辯護一樣產生防衛心，在這種情況下得到的答案可能有限。
Take a look at the example below and see if you can sense the difference.
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A: Why are you late? B: Well…
Instead of saying “why”, try:
A: What are the reasons why you are late? B: Today…
來看看以下多變例句，學習問題的藝術吧！
What are the reasons?
You are quitting? What are the reasons? (For what reasons?) 你要辭了？什麼原因呢？
You pulled out of the investment a couple years ago. What were the reasons behind it? （注意時態）幾年前你退出了投資，背後的原因是什麼？
What makes you say that?
You are never going back to Spain? What makes you say that? 你不想回去西班牙？怎麼說呢？
A: The restaurant was not worth it. B: What makes you say that? 這餐廳不值得。怎麼說呢？
I wonder why…★我個人最愛的說法★
You mentioned that he was a “bad” person. I wonder why. (I wonder why you said that?) 你說他是一個「壞」人，我想知道為什麼呢？
I wonder why you stopped writing the book. 我想知道為什麼你停止寫這本書
雖然 I wonder 文法上～不是問句～，但卻能很巧妙的表達好奇心跟對答案的開放程度，很能成功地邀請不同種回覆🤩 相當高招喔！
其實還有好多種模式可以問出被背後的原因，例如 how come、the thinking behind something 等等，我建議大家多多接觸 podcast。
最近聽了幾集的 No Stupid Questions（知識型對話）、 Glad we had this talk by Caroline Hirons （保養美妝知性節目），還有經典的 Hot Ones by First We Feast（名人吃辣雞翅訪談）深深感受到問題的重要性！
Asking questions does not mean you are stupid. 🤓
《進階會話》以及《感情價值觀》還有名額，歡迎新生！
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interrogate (v) 拷問、審問
defend (v) 防衛、自我防護