Asking and Answer

Asking and Answer chapterivaskingandansweringquestions i.invitingquestions so,let'sthrowitopentoquestions. nowi'dliketoansweranyquestions,ifyouhaveany. nowiamreadytoansweryourquestions,ifany. i'dbegladtotryandansweranyquestions. arethereanyquestions? anyquestions? ii.raisingquestions signalingyourintentiontoaskaquestion iwanttoaskdr.biaquestion. ihaveaguestionfordr.anderson. mr.smith,ihaveaquestiontoaskyou. thereisaquestioni'dliketoaskprof.li. aquestionformr.liu. onequestion,dr.wei. couldiaskyouaquestion,prof.li? mayiventuretoaskprof.zhangaquestion? expressingyourattitude beforeaskingyourquestion,youcanexpressyourpositiveattitudeormakeamentonthespeaker'spresentation.forexample, dr.johnson,iwasfascinatedbyyourdescriptionofyourstudy,butwhatwillhappenif... mr.li,youdidsplendidwork!justonequestion. askingthespecificquestion youmentionedverybrieflythatyouusedtwoexperimentsthatwerethesame. wouldyoupleaseelaborateonthatpoint? wouldyoubesokindastogivememoreinformationaboutthemethodofyourexperiment? wouldyoutellmethereasonwhyyousetsuchahightemperature? prehensivesamples dr.wang,i'dliketoraiseonequestion.first,mayisayhowmuchienjoyedtalk.but,mayiask,doyouhaveexperiencewiththenewmethod? congratulations,dr.li.ican'thelpbutadmireyourachievement.butiwanttoknohat'syourattitudetowardabuseofantibiotics? i'dliketocongratulatemr.liuonaveryinterestingpresentation. mayiaskyouaquestion?howdoessubjectiveevaluationdifferfromobjectiveevaluation? first,i'dliketosayyourresearchisveryinteresting.mayiasktwoquestions?doyouseeanyrelationbetweencigarettesmokingandpepticulcers?andwhatadvantagedoyouexpectbyusingthisapproach? iii.responsetoquestions askingforrepetition pardon,icouldn'thearwhatyousaid. ibegyourpardon,ididn'tcatchwhatyousaid. i'msorryiforgotyourfirstquestion.wouldyoubesokindastosayitagain? i'mnotquitesurgewhatyourquestionis. ididn'tquitegetthelastpointofyourquestion. youmean,theremaybesomemistakeinthecalculation? areyoureferringtothesignificanceofthedifference? areyousuggestingthatthetemperaturemighthaveaffectedtheresults? ifiunderstandyoucorrectly,youaresaying/asking... ididn'tquitecatchthat. couldyougooverthatagain? i'mnotsurewhatyou'regettingat. welingthequestion welethequestionbysaying"thankyou"ormentingonitsaying"thatiexcl;macr;sagoodquestion"or"that'sachallengingquestion." thisisaverygoodquestion. thankyouforthatquestion. i'mgladthisquestionhasbeenbroughtup- iappreciatethatquestion. thisisahardquestion. thisisaninterestingquestion. thisisabigquestion. i'dbedelightedtoansweryourquestion. i'lltrytoanswerthisquestionverybriefly. inanswertoyourquestion,iwouldsaythat... icanonlyprovideapartialanswertothatquestion. letmetrytoansweryourquestionsonebyone. myanswertoyourfirstquestionis... mayiansweryoursecondcjuestionfirst? ihaveonlyapartialanswertoyourquestion. thankyouforthatquestion.thisisachallengingquestionandi'mafraidicanonlyprovideapartialanswertoit.anyway,i'lltrymybesttoanswerit. repeatingorparaphrasingthequestion questioner:haveyoutrieditonhumanbodies? presenter:thisgentlemanwouldliketoknohetherwehavetriedthisonhumanbodies. respondingtodifficultorchallengingquestion question:sowhathappensifthenewbudgetisn'tapproved? answer(1):we'vespenttwomonthspreparingthenewbudget.it'sagoodbudgetandwe'reconfidentwe'llgetapprovaltoputitintopractice. answer(2):thereistoomuchsuppositioninthequestionformetogiveasoundanswer. thefollowingaresomeotherexamplesofanswerstochallengingquestions: perhapsinanotheryearorsowecananswerthatquestion,becausethesestudiesarenowinprogress. wearenoorkingonthisproblemand,ifyouagree,i'llansweryourquestioninafeeeks. theonlyanswericangiveatpresentistowaitafewmoreyears,atwhichtimesomethingbettermightultimatelyeoutofallourefforts. ithinkitwillbepossibletoanswerthisquestionwhenmoreexperimentsarepleted. theanswertothisquestionneedsfurtherstudy. ihopeiwillbeabletoansweryourquestionlater. respondingtoimproperquestion iappreciateyourinterestinmyresearch,butijustdon'twanttotalkaboutitnow.let'stalkaboutsomethingelse. i'drathernotsay. whydoyouwanttoknow? sometimesyoucanrelaythequestionbacktothequestioner.forexample, beforeiansweryouthatquestion,letmeaskyou:wheredoyouthinkweshouldhavetheproject? inthisway,sometimesyouencouragethequestionertoanswerhisorherownquestion,e.g."whatdoyouthink?arepeoplepreparedtopayanextra$2forfasterservice?" respondingtothequestionsyoudonotknow ifyoudon'tknowtheanswertoaparticularquestion,simplyadmitthatyoudon'tknow.saysomethinglikethis: "i'msorry.idon'thappentoknowtheanswertothatquestion,buti'llbehappytocheckintoitforyou." herearesomefurtherexamples: idon'tthinkicanansweryourquestion. iwishicouldansweryourquestion,butunfortunatelyihavenogoodanswer. i'mnotsurethaticanansweryourquestion.whati'mgoingtosayisnotquiteananswertoyourquestion. anothertechniquetocopewiththesituationistodirecttheattentiontoanotherexpertwhomayknowitoryoucanusetheaudience.askifanyonecouldhelpthequestionerandhenceitwon'tbenecessaryforyoutoadmitthatyoudonotknowtheanswer.seeexamplesbelow. ithinkthatquestioncouldbebetteransweredbydr.liuthanbyme. ithinkperhapsdr.chenwouldbebetterabletoanswerthisquestion. prof.liwouldbeabetterpersontoansweryourquestionsincehehasdonealotofworkinthisfield. fortunately,prof.'ma,whoisanauthorityinthisarea,is'here.ithinknooneismoresuitablethanhimtoansweryourquestion. dr.sawyerisperhapsinabetterpositiontotellussomethingaboutit. perhapsmycolleaguedr.emeryherehassomebetterideas. ithinkitwouldbebetterifprof.wuweretomakesomementsonthismatter. avoidusingthefollowingexpressionstoembarrassthequestioner: "i'vealreadyansweredthatbutyouobviouslyweren'tlistening."insteadsaysomethinglike"i'msorryididn'texplainthatclearly." avoidtalkingtoonequestioner.looktowardstheother,sideoftheconferencehallorroomandindicatethatthereisanotherquestion.suggestthatasthereareseveralmorequestioners,'yoncoulddiscusshisorherquestioninmoredetailafteryourtalk. referringbacktothequestioner havingfinishedansweringquestions,youshouldcheckthatthequestionerissatisfiedorfurtherelaborationorexplanationiscalledfor.thefollowingexpressionsmightbehelpful. didiansweryourquestion? didiansweryousatisfactorily? didyourquestiongetanswered? idon'tknohetherthisansweredyourquestion. idon'tknowifthisisasatisfactoryanswer. ihopethismayserveasananswertodr.li. ihopethisanswers~0urquestion.:, sometimeswhenquestionlimeisoverandfftimepermits,youcanrestate,yourmainproposition,includinganygoodmentsfromtheaudienceandignoringadversequestionsorremarks.thus,youdemonstratethatyouareconfidentmidcancopecalmlywithcontroversy. rememberthatyourlastwordstotheaudiencewillberetainedlongestandyouareexpectedtobehaveinaprofessionalmanner.【AskingandAnswer】。