Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Uses Active Listening
Vocabulary
‘Cause- short for
because
Active listening-
a skill or technique someone uses to make a conscious effort to understand what
someone is saying
Reflect back-
think about and reiterate what happened in the past (one technique used in
active listening).
Rip up- tear
something up, destroy
Handling this-
dealing with this, controlling a situation
Don’t go by me-
don’t use me as the normal standard (in this phrase Ray is making the case that
he is exceptional).
Dragged you-
forced you to go
Mastered it-
became an expert in an area
Where do you get off-
what makes you think you can or should do something; you have no right to do
that.
Questions
1.
When Debora asks Ally why she did this and told
her this is terrible, what does Ray say?
2.
Whose giraffe is it?
3.
What is Ally’s response to the question of why
she did it?
4.
Debora tells her that ‘cause is not an answer
and what does Ray say?
5.
Does Debora believe that active listening works?
6.
Debora asks Ally if she’s feeling angry and what
does Ray say to Debora?
7.
Debora tells Ally that what isn’t ok to do when
we’re angry?
8.
What is Ray’s response to this?
9.
Ray tells Ally that she’s angry because it used
to be her toy and she agrees. He says “I
see, I see” and that she thinks what?
10. What
does Debora tell Ray?
11. Why
does Ally ask for the giraffe back?
12. Debora
says it’s pretty amazing and that he did it, and what does Ray ask?
13. Why
does Ray tell Debora not to “go by him?”
14. He
tells Debora not to worry that she’ll ____________.
15. What
would Ray still be saying if Debora hadn’t dragged him to that stupid class?
16. Ray
tells Debora that she’s feeling inadequate because he mastered it before her and
what does she ask him?
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