1.

"Our speaker tonight," says the master of ceremonies, "will outline the five key
steps in rescuing a person who is in danger of drowning. Let me give you a quick
preview of these steps." What mistake is the master of ceremonies making? If you were
the master of ceremonies, what would you say to introduce the speaker?

When introducing a speaker, one should keep it short, but the master of ceremonies in
the given situation seems to be planning to even give a preview of the steps. Doing this
will most likely take more than 3 minutes and the audience might get bored waiting for
the real speaker. Also, if the master of ceremonies does give a preview of the steps,
then what else would be left for the speaker to discuss? That’s why, if I were to be the
one to introduce the speaker, I would’ve just made the introduction short and simple. In
a serious tone, I would’ve said it like, “Our speaker has something important to share
with all of us here tonight, and what he/she will share with us could possibly save a
person’s life.” So with that, I was able to mention how important the topic is and how it
can be beneficial to the listeners without giving any unnecessary spoilers. Then after
that short talk, I think that saying, “So, without further adieu, let’s welcome Sir/Ma’am…”
would be enough.

2. You are asked to deliver a eulogy for a co-worker who was always helpful to you
but was known to work as a difficult and argumentative person, should you speak about
work-related problems? Explain your answer.

Since that person is a ‘co-worker’, meaning that I was acquainted to that person through
work, of course, I would’ve spoken about work-related problems. It’s because since I’m
just a ‘co-worker’, I don’t think I know enough about that person to speak about his/her
life outside work. Also, it seems that the ‘problem’ raised in the given situation is that the
fact that the said co-worker was known as a difficult and argumentative person and that
I have to make a speech about praising that same co-worker. In this case, it is important
to notice how it was mentioned that the person I’m supposed to make a eulogy about is
a ‘co-worker’ and not only that, but also, ‘who was always helpful’ to me. This just
means that that person has always been helpful to me at work so despite all the bad
image he/she had, he/she still did a lot of good deeds that are praise-worthy. So,
although that person was known as difficult and argumentative, in my opinion, despite
that being the case, since he/she has always been lending me some help, then it is
enough reason and content for my supposed eulogy.