Don't interrupt, let them talk and use silent pauses to encourage them to talk.

不要打岔，在停顿时用沉默鼓励让他们多言。

youdao

I will talk when the failure remains silent. I will call on ten who can buy my goods while the failure makes grand plans to call on one.

失败者沉默的时候，我开口推销，我要拜访十户可能买我东西的人家，而失败者在一番周详的计划之后，却只拜访一家。

youdao

So every time I try to talk about him, to bring him back to life, as I'm doing now, I feel a great sadness, an emptiness, as if I were on a cliff, and I have to be silent, or else drink.

所以每次我提起他的时候，都像我现在这样，想使他复活过来，我感到非常悲伤，非常空虚，就好像我站在悬崖峭壁上，我必须默不作声地站着，或者喝口酒壮壮胆子。

youdao

Politicians, who until a few years ago were happy to talk up multiculturalism, have mainly fallen silent.

ECONOMIST: Multiculturalism in Canada

It was quiet now, no talk, no sound, only the silent continuum of snow at the window and I wanted to make her see how beautiful it was, if not always, then at least for now, but when I turned around she was asleep in her chair, her head flopped back, her arms dangling at her sides.

NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy

The banks have remained silent on the matter, and the government denies this talk.

WSJ: Nicolas Lecaussin: What's the Matter With the French Banks?