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Conversation1
Janet: Hi Kate,
are you busy?
Kate: Yes, I'm just doing
an essay. But it's great to see you.
So
what's new?
Janet: Well, nothing much.
Kate: You look a bit fed up. What's
bugging you?
Janet: Well, I had a phone
call from my parents and it made me
feel
homesick.
It
happens
every
time
they
call,
and
it
gets
me
down.
Kate:
I'm
sorry
to
hear
that.
I
know
how
you
feel.
I
love
speaking
to my mum and dad,
but I always feel miserable after the call.
Janet:
My
dad
doesn't
say
much,
and
I want
to
speak to
him,
but
I wish I knew what to say.
Kate: Don't let it get to you. My dad
doesn't say much on the
phone
either.
I
call,
he
answers
the
phone,
and
says,
I'll
pass
you to your mother.
Janet:
But I miss him and my mother a lot, and I like to
hear
his voice.
Kate: Just
tell him what you're up to.
Janet:
Sometimes
I
feel
as
if
I
made
a mistake
leaving
home
and
coming to Oxford. Sometimes I feel like
a moody teenager.
Kate:
Try
not
to
worry
about
it,
Janet.
It's
normal
to
feel
like
that. I
understand how you feel, but I bet everything will
be fine
next term. You'll get used to
it. Hey, why don't you do what I do?
Janet: What's that?
Kate:
When my dad calls, I ask him for more money! He
usually
says no, but at least I get to
hear his voice!
Janet: Maybe. I'm sorry
to take up your time, Kate, but I must
go now. Bye!
Kate: Wait a
minute ...!
Conversation2
Kate: I think
I may have upset Janet last night.
Mark: What happened?
Kate:
She came to see me. I was busy doing an essay but
I was
really
pleased
to
see
her. She'd
had
a call
from
home,
and
said
she
was feeling homesick.
Mark: Poor kid! It must be tough when
you guys living so far
away from home.
Kate: I tried to make her laugh, told
her not to worry about
it, and that it
was normal to feel miserable. Suddenly she looked
miserable, and then she got up and
said,
my
room.
It
was
really
sudden.
I
felt
as
if
I'd
said
something
wrong.
Mark: Maybe she was
just being polite. It was probably because
she realized you were working and
didn't want to disturb you.
Kate:
I
just
wonder
if
she
found
it
difficult
to
talk
about
her
feelings with me. Maybe I shouldn't
have tried to make her laugh?
Perhaps
she thought I wasn't taking her seriously.
Mark:
I
wouldn't
worry
about
it.
Put
yourself
in
her
shoes.
How
would you feel if you were a student at
college in China?
Kate:
I
know.
That's
why
I
feel
bad.
If
only
she
had
stayed
longer!
I wish I could have
helped her more.
Janet: Hey, everyone!
Mark: Hi Janet, you look cheerful!
Janet: Yes, I've just got my essay
back. I got an alpha minus!
Kate: What
an amazing grade! Well done.
Mark: I'm
really happy for you, Janet.
Janet: I
feel on top of the world!
Outside view
Sebastien
Hi. I'm Sebastien.
I'm from Germany. Um, the idea of IQ of a
measure
of
your
brain
power
has
been
around
for
a
while,
but
recently
there's
been
this
new
idea
of
the
EQ
-
your
emotional
quotient.
And
by now, it's actually
almost being regarded as more important. If
you
look
at
it,
businesses
will...
Well,
they
will
prefer
employing
people with great
EQ. Well, of course, IQ cannot be disregarded,
but um, EQ does have its importance as
well. Uh, I believe that,
um,...
I
mean,
people,
most
people
will
have,
um,
their
basic
means
of
communicating
with
other
people.
Most
people
are
somewhat
socially adept, and
just like most people have, you know, a basic
general knowledge. But then, what I
think really is the difference
between
IQ
and
EQ, I
mean, you
can
have
a
they
will
be great at most things they do, but if
you just can't get along
with
him,
if
you
just
can't
communicate
with
him,
I
mean,
you
know,
he's
not really that useful. Kim
Hi. This is
Kim. I'm originally from Korea, and I was raised
in
California.
And
today,
we
are
going
to
talk
about
the
differences
between IQ and
EQ -IQ meaning your
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