Unit 2-Conversation 1
Kate: Come in. Hey, Janet.
Ja n et: 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, "Hi, I'll pass you to your mother." It's really irritating.
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 ...!
Unit 2-Conversation 2
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, "I must go now" and left 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!
Unit 2-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 "brainiac", and 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 intelligence, EQ meaning your emotions. Now, in ... When I was, when I was a little, little boy in Korea, I had to take ... I think I'd taken like two or three IQ tests before the age often, which is when I moved to California. So, I guess we stress a lot of importance on intelligence, on having great IQ1 scores. But after I moved to the States, I learnt how to associate with people, and along the lines that this word EQ came up, you know, emotional, caring lout... It's basically how you deal with people, how you make people feel, and
