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新标准大学英语视听说Unit2Mixedfeelings文本材料
Unit2Mixedfeelings
Insideview
Conversation1
Kate:
ein.Hey,Janet.
Janet:
HiKate,areyoubusy?
Kate:
Yes,I’mjustdoinganessay.Butit’sgreattoseeyou.Sowhat’snew?
Janet:
Well,nothingmuch.
Kate:
Youlookabitfedup.What’sbuggingyou?
Janet:
Well,Ihadaphonecallfrommyparentsanditmademefeelhomesick.Ithappensevery
timetheycall,anditgetsmedown.
Kate:
I’msorrytohearthat.Iknowhowyoufeel.Ilovespeakingtomymumanddad,butI
alwaysfeelmiserableafterthecall.
Janet:
Mydaddoesn’tsaymuch,andIwanttospeaktohim,butIwishIknewwhattosay.
Kate:
Don’tletitgettoyou.Mydaddoesn’tsaymuchonthephoneeither.Icall,heanswers
thephone,andsays,"Hi,I’llpassyoutoyourmother.〞It’sreallyirritating.
Janet:
ButImisshimandmymotheralot,andIliketohearhisvoice.
Kate:
Justtellhimwhatyou’reupto.
Janet:
SometimesIfeelasifImadeamistakeleavinghomeandingtoOxford.
SometimesIfeellikeamoodyteenager.
Kate:
Trynottoworryaboutit,Janet.It’snormaltofeellikethat.Iunderstandhowyoufeel,but
Ibeteverythingwillbefinenextterm.You’llgetusedtoit.Hey,whydon’tyoudowhatIdo?
Janet:
What’sthat?
Kate:
Whenmydadcalls,Iaskhimformoremoney!
Heusuallysaysno,butatleastIget
tohearhisvoice!
Janet:
Maybe.I’msorrytotakeupyourtime,Kate,butImustgonow.Bye!
Kate:
Waitaminute…!
Conversation2
Kate:
IthinkImayhaveupsetJanetlastnight.
Mark:
Whathappened?
Kate:
Shecametoseeme.IwasbusydoinganessaybutIwasreallypleasedtoseeher.She’dhadacallfromhome,andsaidshewasfeelinghomesick.
Mark:
Poorkid!
Itmustbetoughonyouguys,livingsofarawayfromhome.
Kate:
Itriedtomakeherlaugh,toldhernottoworryaboutit,andthatitwasnormaltofeelmiserable.Suddenlyshelookedmiserable,andthenshegotupandsaid,"Imustgonow〞andleftmyroom.Itwasreallysudden.IfeltasifI’dsaidsomethingwrong.
Mark:
Maybeshewasjustbeingpolite.Itwasprobablybecausesherealizedyouwereworkinganddidn’twanttodisturbyou.
Kate:
Ijustwonderifshefounditdifficulttotalkaboutherfeelingswithme.MaybeIshouldn’t
havetriedtomakeherlaugh?
PerhapsshethoughtIwasn’ttakingherseriously.
Mark:
Iwouldn’tworryaboutit.Putyourselfinhershoes.HowwouldyoufeelifyouwereastudentatcollegeinChina?
Kate:
Iknow.That’swhyIfeelbad.Ifonlyshehadstayedlonger!
IwishIcouldhavehelpedhermore.
Janet:
Hey,everyone!
Mark:
HiJanet,youlookcheerful!
Janet:
Yes,I’vejustgotmyessayback.Igotanalphaminus!
Kate:
Whatanamazinggrade!
Welldone.
Mark:
I’mreallyhappyforyou,Janet.
Janet:
Ifeelontopoftheworld!
Outsideview
Sebastien
Hi.I’mSebastien.I’mfromGermany.Um,theideaofIQofameasureofyourbrainpowerhasbeenaroundforawhile,butrecentlythere’sbeenthisnewideaoftheEQ–youremotionalquotient.Andbynow,it’sactuallyalmostbeingregardedasmoreimportant.Ifyoulookatit,businesseswill…Well,theywillpreferemployingpeoplewithgreatEQ.Well,ofcourse,IQcannotbedisregarded,butum,EQdoeshaveitsimportanceaswell.Uh,Ibelievethat,um,…Imean,people,mostpeoplewillhave,um,theirbasicmeansofmunicatingwithotherpeople.Mostpeoplearesomewhatsociallyadept,andjustlikemostpeoplehave,youknow,abasicgeneralknowledge.Butthen,whatIthinkreallyisthedifferencebetween
IQandEQ,Imean,youcanhavea"brainiac〞,andtheywillbegreatatmostthingstheydo,butifyoujustcan’tgetalongwithhim,ifyoujustcan’tmunicatewithhim,Imean,youknow,he’snotreallythatuseful.
Kim
Hi.ThisisKim.I’moriginallyfromKorea,andIwasraisedinCalifornia.Andtoday,wearegoingtotalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenIQandEQ–IQmeaningyourintelligence,EQmeaningyouremotions.Now,in…WhenIwas,whenIwasalittle,littleboyinKorea,Ihadtotake…IthinkI’dtakenliketwoorthreeIQtestsbeforetheageoften,whichiswhenImovedtoCalifornia.So,Iguesswestressalotofimportanceonintelligence,onhavinggreatIQscores.ButafterImovedtotheStates,Ilearnthowtoassociatewithpeople,andalongthelinesthatthiswordEQcameup,youknow,emotional,caringabout…It’sbasicallyhowyoudealwithpeople,how
youmakepeoplefeel,andhowpeoplemakeyoufeel.
Ithinkthey’reequallyas,asimportant,butitseemsthatintheEasternworldtheykindofstressonthatalotmorebackinthedays.ButIthinkagain,youknow,nowthatwithInternetandpeoplearemunicatingsomuchfaster,there’sabettermixtureofthetwoIthink.There’sastressonEQinKoreaaswell,andastressonIQintheStates.Thankyou.
Ted
Hello.My