1 Discuss your talents and strengths 2 Suggest ways to boost inteligence 3. Explain how you produce your Best nor Performing at Your Best + vscwsime sn, PREVIEW BB FRAME YouR IDEAS Take the EQ quiz. ligonce, developed by psychologist the ability to understand one's own ‘According to Goleman, one’s emational intoligence |“ 3) can be high even if one's standard intelligence test Lo To Ema 11m good at heping pecie who a to reach son. its easy to motivate myself todo things | donitrely wat todo. ) Before making an moortant decision, | usualy ake people for advice. | atways think about the ethical consecuences ot decisions | make Ihave a clear idea of what my strengths ard weaknesses ae ) Heel satisied with my accomplish received any praise | generally fee! good about who | am, even though tne may be things’ ke to change When | feel down, try te focus on postive things. 1 ike learning about new things. I'm not the kind of person who overreacts to things. Ind it easy. to admit when I've made a mistake. | see mistakes as opportuntis to learn. Most people agree that l have a good sense of humor. When I'm upset about something, | usualy know ‘exactly what's bothering me. Understanding the way other people fee or tink is important to me. ‘When people erticize me, | use it as an opportunity to improve myset. | don't mind talking with others about uncomfortable seven if het topics. ind it fairly easy to get along with people I don't ike, 1 fe HEY oy 12 Oe aor oe ee s Ihave a good awareness of how my own behavior (i ve ae eee ne er as affects others | don’t mind conflicts or disagreements. Ce eters Py ere Bi Pan work compare sores wh partner. Do you cach fea that iat your score aecurately measures You ‘emotional intelligence? Explain. " accurately measures [H piscussion According to Goleman, emotional intetgence is, * differently from IQ? Why might an EQ score be useful for an employer tolknow? a6 UN‘Understand variety of accents By Pee somicHt Read and listen t fe t0 a conversation In which someone ‘expresses concern about a family member. Notice the spatlghted language Faye: Tony, how's your youngest daughter doing? Tony: Claire? Here’ the thing... She's just a year away from finishing her engineering degree. And, out of the blue, she decides to take a part-time job at an animal shelter, taking care of eats! : Faye: Well, that's not surprising Claire's very responsible, And she's always had a way with animals. [assume she's doing it to help pa for college? Tony: That's what she said, But in my view she re needs to put her nose to the grindstone a ly focus Faye: As [see i, Claire's pretty sharp young on her studies right now. Engineering is a tough ‘woman, So my gut feeling is she'll be just fine. subject. Tl bet she’s thinking that working with animals Faye: So you're worried it'll affect her grades? will lessen the stress of her school work. And in Tony: Exactly. This is her final year. It's now or never. any case, if she docs find herself strugling a bit Faye: Have you tried talking with her? Maybe she'll see inher studies, she could always quit the job and ‘your point and reconsider concentrate on catching up. I think you should Tony: Are you kidding? With Claire, everything I say stop worrying about het. oes in one ear and out the otlier, Tony: Fean't help it... She's my baby gil. But Faye: Well, if you don't mind, I'll ell you what I think, ‘you're probably right. Of my three kids, she's the Can Ibe frank? ‘one f least need to worry about. She's always Tony: Please. been very focused on achieving her goals. BH unvenstanp IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS Math the statement parts odie the clos and expressions trom Spotlight. 4 When you do something “ot ofthe Due” 2. When you “put your nose to the grindstone? 3 When you say “Its now or neve” 4 When something "goes in one ear and ot the other.” 5 When you have a “gut feeling,” .- f you're working hard 6 When you say “I can't help it” 2 it's the last opportunity to do something b you're unable to stop doing something «¢ someone isn't listening d you do it suddenly without warning €¢ you have a strong sense about something 4d My sister wasnt sure what to study, Il PERSONALIZE IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS Nystad paul tealiog shel wot he Use two or more idioms from Ex. E 0 tell a ae ates $0] recommended that she Manan ears aera wnen you were concerned (Ula FEaaUte usar ea ace ay about someone or gave someone advice went emotional intligence ofthe EENATITA Use the £9 quiz to analyze the omet : ‘three characters in Spotlight: Tony, Clai .. and Faye. Explain your thinking. “think Faye’s a good listener. she ‘want to listen to her father's ‘Ek Claire doesn’t seem to oF seems pretty good at helping people Sauice:Rovvever according to the quiz a part o ‘aho dlsogree with each other to Tee ernalyntaligent asking for St yy SE ST jeople’s advice before making ime arDiscuss your talents and strengths STE BBY mw VOCABULARY EXPRESSIONS TO DESCRIBE TALENTS AND ‘STRENGTHS Read and listen, Then listen again and repeat. sky eo use ones hanads to make oF do things jw machines work s hands have the bbe good with on eto understand ‘be mechanically inclined ve satical ealeulations have a head f he good a mathe figures vd iitating musical sounds have an ear for music ue good at recount re goo! a seeing or payingattention ns based on feel nto things thal others do usally xg have an eye for detail ngs rather than facts have a good intuitive sense ie able to draw eoncuston he able to express one's . havea special ability to work well with someor eee vee tren or aia ‘natural shill or ability todo something ‘as and opinions well BB rorwvare vocasutany win a pariner use the expressions in gfcieary Adela has 2 krack etedmingianguages! 7 the Vocabulary to describe each person's talents and strengths. ‘There may be more than one way to do so. Explain your reasons. im Jin-ho was able to soe university math problems at the age of ten. He now teaches math He argues, “Maths only hard t you think is going to be hard Miguel Asturias began wing poetry when ha was 12 Even ‘ough hes tia teen is teachers have encouraged him to enter is poems in compettions. ‘Adela Petran can speak fine languages, including her mative Romanian. “W'S teally not dificult at al” she says a Lellah Zaman has been success at mary seling her own ine of women's clothing fa he - ‘Aiko Kato began playing the violin atthe years now. She does al the sewing hese ‘age of three. Today she pays with the ‘Nagoya Phinarmonic Orchestra Salesman Bob Pryor ‘Asad, Felipe Moras tked Blair O'Connor works {bake electronic dewees apart | ff as.an edo. Her jobs Tstener He pays attention a forge out how they worked. | ff to check manuscripts for tohis custome’ needs and Byte age of 16.he knew ho | fp errs and coect them can antcipate what tey want ranted to study engineering bore they get published bots thay evea now PERSONALIZE Use the Vocabuiary to AéMy rather Gene, who|s family doctor has 2 Fron iy or six people you KNOW. Teally good intutive sense. He can tell what's oscrtoe ee ex 2 Bee = __Botnering his patients even when they car. 79 eo la R EMPHAT {2 BB onammar usine aus {RY DO FOR EMPHATIC STRESS ——— pe ia emphatic stress oan affirmative statement nthe simple present a sen Son To ad Cense, use door dd before the base frm ofthe ver aa figures, I do nave way wih words. Tedohave an ea or mise She does have an 31 Even if| don't have a head for He did like his colleague most of his colleagues, but he did't ike his boss, He did ike 3 cae Be cr gta om oft an do gre daes hove dt, NO She does. | ENE» ‘She has an eye for deta Fro tked bis jo. —> He did ke his Job. NOT He di-thed Een 58 (UNITGRAMMAR PRACTICE On a soparate sheet of paper, 4 De ee Paper, rewrite each item, 4 Sam ist't a great cook. However, he makes great desserts Sec inite ott 2 You're absolutely right! { put things off way too often edets mole gest deren 3 She may not sing very well, but she knows hav to dance 7] 4 We made total fools of ourselves, but aL we got everyone to laugh. 5 Het never ved abroad, bu ie haga nack or languages, ama Co 6 Her decision to quit her job really happened out of the blue. surly vos | However, PAIR WORK On a separate sheet of paper, write fie statements Comparing you talents ang stengths wit your weaunesues using the auxiliary do for emphatic stress. With a partner, take #1! don’t have an eye for detail, but turns reading your statements aloud _{dphave a strong intlve sense, 77 Discuss your talents and strengths 416 CONVERSATION SPOTLIGHT Read and listen z | Notice the spotlighted conversation strategies. A: Guess what? I've decided to sign up for an online course. B: Fantastic! What are you going to be studying? ‘A: Fmnot sure yet. [can't make up my mind between engineering and psychology. B: Which subject do you think you have the most talent for? . 2: Wel T wouldnt say Fo mechanically m iY oD inclined, but I do have lots of ability in math, B: Then maybe engineering would be a good fit [As Maybe. But I've also been cold that [have ‘a good intuitive sense B: [don’t think you can go «cong, Either choice sounds great. Besides, you could always switeh ‘subjects down the road if you want t By bar RHYTHM AND INTONATION Listen again and repeat. Then practice the ‘conversation with a partne! "ZW CONVERSATION ACTIVATOR Role-play a similar conversation in which you discuss Ss 's, Use the Vocabulary and emphatic stress with the SEI your talents and strensth ‘utliary do. Start like this: Guess what? Bo sure to change roles and then partners. OPTION: Tell your classmates about your partners talents and strengths. * Provide more details about your talents and strengths + Provide more details about what you would like to be able to do, ‘Tale about the talents and Sttengths af people you know. ya foetng is + Say 35 much as you can. + 1s non oF never mgood at /not 30 £008 Tish ere / wero) — “wis a pod) ony es / would) —Suggest ways to boost intelligence By ie GRAMMAR SPOTLIGHT Read the article and notice the spotlighted grammar 1 (intelligence quotient) has long be of intelligence based on general knowledge, mathematica cna verbal ability, log, and memory. While many experts Ina general sense, used asa meas gence ean be defined as 2 toleam, understand, and apply knowledge or skills n order {to maximize these abilities, many argue that it's essential that the brain not be allowed to get lazy, Arthing from insist that 1Q test scores not be seen as changeable, reading more to doing puzzles regularly to learing anew ollwershave pointed out that 1Q tests provi an incomplete language may in fact mnprove our thinking salls,eapacity toad inadequate measure of real intelligence. To some degre %, remember, and general knowle they measure how one's level af academic achievement ‘can be predicied, but do not measure creativity or “set ‘marts'—the ability to cope with everyday life. And they do ‘not measure one’s potential for growth. Some experts suggest that other asp intelligence be considered as well—en being one example, Harvard University’s proposed that psychologists and educators recogaize the following distinet areas of intelligence: [/nuistic ad mathematical (whieh are currently measutest 0 sone degroe by 1Q tests), inter ‘we interact with others—and intrsperson mal—how successfully how we vlerstand ourselves (both of which are measured by EQ tests). He also proposed measuring visua-satal inteligence—the ability to use and understand visual information in charts, diagrams, and ar. Anu ally Garter recommended that two other aspects of intelligence be included: musical (he ability to make sense of sort) «physica (the intelligence that dancers snc athletes show through movement). Gardner considers each oft intelligences tobe areas of hunan potential—in ier wot they ean be developed and increased EB piscussion Describe people you know who exhibit some ofthe types of intetigence proposed by Gat (SE! [Grammar THE SUBUNCTIVE "S \6e the subjunctive form of a verb ina noun clause that follows a verb or adjective of a Wve of urgency, obligation, or ata: The subjunctive form of the verb ith same asthe Base form and does change, no mater uratane boc of clause is. Use not before the verb for the negative, a 9" a hsahamaamian She insisted (that) we be atthe office at three o'clock. Urgency, obigaten Fim prosing (tat) you nat apply fo tat job unt you've passed your diving test eoey ICs inporant (that) he complete the presematonin ess than thity me pee ‘The passive form ofthe subjunctive Is be * the past participle ne eat, They sugested tat my mother nt be glvn an E test. propowe antl ‘ine continuous form of the subjunctive is be + the present participle, eee ae I's ceucial that thy be walting outside the room ater the interview, suggest ee oun tre flnot: Te subjunctive inthe noun clause doesn’t change, no matter west etme frame ofthe ete sentence be ae ‘ esata (he) he thoy epi (NOT ern ee coer ted ow nteigence would be boosted Sane dal se the sebjuncive. The psyctoogst recommended tat) a he paints be given onl roe tate a [NOT were gwen) a standardized test of incigene, i inntesting tht Gardner identified {wil request (that) people not be edited (NOT will not be admitted) ether ines of heaton tothe lect unless they ae akeacyencle in the couse. tenn They had insisted that no one be texting (NOT were texting) dung the meeting, | oT 142 | og By cramman practice Decide whether to use the subjunctive an ele the correct form. Explain each answer, ifthe noun clause comes after a verb or adjective ke/t00k) an EQtest. Of urgency, obligation, or advisability. 99 41 Jack and Shira were convinced that their daughter Sue (was /be) a genius. 2 Iewould ritical that every potent 3 Everyone knows that intuitive intel 4 It was important that Shelly (become ployee ( igence (Isn't / not be) learned in school. — peconies) more aware of her colleague's emotions. 5 Martin demanded that the new assistant (be / was) trained to deal with customers more effectively: 6 I's crucial that she (doesnt aecept /not accept) her employer's opinion about her test scores. 7 Thad hoped that he (would be /be) offered the job based on his talents ancl abilities. 8 Jake proposed that he (didn't continue /not continue) searching for the website until after lunch, 9 Our nager insisted that no one (is /be) late forthe conference call 10 It's essential that you (be sitting / ate sisting) in front of your computer at 300. 11. It important that Bryce (improve / improves) his interpersonal intelligence, i Pain work with a partner, take tums completing these statements in your own way, using the subjunctive. 1 On the first day of elass, it's important that a teacher 2 T suggest that a visitor to our eity 3 Lwould recommend that the government 4 Tehink it’s crucial that every parent 5 When I take a taxi, insist that the driver Suggest ways to boost intelligence ee eee On your notepad, ist suggestions for exercising the brain and boosting those Intelligences sit = track of you persona finances Some kdens on nteligence: do math puzles keep rack of you" P + take a lass Your ” + play digital games suggestions * eat brain-healthy foods get lots of sleep, ‘listen to audio lectures * your own idea: “Bi ovscussin acrvaron ins aml gon sie eens tam AL uppt you do mah peste regu see itslon ACTATOR not ogee tne entre an Rae Subjunetive in noun clauses after vers or adectives oF UEENCy, youwon'tkeep doing them 9 ‘blgation, or advisability Say as much as you can. 4 You only use the subjunctive a2 Explain how you produce your best work By Reape warm-uP wn do you tink people otter have problems staying on task when they have te do something? When does that happen to You? By mae READING Read the article. What do you think te tile “Stay on Target” means? STAY ON TARGET G} Y1221¥2 92t work to do, but you ust can't seem to ‘Get your brain going, You stara at that blank piece of paper in front of you but cant get your thoughts ganized. Your mind wanders to the argument you had with your epouse, the leftovers in the frdge... Then, just {8 your ideas finaly start to come together, the phone ‘ings, and you're back to square one. Sound familar? ‘The ability to devote all of ones attention to a single task isthe key to achievement in any occupation, On the ‘other hand, being unable to concentrate can keap you {rom producing your bost work. The folowing tips can. help you stay focused: Stay organized. Lot's tace t—its not easy to keep focusod it your desk looks lke ft just got ht by @ torado. Efficiency coach Selma Wison suggests you spend a few moments a day cleaning up your workspace and reducing the tme you normally spend searching for misig memos or your lash drve Develop a routine. stucies show that folowing a systematic pattern of behavior can make it easier to devote your undivided attention toa task. For example you're a student and you have trouble preparing for exams, is Crtical that you establish a study nual. Start and finish at the samme time each day. Work at tha same desk on your favorte char I music helps you focus, choose a placa of music and play t during every study session Make a list. Each morning, wite down athe tasks you need to accomplish that day and oross off each item ‘as you complete it. This wsual reminder vail nat only Keep you focused on your goals but wil also give you a sense of progress and achieverent Challenge yourself. non tacod wih a boring routine task that seems to drag on forever, t's easy tolose concentration ard make careless mistakes, ‘According 10 writer Mihaly Caikszenirrinay tone of the best ways to engage your attention on a dul task isto make it harder. For example, tur the task into a game by me iit. Tho increased shang yourslt a tre i challenge stimulates blood flow and actiity in he bran, making it easier for you to focus on unr 8 Reserve some “do not disturb’ interruptions fom family, tends, or co-w from getting your work done, set asic your schedule each day when you are u know that they shouldn't cisturb you during t the door to your office o ind an area w be interupted by coleagues, st quiet coffe shop win WF Go offline. Whie the Internet is an in geting and sharing information, it can be a ker fall those quick cick to “ust interning with your produetivty, Wis: make it a pont to stay offine while you're working. Ard fp find your focus constantly broken by incoming e-mab and instant messages, do resist the urge to read ar ep tothe as they ave. Instead, set aside certain tim 2 ay your e-mail~and keep workng, Take a breather, Taking short breaks can hep you Our mind and refocus on the next job. Stand up fora mot {and take a short walkin the halivay or just ° ‘elax your muscles, and breathe deeply Trenexttine you nave an important poe that Fequites your fll concentration, eee i any of these ‘strategies can make a differance for you