There are a lot of intelligence types: Mathematical Intelligence, Linguistic Intelligence… But lately, a lot of people think that Emotional Intelligence is very important,too. Why is it so important?
Why do we need it?
Thinking, behaving and communicating well are the basic features of Emotional Intelligence. People who have high Emotional Intelligence tend to be more successful in their life. It affects academic achievements, work performance, our ability to communicate effectively, solve everyday problems, build good interpersonal relationships even our
ability to decide. If you have high emotional intelligence you can do them well. There are four main aims of Emotional Intelligence Theory:
1. Perceiving Emotions
2. Using emotions to make thinking easier
3. Understanding emotional meanings
4. Managing emotions

Read and answer the questions

1. What are the basic features of Emotional Intelligence?
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2. What happens if you have high Emotional Intelligence?
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3. What does it affect?
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4. Can you communicate effectively if you have it high?
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5. Does it affect relationships?
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6. What are the main aims of Emotional Intelligence?
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Answers:

1. Thinking, behaving and communicating well are the basic feautures of Emational Intelligence.
2. You tend to be more successful in your life.
3. It affects academic achievements, work performance, our ability to communicate effectively, solve everyday problems, build good interpersonal relationships and decide.
4. Yes, we can.
5. Yes,it does
6. They are ‘perceiving emotions, using emotions to make thinking easier,understanding emotional meanings and managing emotions.

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Answers:

1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. a

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1. To me, success is having a good career and good job. If you have a good career your environment and family will be proud of you.
2. Personally I think that success is having a lot of money. Nobody cares what you do if you have a lot of money.
3. Success, to me is being happy with my family and with my job. I don’t want to live and go to work in a bad situation. Raising a good generation is another way of being successful.
4. To me, success is helping yourself and the unlucky people around you.

Answers:

1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A

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1. He is a very famous scientist. He invented the theory of relativity.
2. He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. He was a vegetarian and he hated wars.
3. He was a leader in the study of electricity.
4. He defined the ‘laws of motion’ and universal gravitation’. He was interested in Astronomy mostly.
5. He studied on astronomy and he defined the shape of the Earth.
6. He invented the light bulb and phonograph.

Answers:

1. B 2. E 3. F 4. A 5. D 6. C

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1. …………………… studies animals and animal life.
2. …………………… studies human physcology.
3 …………………… studies organisms
4. …………………… studies Earth’s structure and history.
5. …………………… studies plant life.
6. …………………… studies elements, atoms and molecules.
7. …………………… studies earthquakes
8. …………………… studies nervous system and its disorders
9. …………………… studies planets, the solar system.

– Now find the science branches

Answers:
1. Zoology 2. Physcology 3. Biology
4. Geography 5. Botanics 6. Chemistry
7. Sismology 8. Neuroscience 9. Astronomy

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Complete ‘for’ or ‘since’
1. We haven’t been to our hometown ………….months.
2. The girl hasn’t stopped crying …………… last night.
3. My teacher has asked a lot of questions ……………… the beginning of the lesson.
4. The doctors have worked hard ………….. hours.
5. My friends have written a lot of essays ……… two days.
6. The guests have visited some museums …………. they arrived in İstanbul.
7. My mother has packed five suitcases …………… the morning.

8. She has bought two houses …………. five years.
9. He has worked in his office …………….. a short time.
10. My cousin has played two instruments ………….. she was a little child.
11. I’ve been here …………………… yesterday night.
12. I’ve learnt English ……………… 4th class.
13. He has swum everyday …………… his youth.
14. I’ve admired her ……………… we first met.
15.

He has been a professional coach ……………… ten years.

Answers:

1. for 2. since 3. since 4. for 5. for
6. since 7. since 8. for 9. for 10. since
11. since 12. since 13. since 14. since 15. for

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Most people don’t know anything about living scientists by name. But, you should know Ed Witten. He
is a great scientist of Physics.
He is a real genius. He works at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Einstein had the same
position there.
He has devoted his life to two enourmous theories: Einstein’s theory of general relativity and quantum
mechanics. It’s a theory which explains how the Earth works at an atomic level.
After investigating all his works we can easily see that Witten is the superstar of the theory. Most people
call him as the Physics’ sharpest mind since Einstein.

Answer the questions

Success Storıes
1. Is Ed Witten a living scientist?
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2. Why should a person know Ed Witten?
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3. Where does he work?
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4. Who had the same position there before?
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5. What are the theories which he is interested in?
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6. What is quantum mechanics?
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7. How can we see that he is the superstar?
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8. How do the people call him?
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Answers:

1. Yes, he is
2. Because he is a great scientist of Physics.
3. He works at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
4. Einstein had the same position there.
5. They are Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
6. It’s a theory which explains how the Earth works at an atomic level.
7. After investigating all his works we can see that he is the superstar.
8. They call him as the Physics’ sharpest mind since Einstein.

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1. When you make an invention, you become a ……………….
2. Do you know the …………….. of our wedding anniversary?
3. I have never heard a ……………. like this. You are talking about different events.
4. This poet is very …………… He has written ten books so far.
5. Did you see the …………… on the newspaper about Global Warming?
6. If your goal is ………………, you must study hard to reach it.
7. I have been to this place …………… before. This will be the third time.
8. I …………….. listening to people secretly.
9. Do you know those ………………? They work on a perfect project.
10. My mother always …………… the feeling of hate in her heart.

Answers:

1. scientist 2. date 3. conversation 4. productive 5. article
6. success 7. twice 8. disgust 9. researchers 10. suppresses

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