“Emotional Quotient”3月7日与9日晚，由外国语/中德学院、新竹书院和安吉校区外语协会主办的英语角在新语咖啡吧如期举行。本学期的第一次英语角，我们在邀请外教Ali、David、Jimmy以及Thomas的同时我们在邀请外教Ali、David、Jimmy以及Thomas的同时，我们还特别邀请了一直关心和支持英语角的叶高翔校长。
久闻叶校长有一口流利的英语，今日一见果然名不虚传。（在本文的最后，小编附赠叶校长全英文讲话原稿哦。）叶校长给同学们提出了两点希望（以下内容均为小编翻译，如有不当，恳请理解！）：第一、英语角是同学们提高口语、思维碰撞的好地方，希望大家能多参加英语角的活动，相互鼓励、互相学习、共同进步。第二、希望同学们能遵守校规，秉承“崇德、尚用、求真、创新”校训，刻苦钻研。叶校长还说，英语对于同学们四年之后的职业发展或学业深造都至关重要；而英语角，就像大学一样，是一个大家庭，所有人都是家庭的一份子，老师们亦师亦友，大家能在这里交到很多好朋友。最后，他深情地说，希望同学们毕业时回想起这些我们一同在英语角交流的经历是无比美好的。
叶校长讲话之后，也加入了我们的分组交流。本期我们的主题是“Emotional Quotient（情商）”。情商与我们大学的学习以及生活中密不可分，而如何界定情商的高低呢，情商与智商到底哪个更重要呢，我们又该如何好好发展自己的情商呢？本期英语角，就对这一系列关于情商的问题做出了回答。
什么是情商呢？情商与智商哪个对于我们来说更加重要呢？不同的人有着不同的看法。有的同学认为情商比智商更重要，读大学不仅仅是来获得知识的，也是为了更好的融入社会，学会与人交流和与人为善。外教们也提出了独特的见解，情商不仅仅体现在一个人的举止或是谈吐上，更是一种内心的情感表达，它使人更加睿智而成熟，帮助人们更好地生活。在外教的引导下，大家都分享了很多对情商的不同看法，有的同学还分享了他们身边关于情商的小故事。
最后，依旧是同学们所熟知的“Free Talk”环节：探讨父母与孩子之间的代沟问题。在这次活动中同学们纷纷表示有所收获，锻炼了口语也交到了新的朋友。在同学们的热烈讨论下，我们结束了本次英语角活动，同学们沉浸在英语角的愉快氛围里，仍旧迟迟不愿离开。
大学是一个小型的社会，在大学中不仅要学习知识和技能，更应该为自己今后的发展打下坚实的基础。作为一名充满朝气的大学生，知道如何提高情商，更好地处理人际关系、面对生活，也是我们的必修课。我们不仅可以从生活经历中汲取珍贵的经验教训、处事方法，也应该多听一听良师益友的建议。衷心感谢叶高翔校长以及几位外教的出席，希望大家都能够提高对英语学习的兴趣，新竹书院和外语协会也非常欢迎大家多多参加今后的英语角活动，和我们一起交流学习，一起成长。
最后，小编附上叶校长“对我们说的话”（略有删减），祝大家周末愉快。
Good evening everyone，
It is my great honor to speak here today , and I want to say that English Conner is a very nice platform for all our students. Actually, I like to visit this kind of platform, like English Conner, very much. Each year I will come to the English Conner to talk with our students.
It is the first time to speak here to talk to you face to face this year, and to see our new students that come from all different areas of China. So I’d like to share two suggests with you: firstly, I hope that our student ion s can come and join us very often. This is a very nice platform for you to talk with other students, with our professors from other countries, talk with international students, to improve your oral English level, and to exchange ideas with other students and professors. Four years later, when you try to find a job in a company or in some other universities that you try to find a position to continue your study, then English is necessary for you to show your ability: how the level you can talk; you can exchange ideas with foreigners; how a level that you can write English papers, and something like that. So, if you can come very often, I think you can improve your English level, and also you will make many many friends here that you can encourage each other, help each other and exchange ideas with each other. This is my first suggestion.
The second one: you chose the university here, all the students please follow the regulations of our university, please follow the school motto, that is the V irtue and T ruth, P racticality, and C reativity. Everyone should follow this school motto, and also please inherit the fine style of study. All the students should study very hard, and attend all the teaching activities organized by the university. Finish all the homework, if you cannot finish it, you can discuss with other students and ask questions to the professors. I think all the members on the campus are brothers and sisters, our university like a big family. Maybe you can see, oh he is my professor, yes, he is your professor, but also he is your old brother, like me. Probably, you will say, oh she is my professor, she is my director, or advisor, yes, but also she is your old sister, so all the people on the campus please learn from each other and help each other. Same thing here, in the English Conner, and please come here very often, you can help each other, you can find some good friends here. I hope four years later, many many students will tell me, the experience here, you will say, that is excellent! And here is a good news that I want to share with you, one of my students got the offer of the Harvard university today, so she will get her PHD there. I also hope you can achieve your dreams of life, and four years later, I hope that I can hear many many good news form you!
Thank you!
图/文 新竹书院、外语协会
编辑：曹圣楠、周振男
