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Hello lovely, I'm Maria.
And my name is Rory.
And we are the hosts of the IELTS speaking for success podcast. The podcast that aims to help improve your speaking skills as well as your listening skills along the way.
We've started this podcast to give you a gorgeous grammar and fabulous vocabulary for your high -ild school.
Bad night school. Sorry, I'm late Maria.
I had a meeting. Oh, that's okay.
I'm a very patient person.
Oh my, shall we talk about patients?
Yes. What a coincidence!
On this podcast, yes dear listener.
Patience is the topic.
not about hospitals or health you know like patients and patients uh -huh I mean like people who go to hospital and who are treated in hospitals they're called patients but we're talking about patients I am a patient person I'm common you know like old Zen mm -hmm I'm patient and Rory is a hmm how patient are yo an impatient person I aspired to be patient, but I probably fail every day.
Anyway, let's talk about patience.
Rory, are you a patient person?
I mean, I like to think so, yes.
I'm generally pretty good at managing my emotions when people aren't doing what they should be.
Of course, I'm not perfect.
It's harder sometimes compared to others like when I'm in a rush, then I'm probably less likely to have time for people.
Are you more patient now than you were when you were a child?
Yeah, I certainly think so.
I feel like kids in general tend to need some, like they need instant gratification and it was no different when I was younger.
Now that I've had a bit more life experience and cognitive development, it's definitely easier to hold myself in check.
Does your job require you to be patient?
I'd say it requires more patience on the part of my students than for me personally.
My job is to find things that work for them.
So if something doesn't work, it's easy for me to find alternatives.
But for them, it could be quite a frustrating experience especially to experience failure since it's an investment of their time and money and they want to do well.
How do you feel when you have to do something for a long time?
I suppose that's contingent on what I have to do, really.
If it's something I like such as reading, then they don't really have a problem getting on with it, but if it's something I think is quite dull or pointless then I get put off pretty quickly and it's very evident that my heart just isn't in it.
What is it that makes you feel impatient?
Well generally when people waste my time, or rather when they can be perceived as wasting it, I have a lot to do in my life and I don't like sitting around doing nothing if it can help.
So when people get cavalier with my time, I tend to get annoyed fairly quickly.
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See you soon. So dear listener, patient.
To be patient is an adjective and this means that you have the ability to wait or suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed or to continue doing something despite the difficulties.
For example, you get stuck in a traffic jam and then like Ah like I hate it I'm getting annoyed like oh you should be patient you know so we are patient now with people you should be patient with her or like the opposite what's the opposite or if you are not patient impatient yeah impatient so I'm impatient with small children and here you can say I am a pretty good at being patient, or here we're talking about managing your emotions.
So like anger, anxiety.
These are our emotions.
You can say I'm pretty good at managing my emotions or I'm not good at managing my emotions.
I always think it depends on the time of day and the situation.
Oh, in fact I remember reading about this they did a study with federal judges in America and if they did not eat before the sentences to criminals then the sentences were much harder.
So this just goes to show being hangry is a real thing, so if you want to be patient then you should definitely avoid being hungry when you to make decisions.
Yeah it's like angry.
To be angry and hungry.
Yeah no no not a good combination.
When I'm in a rush, when I have to do something really quickly, I'm rushing about like...
So when I'm in a rush, I usually get really impatient.
You remember that when the examiner asks you something about your childhood you say used to.
So I used to be a very patient child or a super impatient child.
I really enjoyed how you said it.
Now I've had more life experience and now I've had more cognitive development.
Oh nice! Alright what do you mean cognitive developed.
You've developed cognitively.
So you have patterns of thought in your head that you've created over time through experience that allow you to cope with situations much better than before.
How effective they are is a matter of opinion.
And now it's easier for me to hold myself in check.
That just means to have control over yourself and your emotions.
So hold something in check or hold myself in check or for example like I've learned to keep my temper in check like temper like how angry I can get, my job requires me to be patient or doesn't require me to be to be patient so it requires like I have to be patient and Sometimes it could be quite frustrating.
So when you're frustrated, you're trying to do something, but you're failing to do it.
Yeah. It's actually C1.
Oh, my gosh. OK. I was thinking that would be, like, B2, band six.
No, no. It's a C1 word. Yeah.
So it makes you feel annoyed, like, my job could be frustrating.
It makes me feel annoyed, less confident.
I can't achieve it like I'm trying and trying to get a band aid for writing and I can't do it, so it's really frustrating.
So I could get impatient or...
like usually I get impatient when I'm frustrated.
I'm frustrated or something is frustrating.
Being patient or having patience means being able to wait calmly in the face of frustration, and when you have to wait for something for a long time, when you do certain activities which take a long time, like you, you should be patient, ideally.
And that's why the question is like about activities like what you do for a long time, like what's going on.
And here Rory says that's contingent on what I have to do meaning that depends on what I have to do that's contingent hmm surely that's got to be a c2 level expression contingent hmm no it doesn't say nothing about the level according to the Cambridge on land dictionary sorry but yeah it's it's a less commonly used word is this pretty formal do listener it's contingent on its formal or a porn.
I'm going to say that it's C2 because I think I said it during my exam.
Sweet, yeah, like it's contingent on the weather, it depends on the weather.
Yeah, but formal, formal, usually in the natural speaking, native speakers don't use it, I don't know like a royal.
Just do your friends use it.
You're watching a film and then like your friend goes like yeah, you know, it's contingent on what he'll do next in the movie, Okay, no, they don't do this, right?
Well, I suppose it depends on what we're talking about.
If it's like a logically structured argument then you're more likely to use the word contingent.
Depends how often you have logically structured arguments with your friends.
Yeah, but again like a logically structured arguments it's kind of something more formal rather than just a simple chat about a movie.
Ah, yeah. If it's like reading I don't have a problem getting on with it.
So I don't have a problem getting on with reading.
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Uber. On our way. But if it's something dull, dull like boring, or pointless, I get put off quickly.
So to get put off, put someone off means to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing.
So nothing will put me off this TV show.
So, I will watch it, no matter what.
But if you get put off something, then kind of, your attention focuses on something else, or kind of like, it can also mean to make someone dislike something.
For example, like this smell, disgusting smell, puts me off, like I don't like it, or this person puts me off.
Or you have to work long hours and that puts off a lot of people, so they don't like it, they feel discouraged.
And here we can say that if I do something dull or pointless, I get put off quickly.
So I'm impatient. I get impatient really quickly.
You can also say that good things really do come to those who wait.
So that's about patience, meaning that like if we are good at waiting, if we wait, then like gudies of life will come to us.
So to be patient, and to be able to wait patiently, actually patiently as an adverb.
So good things really do come to those who wait, to people who wait.
I try to be a patient person?
And Ror, do you know what the benefits of patience are?
Why is it good to be patient?
That's a very good question.
Can you tell me, please?
Yes, of course. It's Mindful .org.
Ok. The benefits of being a patient person.
Dear listener for you from Maria.
So patience supports our mental health.
Patience helps reach personal goals.
And patience is linked to hopefulness, we are hopeful, and positive outlook.
You can say that I' ve got an interpersonal patience.
Interpersonal, meaning like when you meet annoying people, you kind of treat them at a calm way.
Is there anything about the benefits of being impatient there?
Hmm, no, no. Hmmm, yes, it's interesting, I wonder if there are some benefits to being impatient.
For example, if you're impatient people might be more likely to help you because they're like oh my God I don't want a person's moods to get worse.
This depends entirely on the kind of person you are of course you might not feel very good about it.
Impatience can be a motivator, driving you to action and helping you prioritize what's truly important.
Okay people, three unexpected reasons why being impatient can be good for you.
So, FastCompany .com There you go.
You can google this article.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Okay. Yeah, and they also write about like being frustrated, being angry, being stressed or anxious.
So, a focus of efficiency.
So, impatient people have a focus on efficiency, action oriented.
Okay. You can say that my impatience helped me to be action oriented.
yeah nice nice yeah and they like have some research motivation okay inpatients can be motivating they go and perseverance Roy what's perseverance a nice word perseverance just continuing despite difficult conditions firstcompany .com thank you very much I realized it there just as we were talking.
We talked a lot about patients and the vocabulary connected to that today but a more general point I'd like to add this is just based on my own experience with the exam is when I said in my answer to the last question or rather when they can perceive or whether people can be perceived as a wasting time this is something I talked about in my exam because my examiner asked me if or why people are more focused on having a work life balance.
And I said, well, I think they've always been concerned with this, actually.
And she argued with me and said, yes, but they're more focused on it now, aren't they?
And I said, no, I think it's just the perception of that is in the media.
It's not really a thing.
So there you go. It's, you can also talk about not what is the case, but also how things are perceived as well.
Dear listener, please don't argue with the Examiner.
Okay? Rory can pull it off.
He's educated, he's been with Aels for a long time.
But please, dear listener, choose neutral things, the most obvious ideas perhaps.
You can talk about how things are perceived though.
Don't argue with the Examiner.
If you see that the Examiner is not happy, and if they're raising their eyebrows, looking that you as if you are an alien you know like this what is in you see that yeah but kind of change oh I think she was more entertained by the idea than anything else because we were laughing throughout the whole thing because it was just ridiculous okay all right okay yeah that's that's important to mention all right yes then men it's okay yeah but if you're listening you are sitting there and the examiner is kind of like looks at you like huh, what what what what are you telling me?
Interesting Rory, very interesting.
You were laughing, you were cracking jokes, you were kind of bombarding the examiner with your Band 9 ideas.
Wow! Well I don't think we crack jokes I just think we were laughing about it because I was asked different things and some of the things were just very strange.
But this is one that I thought would be very relevant to this particular episode Because how things are perceived to be or what we think they are like is not always what they are.
Thank you very much for listening and we'll get back to you in our next episode.
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Rory, are you a patient person?
I mean, I like to think so yes.
I'm generally pretty good at managing my emotions when people aren't doing what they should be.
Of course, I'm not perfect.
It's harder sometimes compared to others.
Like when I'm in a rush, then I'm probably less likely to have time for people.
Are you more patient now than you were when you were a child?
Yeah, I certainly think so.
I feel like kids in general tend to need some like they need instant gratification and it was no different when I was younger.
Now that I've had a bit more life experience and cognitive development, it's definitely easier to hold myself in check.
Does your job require you to be patient?
I'd say it requires more patience on the part of my students than for me personally.
My job is to find things that work for them, so if something doesn't work, it's easy for me to find alternatives.
For them it could be quite a frustrating experience, especially to experience failure, since it's an investment of their time and money and they want to do well.
How do you feel when you have to do something for a long time?
I suppose that's contingent on what I have to do really.
If it's something I like, like such as reading, then I don't really have a problem getting on with it.
But if it's something I think is quite dull or pointless, then I get put off pretty quickly and it's very evident that my heart just isn't in it.
What is it that makes you feel impatient?
Well generally when people waste my time, or rather when they can be perceived as wasting it, I have a lot to do in my life and I don't like sitting around doing nothing if it can be helped.
So when people get cavalier with my type I tend to get annoyed fairly quickly.
