Living with roommates

1. Students living in college dorms______.

A) don‘t work as hard as day students   

B) seldom become top students
C) often encounter interpersonal problems

D) are becoming lazier and lazier
2.Students have unhappy relationships with their roommates partly because_____.
A) they tend to focus on their roommates’ negative aspects
B) their roommates are really difficult to please
C) their roommates don’t have many positive aspects
D) they want more independence and freedom in the dorm
3. To enjoy better relationships with your roommates, you must______.
A) talk freely with each other
B) view them as people
C) have breakfast with them often
D) help them whenever necessary

Scripts:

[problem] Livingwith roommates in college dorms, one is likely to have problems as well asbenefits. Some students report moreunhappy relationships with their roommatesthanthey do the opposite. [reason for theproblem] One reason for this is that it’s human naturetopick out a person’snegative aspectsmoreeasily than to realize his or her positive ones.Living in a college dorm, you will certainly see boththe strongpoints and shortcomings of your roommates. But you’ll be morelikely toremember thoseunhappy momentsbetween you and talkabout them. You may often tend to tell war stories about someone who spilledtheir breakfast all over you, but seldom will you talk about the pleasantconversation you had with someone over breakfast. Thisselective memory does you no good at all! [howto solve the problem]Therefore, if you want to enjoy better relationshipswith your roommates, you must work hard toview them as people and make yourself fully aware thatthey’re going to have some faults—and so are you!