1. The phrase "emotional intelligence" was coined by researchers five years ago to describe qualities like understanding one's own feelings, sympathy for the feelings of others and "the regulation of emotion in a way that enhances living&
    "情感智能"一词是研究人员五年前创造出来的，用以描绘人的一些素质，诸如对自身感觉的了解，对他人感觉的同情，以及"调节情感以更好地生活"的能力。

2. The core of emotional self-regulation is the ability to delay an immediate reward in the service of a goal.
    自我调节情感的核心就是有能力做到为了某一目的而推迟近在眼前的利益。

3. One important regulation of the foreign study program has to do with the time, established by the host "parents", by which the teenagers must arrive home on weekend nights.
    留学计划中有一条与时间有关的重要规定，这是由接待家庭的 "父母" 制定的。根据这条规定, 这些十几岁的孩子们在周末晚上必须回家。