Describe an intelligent person you know
You should say: 
Who this person is
How you know this person
What this person does
And explain why you think this person is  intelligent

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um, so today ah, I’d like to share with you my best friend Jie, um, she was the first person came to my mind when I saw this topic and she is definitely one of the smartest people I know. um in terms of how I know this person, um we’ve known each other since high school actually, she was my desk mate for two years, and we were really close at that time, we are like best friends. 

um and I remember the first day at high school, I was feeling very shy and nervous, you know, when seen all these new faces, and Jie was sitting right next to me at that time, and suddenly she just turn around and start talking to me, just like that, like an old friend, so we got to talk, and we hit it off immediately, and she is so friendly, and she made me feel very comfortable in front of her,  and actually that’s the kind of person she is. Firstly, she is very friendly. She’s very friendly, very fun to be with, you know, you will never feel bored when you with her. She is so funny, she is like hilarious. 

And um, secondly, she is very intelligent, she is very smart, and I guess the reason why she is very smart, you can tell, once you start talking to her, and I guess the reason why she is so smart is that firstly she reads a lot, so she knows a lot, she has this the greatest sensitivity of choosing the right topic to talk to people, you know, she knows people’s tastes, needs and different anticipations, she knows about the things that might offend others, she knows about the cultural, she is aware of the cultural differences and taboos, that’s why she is very popular among her friends, and I think that’s just a kind of intelligence, right? Is just she knows how to… she has very strong interpersonal skills, that is very very smart, that’s very intelligent in my opinion. And she is a people person by nature I guess. 

So yeah, I really admire her, and I am always willing to learn something from her. So that’s the intelligent person I’d like to share with you today, thanks for listening.

Brian Kuo