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Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, I'm Neil.
And I'm Rob.
Now Rob, would you say that you are an introvert or an extrovert?
Hmm, what a good question.
Well, extroverts are confident in their personality,
they're outgoing and comfortable in social situations.
So I would have to say that if anything,
I'm the opposite.
I'm more of an introvert.
I'm really quite shy.
I feel uncomfortable in social situations.
For example, if I go to a party where I don't know anyone, I usually feel very embarrassed and I find it impossible to start conversations with strangers.
But you do all of this on the radio and videos for BBC Learning English, don't you?
Some would say you have to be an extrovert to do what we do.
Oh, well, maybe I'm pretending to be an extrovert.
To hide the fact that I'm an introvert.
It's quite a common thing, you know.
Well, it might not be so easy to hide in the future because researchers have developed a computer program that can tell your personality from looking at where you look by tracking your eye movements.