Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Tuesday, 26 January 201

Task 1:

Read the following adjectives for emotions and identify which words describe a positive, neutral or negative feeling. Write down (p) next to the word to mean positive, (n) to mean neutral, and (na) to mean negative. If necessary, look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. Some words may fit into more than one category.

Task 2:

The list above contains adjectives to describe emotions. Where possible, change them into nouns.

ambivalent (n) ambivalence	discouraged (na)  discouragement	overwhelmed (na)
annoyed (na)  annoyance	embarrassed (na)  embarrassment	regretful (na)  regret
anxious (na)  anxiousness	enthusiastic (p) enthusiasm	relieved (p) relief
apprehensive (p) apprehension	frustrated (na)  frustration	shocked (na)  shock
concerned (p) concern	furious (na)  furiousness	thrilled (p) thrill
content (p) content	grateful (p) gratefulness	Uneasy (na)
defensive (n) defense	grieving (na)  grievance	vulnerable (na)  vulnerability
determined (p) determinism	miserable (na)  miserableness	wary (p)
disappointed (na)  disappointment	optimistic (p) optimism	upset (na)

Task 3: 

Choose five of the emotions from the list above. For each emotion, describe a situation you have experienced that made you feel this way.

I was ambivalent about immigrating to Canada. It annoyed me to be kept waiting so long. We spent an anxious period of time waiting for the result. My husband, a kind and apprehensive friend, was concerned about how we will handle the life in Canada. Finally, we got our P.R.card with a big contented smile.  But  after we came to Canada, only one week, we found living in Canada was uneasy.  We was overwhelmed by such a different culture.