Lesson 13 – Emotions and feelings (about Annoying)
November 20, 2017
Summary
Expressing opinions and feelings about things we do not like
The topic of this lesson is emotions and feelings. I had a change to:
- agree on a list of annoying things
- focus on language to express your emotions and feelings
- focus on language for giving and responding to opinions
- practise sentence stress to help express emotion.
Before starting to share what I learned in the lesson, let me digress to two episode of BBC 6 minutes English
Have you ever had any experience which is pet peeves – something that especially annoys you:
- someone jumping the queue (in fast-food restaurant, convenience store, cinema)
- delays on pubic transport (due heavy traffic jam in rush hour)
- being kept on hold by a call centre (no human representative response to your call)
- People who eat with their mouth open (or making noise when they chew and slurping – drink a liquid noisily)
- computer crashing losing work you’ve spent hours doing
- people seating near you who are sniffing and coughing
- opening packets and that make sound (in office, cinema)
[annoy(s), bother(s), irritatation]
- what things that annoy me are (/what thing that annoys me is) …
Example: Well, what thing that annoys me most is not included in the about lists – people who smoke near the bus station while we are waiting for our bus route. - One thing that really annoys me is …
- One of the things that annoys me the most is …
- The most annoying thing I find in (somewhere) would be …
Example: The most annoying thing I find in (a movie theater) would be (when someone open a new bag of crisps.) - The typical thing that annoys people is …
- I find this habit rather (=quite) …
Example: I find this habit rather annoying/irritations (with “s” when we are talking about feeling) - I find people who (….) really annoying
Example: I find people who (chew out loudly) really annoying. - If someone is (doing sth) with me and (having certain action), it really bothers me.
Example: If someone is (having dinner) with me and (chewing out loud), it really bothers me. - A rule that does annoy me is not being able to (do sth)
Example: A rule that does annoy me is not being able to (take water onto a plane.)
In a conversation, we could have different opinions.
If we would like to giving an opinion :
- I feel …
- Personally speaking … (= from my point of view)
- The way I see it is …
- I mean …
If we would like to agreeing an opinion :
- Yeah, I agree.
- Definitely
- Me too
- So do I
- Neither do I
- That happens to me all the time as well
If we would like to disagreeing an opinion :
- No, I don’t think so.
- I’m not sure about that.
If we would like to disagreeing and then giving an opinion :
- Well maybe, but on the other hand …
- I really don’t think …
- Do you think so … I think …
(p.s – for more, click here)
