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Active Reading 2
Warming Up
Look at the following pictures and describe the emotion shown in each picture.
surprise
disgust
sadness
happiness
anger
fear
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Work in pairs and look at the words below:
Now discuss the questions:
1. When did you last feel the emotions described by the words above?
2. What are the earliest emotions you can remember in your life?
happy angry shy sad depressed
frightened annoyed upset
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Empathy vs Sympathy
Empathy is the ability to understand how someone feels because you can imagine what it is like to be them.
Sympathy is a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing something very unpleasant.
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Empathy originates from a sort of physical imitation of
the distress of another, which then evokes the same
feelings in oneself.
Sympathy is felt for the general plight of another with no
sharing of what that other person is feeling.
Now skim the text, and find the definition of empathy and sympathy in the passage.
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1. sending a card to someone who is in hospital
2. feeling happy because your friend has won a scholarship
to a prestigious university
3. trying to comfort someone who has had bad news.
4. reacting physically when you see that someone is in pain
5. collecting money to help the victims of a natural disaster
6. crying at the end of a film
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Now decide whether the feelings or actions described below are a result of sympathy or empathy.
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How empathy unfolds
Background information
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The author
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Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an author, psychologist, and science journalist. For 12 years, he wrote for The New York Times, specializing in psychology and brain sciences. He is the author of more than 10 books on psychology, education, science, and leadership.
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