Communicative Goal: Describing Sadness
Context: Modern Life
Part 1, Speaking: Review
and discuss the following idioms, providing your own examples.
1. to be down in the dumps: to feel sad for a
short period (informal, negative, weak, general)
Example: Come on, what are you down
in the dumps for? You should be happy!
2. to be in a funk: to feel sad for an extended
period (informal, negative, weak, general)
Example:
He is in a funk right now because he can’t find a job.
3. to feel blue: to feel sad (informal, negative,
strong, general, often used for one’s personality)
Example:
I imagine that Picasso felt blue during his blue period.
4. to feel down: to feel sad due to
disappointment (informal, negative, weak, general)
Example:
I feel down when I am turned down.
5. to let down: to sadden someone through
disappointment (informal, neutral, general)
Example:
Please let him down gently….
Part 2, Reading : Complete the passage below with the
appropriately conjugated idioms.
The frustrations of modern life can lead
to sadness and even depression when it seems like everyone and everything, from
breakups to rejection letters, _____ us _____.
It is natural __________ in situations
like these. This can be intensified, however, when coupled with gloomy weather
and our own biological makeups, making us __________.
When we __________ for a few days, friends
and family can usually soon bring us back to our old selves with a night on the
town.
If we __________, however, professional
help may be necessary to get us back on track.
© James Doyle, 2013
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