Proud and jealous at once: naming a difficult feeling
Leo feels 'gray' after his brother's success; his friend Alice helps him name the feeling. Students explore precise emotion words.
C2Adults50 minDialogue
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (dialogue). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Dialogue
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Feelings
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), True / False, Gap-fill, Matching
- Key words
- miles away, flat, petty, resentment, overlooked, to lash out, to bottle something up
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow an informal conversation and infer feelings that are not stated directly
- Understand idiomatic, colloquial expressions in natural speech
- Describe mixed emotions precisely in speaking and writing