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c) a moral evil.
d) a natural gift.
III. Look at paragraphs 2-5 and write out the words which
mean the same as:
a) bad-tempered (2) ………….
b) brothers and sisters (2) ………….
c) process of tiring or weakening (2) ………….
d) excuse (3) …………..
e) temperament (4) …………..
f) examining closely (4) …………..
g) novice / beginner (5) …………..
h) husbands and wives (5) …………..
i) risks (5) …………..
j) persistent (5) …………..
IV. Discuss the problems of quarrelling using the phrases:
1. I think that no one is …
2. It seems to me that…
3. I don’t agree that…
4. It is possible not to quarrel if…
5. Actually the real business is…
Text VI
I. Read the title of the article and the first paragraph. Try to
answer the question in the title in written form. Make a short
list of things that you most regret.
WHAT DO PEOPLE MOST REGRET?
THE PATHS THEY FAILED TO TAKE
1. When people sit back and take stock of their lives, do
they regret the things that failed, such as a romance that foun-
dered, the wrong career path chosen, bad grades in school? Or
do they most regret what they failed to try?
2. A small but growing body of research points to inaction
— failing to seize the day — as the leading cause of regret in
people's lives over the long term. These findings are painting a
new portrait of regret, an emotion proving to be far more com-
plex than once thought.
3. Regret is a “more or less painful emotional state of
feeling sorry for misfortunes, limitations, losses, transgressions,
shortcomings or mistakes,” says University of Michigan
psychologist Janet Landman, author of several studies and a
book on regret.
4. “As a culture, we are so afraid of regret, so allergic to
it, often we don't even want to talk about it,” Landman says.
“The fear is that it will pull us down the slippery slope of
depression and despair.”
5. But psychologists say that regret is an inevitable fact of
life.
6. “In today's world, in which people arguably exercise
more choice than ever before in human history, it is exceedingly
difficult to choose so consistently well that regret is avoided
entirely,” say Cornell University psychologists Thomas
Gilovich and Victoria Medvec.
7. Regret involves two distinct types of emotion, what
psychologists call “hot” and “wistful”. Hot regret is quick anger
felt after discovering that you have made a mistake, like denting
your car, accidentally dropping a prized vase and seeing it
smash into a thousand pieces, or buying a share that suddenly
plummets in price. This is when you want to kick yourself, and
it is associated with a short-term perspective.
8. Wistful regret, on the other hand comes from having a
longer-range perspective. It is a bittersweet feeling that life
might have been better of different if only certain actions had
been taken. Typically, it means something that people should
have done but didn't do. That might mean having the courage to
follow a different career, gambling on starting a new business
or pursuing what appears to be a risky romance.
9. Psychologists have focused on hot regret as the type
most common to people's experience. But a growing body of
c) a moral evil. people's lives over the long term. These findings are painting a
d) a natural gift. new portrait of regret, an emotion proving to be far more com-
plex than once thought.
III. Look at paragraphs 2-5 and write out the words which 3. Regret is a “more or less painful emotional state of
mean the same as: feeling sorry for misfortunes, limitations, losses, transgressions,
a) bad-tempered (2) …………. shortcomings or mistakes,” says University of Michigan
b) brothers and sisters (2) …………. psychologist Janet Landman, author of several studies and a
c) process of tiring or weakening (2) …………. book on regret.
d) excuse (3) ………….. 4. “As a culture, we are so afraid of regret, so allergic to
e) temperament (4) ………….. it, often we don't even want to talk about it,” Landman says.
f) examining closely (4) ………….. “The fear is that it will pull us down the slippery slope of
g) novice / beginner (5) ………….. depression and despair.”
h) husbands and wives (5) ………….. 5. But psychologists say that regret is an inevitable fact of
i) risks (5) ………….. life.
j) persistent (5) ………….. 6. “In today's world, in which people arguably exercise
more choice than ever before in human history, it is exceedingly
IV. Discuss the problems of quarrelling using the phrases: difficult to choose so consistently well that regret is avoided
1. I think that no one is … entirely,” say Cornell University psychologists Thomas
2. It seems to me that… Gilovich and Victoria Medvec.
3. I don’t agree that… 7. Regret involves two distinct types of emotion, what
4. It is possible not to quarrel if… psychologists call “hot” and “wistful”. Hot regret is quick anger
5. Actually the real business is… felt after discovering that you have made a mistake, like denting
your car, accidentally dropping a prized vase and seeing it
Text VI smash into a thousand pieces, or buying a share that suddenly
I. Read the title of the article and the first paragraph. Try to plummets in price. This is when you want to kick yourself, and
answer the question in the title in written form. Make a short it is associated with a short-term perspective.
list of things that you most regret. 8. Wistful regret, on the other hand comes from having a
longer-range perspective. It is a bittersweet feeling that life
WHAT DO PEOPLE MOST REGRET? might have been better of different if only certain actions had
THE PATHS THEY FAILED TO TAKE been taken. Typically, it means something that people should
1. When people sit back and take stock of their lives, do have done but didn't do. That might mean having the courage to
they regret the things that failed, such as a romance that foun- follow a different career, gambling on starting a new business
dered, the wrong career path chosen, bad grades in school? Or or pursuing what appears to be a risky romance.
do they most regret what they failed to try? 9. Psychologists have focused on hot regret as the type
2. A small but growing body of research points to inaction most common to people's experience. But a growing body of
— failing to seize the day — as the leading cause of regret in
