UNIT II
Topic : I AM SORRY TO
HEAR THAT
Sub Topic : SYMPATHY
TEXT
Activity 1
Learn more
howto express Sympathy and Condolence!
Sympathy
expression
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Condolence
expression
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Showing attention
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I’m sorry to hear that.
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That’s too bad.
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Better luck next time.
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It must be pretty rough on you.
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What a pity!
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What a pity of you!
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Be patient it would be better
soon.
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I can imagine you feel bad.
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I sympathize with you.
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I take my sympathy to you.
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You must be very upset.
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I know how you’re feeling.
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I am sorry to hear about your
father.
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Let me offer my condolence.
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It must be pretty hard on you.
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I know how you must feel.
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Please accept my condolence.
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Is he all right?
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Are you okay?
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What happened?
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What’s wrong with you?
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What can I do for you?
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Don’t worry. Everything is okay.
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I hope he will be fine.
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Responses:
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It’s/That’s very kind of you
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Oh, well, such is life
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I would be OK, thank you very much
for your support
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Thank you
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Thank you so much
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Thanks for your sympathy
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Thanks for your support
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Thank you for your concern
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I hope so
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So it goes, I guess
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I don’t need your sympathy
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Don’t feel sorry for me.
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It’s God will, I suppose
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There is nothing that can be done
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I don’t want your pity
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That’s a pity, isn’t it?
Activity 3
Practicethese following dialogues related to sympathy
expressionthen answer the questions!
Dialogue 1
Hilal : Hi, Najmi. This is Hilal.
Do you still remember me?
Najmi : Oh, Hilal. How are you?
Hilal : Fine, thank you. And how
have you been?
Najmi : I feel great. Why are you
here?
Hilal : Well, I want to visit my
nephew. Listen, Najmi. I would like to apologize for not being able to present
at your wedding party.
Najmi : That’s all right. But you missed
meeting our old friends.
Hilal : I know. Well, actually I
was on our way to your party when suddenly a car hit me.
Najmi : Oh, dear. That’s awful. Are
you OK?
Hilal : I was fine. But I had to my
car.
Najmi : I am so glad you are safe
from the accident. Why don’t you come to my hose then?
Answer the questions below!
1. Who are involved in the dialogue above?
2. Where does the conversation take place?
3. Who got married?
4. Who had an accident?
5. Why did the accident happen?
6.
What does
Najmi say to express her sympathy?
Dialogue 2
Sofyan : Hi Taufik! What are you doing here?
Taufik : I have to
accompany my brother. He had an operation yesterday.Sofyan : What happened?
Taufik : His motorcycle crashed into a lamp post near my house. He broke his leg.
Sofyan : I am sorry about that. Is he all right?
Sofyan : Yes, he is fine. The operation was successful and he must stay here for recovery.
Taufik : Well, I hope he will recover soon.
Sofyan : Thanks.
Activity 2
Read this following text and answer the questions!
My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja
Last
month my family and I went to Toraja to attend
Grandpa’s funeral. It was my first time to go to such a ceremony. We
gathered there with our kind in the ceremony.
Overall, the ceremony was quite
elaborate. It took about a week. Several days before the ceremony was done,
grandpa’s body was kept in a series of houses arranged in circular row around
an open field called tongkonan. His corpse was dressed in a fine
wearing.
The
funeral was performed in two phases. First, we slaughtered the pigs and
buffaloes, and then moved the corpse to face north. In this ceremony we wore
black clothes. After that, the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin. Then,
it was brought out of the house and placed on an open platform beneath the
granary. Meanwhile, my uncle, my brother, and I prepared the wooden puppet and
a funeral tower called lakian. The next phase of the ceremony was held
in this place. The coffin is borne from the house and placed in the lakian.
During the day, there were also buffalo matches. They were great matches. In
the night, we were feasting, chanting, and dancing.
On
the last day, the grandpa’s coffin were lowered from the funeral tower and
brought up to the mountainside family graveyard. Great shouting and excitement
followed it from the relatives and the guests. Finally, we installed the wooden
puppet on a high balcony where other puppets representing the members of a
whole family were already there.
The
funeral ceremonies made my family and me tired. However, we were grateful
because it ran smoothly.
Adapted from: http://www.worldisround.com
Questions:
1. When
did the writer attend the funeral?
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2. How
long did the writer and his family hold the ceremony?
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3. What
did they do to the corpse before the funeral was done?
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4. What
did they do after the corpse was placed in a sandal wood coffin?
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5. What
did they do on the last day of the ceremony?
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Activity 3
Try to write one or more sympathy expression individually!
What do you say to a friend who tells you that:
1. he/she lost his/her money.
2. he/she cut herself when she was cooking.
3. he/she has just lost his/her new motorcycle.
4. he/she fell down from the tree.
5. his/her brother has been hospitalized.
6. he/she couldn’t pass the exam.
7. Someone you knew and liked very much was sick.
8. Someone has stolen his/her money.
9. he/she was hit by a car.
10. he/she failed the driving test.
Activity 5
Read this following text and answer the questions!
I Send Condolences via Text
My friend’s grandmother has died. I have
heard about it through another mutual friend, and I am really sorry to hear it.
She loved her grandmother.
I send her a text: “I was so sorry to hear
about your beloved grandmother. I hope you and your families are doing okay.
All my love to you all”
My friend is currently suffering from anorexia. She is incredibly
unwell and undertaking treatment at a hospital. I visit her every weekend but
during the week, I text.
I send her a message every few days to make sure she is doing okay: “Hope your day is going well. See you soon.”
My friend has just been diagnosed with cancer. She is going to have
to have extensive chemotherapy and a major surgery. She may not even survive.
She is only 24 – the same age as me. We grew up together. My dad hears the news
from her dad and calls me to tell me. They are close, too.
I am devastated and I cry and then I text her: “Dad told me about the cancer. I am so, so, so sorry and I am
really just in shock to have heard the news. Do you want to have dinner soon
and we can talk about it? Whenever suits you. I’m always here.”
Write down some
condolence expressions you find on the text above!
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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Activity 6
Make a dialog
based on the situation below in pairs! Use the expression to show attention and
sympathy! Practice the dialog in front of the classroom!
1.
Your sister lost her wallet. She was so sad because there was sum of money in
it.
2. You
arrived at your friend’s house. He looks disappointed because he didn’t win the
speech contest.
3. Your
classmate had got an accident and he has to stay in a hospital for medical
treatment.
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