Добрый вечер! 🫶🏻

Сегодня предлагаем вам выполнить задание на Reading Comprehension! 👓
Текст посвящён теме, которая рискует найти отклик в период, когда окружающие подводят итоги уходящего года и ставят цели на следующий. Any guesses? 🤪

FOMO. Данный акроним расшифровывается как fear of missing out, то есть боязнь что-то пропустить. FOMO заставляет человека думать, что его жизнь скучная, а все остальные люди абсолютно счастливы и успешны. 💅🏻

Разберёмся, является ли этот феномен новым, и выполним упражнение после прочтения!


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💃🏻 We’ve all felt it at least once: that uncomfortable feeling when you scroll through your social media feed and see photos of people having a better time than you. This feeling is called FOMO, or fear of missing out.

🤷🏻‍♀️ The term was first coined in 1996 by Marketing Strategist Dr. Dan Herman. Later, in 2004, Patrick McGinnis, a student at Harvard Business School, co-edited an article about the growing trend among his peers of being unable to commit to anything, for fear that they would miss out on something more exciting.

📱 The growth of social media has exacerbated the phenomenon. For many, it has now become habit to compare your life with others’ lives – or rather the highlights of their lives; something that previous generations could not do so readily.

👩🏻‍💻 Scientists discovered that negative FOMO feelings are experienced more often towards the end of the day and at the end of the week and that FOMO is experienced more by people carrying out obligatory work, like jobs and study.

👵🏻 Interestingly, although FOMO is widely associated with those who use social media, research has found that people of all ages experience it, irrespective of their social media use.

🥲 Some psychologists recognise an upside to FOMO, saying that it can motivate you to get out of your comfort zone. More often than not, though, FOMO leads to increasing fear of joining in, in the belief that your own insights or contributions will not be valued.

💞 The rising counter-culture to FOMO is called JOMO – the joy of missing out. This includes the pleasure and satisfaction of a night in, doing what you enjoy best, turning off your phone notifications and living in the moment, focusing not on what you lack but on what you have.

Добрый вечер! 🫶🏻

Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, почему мы говорим make a decision, а не do a decision? Или почему strong coffee звучит лучше, чем powerful coffee? И почему бумажная волокита на английском языке называется red tape, а выражение to have a field day далеко не всегда подразумевает школьное мероприятие? 🤔

Сегодня мы погрузимся в мир идиом и коллокаций, которые делают нашу речь более естественной и выразительной! 💘

Let’s get started!


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