Concetti Chiave
- Pleasure is a feeling of satisfaction or gratification, often experienced when wishes or expectations are met, such as meeting someone special or recognizing volunteers.
- A guilty pleasure is an activity or indulgence that brings satisfaction but may be viewed as unacceptable by others, like enjoying pot noodles or soap operas.
- Joy is a state of elation or happiness, often experienced in significant life moments or through acts that bring happiness to others.
- Activities such as visiting the homebound or providing meals for the elderly can bring joy to others, highlighting the social aspect of joy.
- Joyful describes a state of being full of happiness, which can be seen in both people and things, like joyful songs or children's reactions to good news.
Pleasure
Pleasure is a feeling of satisfaction or gratification, a feeling that your wishes or expectations have been met. If you take pleasure in something, you delight in it or find it good.
Ex: It is with great pleasure that the director of our organisation is going to announce the volunteers of the year today.
Ex: It was a great pleasure to meet my husband's great grandparents when we traveled in Ireland late last year.
A guilty pleasure is something that you enjoy or find satisfaction on, but is deemed less than acceptable by others, or is looked down upon.
Ex: Julie loved eating healthy foods, but her guilty pleasure was pot noodle—the kind prepared with a packet of artificial flavouring.
Ex: Although I generally limit my television watching, I have taken to indulging in the guilty pleasure of catching up on my soap operas.
Joy
Joy is a feeling or state of elation, happiness, or delight. If you enjoy something, you take delight or happiness in it.
Ex: The joy the mother felt at seeing her son, the first in the family to do so, graduate from university was obvious to all at the ceremony.
Ex: Bringing joy to others is one of the key goals of our civic organisation. There are a number of ways that we do this - visiting the homebound, providing meals for the elderly, and holiday gifts for families who are struggling financially.
Joyful means full of joy or happiness. Not only a person, but a thing can be joyful, for example a joyful song.
Ex: The joyful children rushed outside when they heard the news that an extra break would be granted due to the light afternoon snow.
Ex: It was a relief, after the choir's sombre numbers, when they broke out in a joyful number that had the crowd tapping its feet.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué diferencia hay entre placer y alegría según el texto?
- ¿Qué es un "placer culpable"?
- ¿Cómo describe el texto la manifestación de la alegría en las personas?
El placer es una sensación de satisfacción o gratificación cuando se cumplen deseos o expectativas, mientras que la alegría es un estado de felicidad o deleite.
Un placer culpable es algo que disfrutas o te da satisfacción, pero que es considerado menos aceptable por otros o es menospreciado.
La alegría se manifiesta como un estado de felicidad evidente, como en el caso de una madre viendo a su hijo graduarse, o a través de acciones que traen felicidad a otros, como las actividades de una organización cívica.
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