compassion fatigue 6 minute english
the suffering brought about by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be making people tired of feeling sorry for others and themselves. this is what is called 'compassion fatigue'. are we being dehumanised? is our compassion for others finite? after more than a year, have we reached our limit? rob and sam talk about the phenomenon and teach you vocabulary along the way.
this week's question:
humanitarian workers see human suffering on a daily basis and can easy fall victim to compassion fatigue. founded in 1971, médecins sans frontières is one of the biggest humanitarian organisations. but what does médecins sans frontières mean?
a) medicine to the frontline
b) doctors without borders
c) medicine first
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
compassion fatigue
emotional exhaustion which reduces your ability to empathise or feel compassion for other people’s unhappiness and pain
numb
unable to feel any emotions or think clearly because you are so shocked, frightened or tired
learned helplessness
psychologically giving up trying to feel better because your previous attempts have not been successful or rewarded
finite
limited or having a definite, fixed size
headwinds
forces blowing in the opposite direction which stop you moving forward
news cycle
the reporting in the media of a particular news story, from the first instance to the last, as well as people’s reactions and opinions on the original report
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210527.
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the suffering brought about by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be making people tired of feeling sorry for others and themselves. this is what is called 'compassion fatigue'. are we being dehumanised? is our compassion for others finite? after more than a year, have we reached our limit? rob and sam talk about the phenomenon and teach you vocabulary along the way.this week's question:humanitarian workers see human suffering on a daily basis and can easy fall victim to compassion fatigue. founded in 1971, médecins sans frontières is one of the biggest humanitarian organisations. but what does médecins sans frontières mean?a) medicine to the frontlineb) doctors without bordersc) medicine firstlisten to the programme to find out the answer. vocabulary compassion fatigueemotional exhaustion which reduces your ability to empathise or feel compassion for other people’s unhappiness and pain numbunable to feel any emotions or think clearly because you are so shocked, frightened or tired learned helplessnesspsychologically giving up trying to feel better because your previous attempts have not been successful or rewarded finitelimited or having a definite, fixed size headwindsforces blowing in the opposite direction which stop you moving forward news cyclethe reporting in the media of a particular news story, from the first instance to the last, as well as people’s reactions and opinions on the original report[cover: getty images]to download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210527. more 6 minute english episodes:the men taking their wife's name after marriage https://youtu.be/0emvxtaesvswould you pay more for 'ethical' coffee?https://youtu.be/afnsmykrg1ihigh heels: fashion or oppression?https://youtu.be/xzxmmqczsu4is gaming a sport?https://youtu.be/gfnymyczjqais punctuality important?https://youtu.be/cslpuxn_ywslearn to talk about broken hearts in 6 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english idiom learn english the sounds people make learn english the sounds animals make learn english the word wish learn english the word watch learn english the word pen learn english the word small learn english the suffering brought about by the coronavirus pandemic seems to be making people tired of feeling sorry for others and themselves. this is what is called 'compassion fatigue'. are we being dehumanised? is our compassion for others finite? after more than a year, have we reached our limit? rob and sam talk about the phenomenon and teach you vocabulary along the way.
this week's question:
humanitarian workers see human suffering on a daily basis and can easy fall victim to compassion fatigue. founded in 1971, médecins sans frontières is one of the biggest humanitarian organisations. but what does médecins sans frontières mean?
a) medicine to the frontline
b) doctors without borders
c) medicine first
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
compassion fatigue
emotional exhaustion which reduces your ability to empathise or feel compassion for other people’s unhappiness and pain
numb
unable to feel any emotions or think clearly because you are so shocked, frightened or tired
learned helplessness
psychologically giving up trying to feel better because your previous attempts have not been successful or rewarded
finite
limited or having a definite, fixed size
headwinds
forces blowing in the opposite direction which stop you moving forward
news cycle
the reporting in the media of a particular news story, from the first instance to the last, as well as people’s reactions and opinions on the original report
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210527.
more 6 minute english episodes:
the men taking their wife's name after marriage
https://youtu.be/0emvxtaesvs
would you pay more for 'ethical' coffee?
https://youtu.be/afnsmykrg1i
high heels: fashion or oppression?
https://youtu.be/xzxmmqczsu4
is gaming a sport?
https://youtu.be/gfnymyczjqa
is punctuality important?
https://youtu.be/cslpuxn_yws
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https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zw
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #compassion #pandemic #suffering #humanitarian