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Hurt Someone's Feelings
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Hurt Someone's Feelings English, baby! Video Lesson
伤害别人的感情

Learn the Simple Future Tense

Date: Jan 03 2012

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Simple Future Tense

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American kids have a saying for when someone says something mean: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Of course, adults know that words can hurt. If someone hurts your feelings, it can feel like you got punched, or worse.

Just calling someone a name or saying something mean isn’t enough to hurt someone’s feelings. You have to take the hurtful comment seriously to get your feelings hurt. People often get their feelings hurt when a weakness is pointed out in a hurtful way.

Dale has gained a lot of weight lately. Jeff thinks it’s time for him to say something about it. But can he do it without hurting anyone’s feelings?

美国的孩子在某人说了一些难听的话后会说:“棍棒伤我身,恶语奈我何”。但是,大人知道言语也会伤人。如果某人伤害了你的感情,你会感觉如同重击或者更糟。
仅仅直呼其名或说难听的话不足以伤害某人的感情。极其严重的恶语才会伤害你的感情。人们往往在被别人恶意揭短时感情会受到伤害。
德尔最近胖了很多。杰夫认为此时应该提醒他。但是他能否在提醒德尔时不伤害他的感情吗?

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Devan

Devan

Jeff

Jeff

Dale

Dale

Devan:  Hey guys, want to know what I’m going to do right now?

Jeff:  Does it have to do with that wedding?

Devan:  Yes! I’m going to go taste cakes. Who wants to come?

Jeff:  Not me.

Dale:  Oh, me! Me! I’ll go!

Devan:  You want to go?

Jeff:  Dale, I don’t think you need any more sweets for the day. You already had that bag of cookies earlier.

Dale:  Hey, that was the lunch dessert. I’m eating my snack. I think that’s a great snack dessert. I’m in.

Devan:  OK.

Dale:  I’m in.

Jeff:  Desserts? Snacks? Um, yeah, no more snacks. No more desserts and enough with the pizza too.

Dale:  That’s my favorite kind of pizza!

Jeff:  That’s your favorite kind of pizza? Look, Dale, I’m going to be blunt with you. I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but you’ve put on a lot of weight. It’s pretty apparent.

Dale:  It is?

Jeff:  I mean, you hang out in sweats all the time. You never really get up. You just kind of stay in that chair.

Dale:  OK. I get it. I get it.

Jeff:  Just take a couple laps.

Dale:  OK. I’ll just take a walk.

Jeff:  I’m just looking out for you.

Dale:  I’ll see you guys later, alright? I’ll see you guys later. Alright.

Jeff:  Alright, bud.

Devan:  I can’t believe you just hurt Dale’s feelings like that.

Jeff:  Hurt his feelings? Look, alright, he’s a big boy. He can understand a little constructive criticism.

Devan:  Maybe so, but I really think you just made him sad. I really think you hurt his feelings.

Jeff:  He needs to hear it, Devan. OK?

Devan:  Well, now I don’t have anybody to go taste cakes with me, so I guess you’re going to have to come. I mean, I don’t really want you to come, since you are my least favorite employee, but you’re the only one left, so…

Jeff:  Oh, thanks. Way to hurt my feelings, too.

Devan:  Too bad. Let’s go.

 

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Devan needs someone to taste wedding cakes with her. Of course, Dale volunteers.

Jeff says he thinks Dale has had enough sweets today. But Dale says he had dessert after lunch. He just ate a snack, so now he needs a dessert to follow that.

That’s when Jeff decides it’s time to be blunt. He tells Dale that he is not healthy and needs to exercise more and eat less. He says he doesn’t mean to hurt Dale’s feelings, but clearly he does. Jeff wanted to give constructive criticism, but he did it in a mean way, so Dale got sad.

Dale leaves, so now Devan still needs someone to taste cakes with her. She tells Jeff she likes the other employees better than him, but he will have to come anyway. Jeff says she hurt his feelings.

Have you ever had your feelings hurt?

 

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CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

I had this experience but I didn’t take it so seriously, though it hurt my feeling but at last I should thanks that person to be bluntly told me that I was wrong, I understand some people don’t take constructive criticism because it’s really hurt the feeling, maybe we Should have done it in even more polite, just slightly hit the point a bit awhile joking, so that we don’t seem to be too direct to do constructive criticism, we need to be able to use word and say it at the right time, right place, and able to see whether this person could take criticism or not.

02:14 AM Jan 04 2012 |

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emi0808

emi0808

Philippines

Thanks for liking my comment guys;) we all deserve someone who will always cheer us up when we feel sad or hurt and will never let us down.

12:03 AM Jan 04 2012 |

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nfrtary

nfrtary

Egypt

i think hurt someone`s  feelings the worst thing ever spicially  when u hurt his feelings and know that , really i don`t think if some one make the shame thing he still human beings – although now days the easiest thing is hurt someone`s feeling 



alot of time we must use constructive criticism with people we love to look out them but in this case we must learn how you give them the advice and be blunt with them may be work i think aslo if my friend relized from my words that i love and care about him what ever what i said he can take my advice coz he will  sure that i love him and all what i said just to protect him that`s


p.s thanks EnglishBaby

10:38 PM Jan 03 2012 |

diva87

diva87

Morocco

i’m try to be strong while someone hurt me

08:47 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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Ava_Is_Shortie

United States

I read the one of Jeff, Dale, and Devan. That makes me want to cry especially when my stomach hurts. That is just rude, ugly, and mean. If he told that to me, I would be like “Thanks a lot. I acctually think I am really skinny but you just called me fat so might as well take your ugly, rude, mean opinion.” It makes me want to punch him. He deserves to be called her least favorite. If he hurts someone, he should get it back. It is unfair that he did it so he deserves to be hurt a little bit. I don’t like Jeff’s attitude. It’s just horrible.

08:31 PM Jan 03 2012 |

TranceSoul

TranceSoul

Poland

Everyone can hurt our feelings and I don’t believe that there is person in the world that didn’t experience to. But it is true what SantD wrote:  “It’s not WHAT you say, but HOW you say it”it’s important!!



p.s. sorry for my english ;p I just learn, so… correct me if my comment require it xD!! Greetings from Poland :)

07:59 PM Jan 03 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Gobsmacker,    thanks for your feedback on this. I quite agree  with you  that Devan  shouldn´t   have  told Jeff  that he is  the least favourite to her.  But as you have mentioned , probably she was hurt  by seeing him  correcting so badly  their friend.  


   

07:47 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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Gobsmacker

Germany

I think Jeff should have said it more tactfully and maybe offered his friend to help him. But Devan was wrong to tell Jeff that he’s her least favourite employee because she’s just doing the same as he did: She’s hurting his feelings and it’s not right to criticize someone for hurting another but then doing the same. She probably just wanted to show him how Dale was probably feeling but I think it wasn’t the right way to do it and it was a far worse thing than telling someone he needs to lose weight because Jeff was only trying to help Dale unlike Devan who was purposefully hurting Jeff to show him she disapproved of his actions.

07:39 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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peaktoptip

peaktoptip

Iraq

       Constructive criticism is risky. It should be presented by somebody who is able to diliver a message without ringing the bell.

06:55 PM Jan 03 2012 |

i'mvn

i'mvn

Viet Nam

the paint is hurt someone you love’s feelings….

05:54 PM Jan 03 2012 |

marwa89

marwa89

Syrian Arab Republic

it happened to me when i was child,but now i think i ‘m stronger ,no one can hurt my feelings easily coz i ‘m getting stronger and learning from my experiences in life,i just say’take a couple laps’Wink

05:35 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Ryo, it is a cry of your soul. Please, forgive me, but your brother is insane. He is crazy, indeed. It is abnormal behavior. :( He feels power, that he does not deserve. Try to show him that you have  your own viewpoint and your own rights and your own life. Do not let him interfere in your life so strongly. :( I feel sorry for you so much. You are quite disappointed :( All we can do here for you is to give you some mental support. I hope you feel better now after you have shared your sadness with us?

05:14 PM Jan 03 2012 |

Maria del Alba

Spain

When I was younger, I tend to be more touchy when someone was blunt to me and I was hurt more easily, but now I only get hurt when something goes bad with someone who I really care 

05:11 PM Jan 03 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

Ryo,   it breaks my heart  reading your post,   how old are you?

05:03 PM Jan 03 2012 |

suiyee

suiyee

United States

I think a real friend need say  some constructive critism words. Be blunt, some times hurt people’s feeling at that moment, but later, people will be know it was good for them. Most America people are not blunt. I am not really know what they are  thinking. Anyway, It’s colture diffrent. For me, when I am in Rome do as Rome does.

04:20 PM Jan 03 2012 |

AUL

AUL

Azerbaijan

Kropeczka i understand u


i agree with you but on the other hand i think we can t have any distance with our close friends…

03:32 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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Kropeczka

Kropeczka

Poland

I think that the key to success is to have a distance to yourself. When you have it others criticism won’t hurt you. Do you know what I mean?

03:14 PM Jan 03 2012 |

doa'a

doa'a

Yemen

its so hard when u hurt someones feelings, coz when u do that, sometimes u feel that this one get hurt so then, u get hurt that u hurt that person, so its not good for both sides

03:07 PM Jan 03 2012 |

best-jhaf

best-jhaf

Yemen

we must to respect each other feelings but no problem with a little constructive criticism.

03:04 PM Jan 03 2012 |

2 people like this

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I’m sure a lot of people on English,baby like you Ryo. Don’t you think?

02:57 PM Jan 03 2012 |

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