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distinctions of their messages they indicate something of the nature of the impending danger and direct us to specific kinds of

adaptive manoeuvres to avoid, prevent, or change the incipient threat. Feelings of guilt allow us to model our behaviour against

certain ideals and register when we have moved away from these ideals, or have not yet achieved them. If there is a common

ingredient to the various sources and forms of pleasure, the only one that can be identified is that they all seem to contribute to an

enhanced sense of self. Pleasurable events either intensify our sense of ourselves or enlarge our view of ourselves. Joy stems from an

altered sense of self and, in turn, alters our view of our world and the way we are viewed.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. How do you understand the statement "it is the feeling that counts"? 2. Why is it difficult to classify sensations and what terms

are suggested in this article? 3. How does "emotion" differ from "feeling"? 4. Do you agree that feelings are "the instruments of ra -

tionality, not alternatives to it" ? 5. How do feelings of anxiety, boredom, tension and agitation serve adoptive purposes? 6. Of what

importance are feelings of guilt? 7. What do the positive feelings have in common? 8. How do pleasurable events affect our feelings?

3. Summarize the text in two paragraphs emphasizing the importance of emotions and feelings in our life.

4. Use the Topical Vocabulary in answering the questions:

1. Why do people have emotions and feelings? What good are they? 2. What emotions and feelings are usually classified as posi-

tive and negative? Is there a strict border line between them? 3. If you have a look at the topical vocabulary list, you'll notice that it

deals with painful feelings and emotions rather than joyous ones. How can you account for it? 4. The first and simplest pleasure is

the pleasure of our senses. How can you illustrate the joys of taste, smells, sounds, and sights? 5. There are various sources of

pleasure such as discovery, the immersion of ourselves in an activity, confrontation with nature and the thrill one gets in all

cooperative effort, to mention but a few. Which of these gives you the most joyous experience? 6. It isn't always easy for us to keep

our temper when things go wrong. What do you do or say to let off steam?

7. When we don't care one way or the other about something, we can be really boring. What is the best way to make someone take an

interest?

5. Make a list of some of the things which have happened to you that really made you angry. Imagine they have all happened today. Tell your

friend about them. Use the Topical Vocabulary.

6. You have been asked to give a talk to all the students in the school about the meaning of feelings and the propriety of their public expression.

The magazines and brochures you wanted haven't arrived. The talk begins in ten minutes. You haven't prepared it well enough. You can't get out of