Hi friends, I am Niharika, In today's lesson we are gonna learn how to express shock.
There are situations, unexpected situations where we have no clue what to say. Be it native
speakers or English learners, we do fall short of words. So in this lesson today we are gonna
help you with some phrases to express shock. But before I go ahead and help you with these
phrases, let me tell you that shock and surprise are two different things. Because people you
know , when they are shocked they tend to say 'I am so surprised' That is incorrect.
Shock is a negative thing. Shock is an emotional strong feeling when something negative happens
whereas surprise is more towards positive situation. So keep that in mind and no let's get started
The very first one that I have for you is - The news came as a complete shock
So probably you were shocked to hear something, maybe someone died and the person who died
was just 30 years old. So yes, it is shocking , right! The news came as a complete shock.
So, this is one of the phrase that you can use.
The second one that I have for you is - We are completely taken aback. So this is another
way to express shock. So probably something really bad happened, may be you have a factory
and there was fire last night and it is shocking and of course it is depressing too. So when
you are discussing with people you not just gonna be stunned and look at their faces and
express your shock, you gotta say something. So the right thing to say is we are completely
taken aback by this - means you are shocked. I was just stunned. Probably you caught your
friends husband with another woman. He's cheating - so it's shocking right, you are completely
taken aback, " I was just stunned to see him with another woman' So you were shocked to
see him with another woman. So that's how you can use this.
Another one - It's unbelievable. When of course something bad happens you are just not ready
to believe it. Right? That's how our heart is, we don't want to believe that something
negative can happen. But yes, there are situations that are really bad, that's how life is. So
it's unbelievable. Keep it simple, don't express too many things, just say " Oh my God, that's
just unbelievable.So may be your friend who always showed that she had a wonderful marriage,
she was very happy with her husband but now they have declared that they are filing for
a divorce. You are really shocked. So it's just unbelievable. Really, Sharon is filing
for divorce? So you are shocked. It's not a good thing, it's not a surprise for you
but you are shocked. The next one - words can't describe how I
feel about this. so whatever the situation is, talk about it.
And you know it's just simple, when you are falling short of words, you don't know what
to say. Probably these phrases don't come to your mind then you can say "Words can't
describe how I feel about this' So just don't get into any other phrases, just keep it simple
- Words can't describe how I feel about this. And then the next one - There is no way it
could have happened. When do yo use this statement? When something
you could have not imagine that can happen, like the earthquake in Nepal. Probably it's
just unimaginable. So when you heard the news about this earthquake you were really shocked,
right? You could have never imagined. so to express the shock you would say ' there is
no way it could have happened' Someone told you or someone mentioned that this woman has
cancer, she is 20 years old and she has cancer so you are shocked, it's unbelievable. You
cannot even imagine that something could happen to this woman ever, so use this statement.
So these are some phrases that will help you to express shock and now let's have a look
at phrases that will help you talk about how pathetic or how bad something is.
So here are three phrases to talk about how something bad is happened.
The very first one - It's awful Now you are shocked but now after expressing
shock you gotta use some more words to talk about it further. It's awful. Okay so maybe
someone died at a very young age, so you said that, It's unbelievable, okay so to continue
talking about it.. It's awful. The second one - What a terrible news. You are shocked,
words can't express how you feel about it, you have already expressed that you are shocked
but now you gonna talk a little further. So what a terrible news, okay. And then the third
one, It's a tragedy, so something really bad has happened, its devastating for someone,
so of course as I said, with shock comes depression as well. So it's a tragedy. So these three
are very common and everyone understands when you use these words to describe when something
bad is happened. And then I have three more phrases for you here, that you can use for
the after effects, you are shocked, okay you have described, you have expressed how bad
you feel about it and now the after effects. So the very first one - To come to terms with,
now to come to terms with, it means to accept. So this boy who died at a very early age ... you
know the mother has come to terms with his death. So you know she has accepted that,
Yes! her son is no more. So these are the after effects. The second one - To give moral
support. Okay when something bad happens, you are shocked, the news is terrible it's
important for you to give moral support to someone. So to give moral support is to sympathize
and to be with that person. So that's how you can use this phrase and then the last
phrase that I have for you can use is - To be prepared or To be better prepared. So you
use this phrase when you have learnt a lesson , something bad happened and you have learned
a lesson out of it. So you should be or will be better prepared, so that's how you can
express when you have learned a lesson. Alright, so probably there was an earthquake or there
was a fire, you have learned a lesson now, it's important for you to be well prepared
or better prepared for these kind of situations. So go ahead use these, these are very very
simple phrases , express shock , don't just express it on your face, you words as well
and I will be back with a new lesson, till then you take care.....