Introduction Why is 'shame' the emotion of now? Does it have anything to do with social media? We know that shame can make someone sad and hopeless but could there be a positive side to this feeling? Neil and Sam discuss the feeling of shame and teach you new vocabulary along the way. This week's questionThe chemical which was used to make cooking pans non-stick was discovered by accident, when was this? Was it…
a) 1930s
b) 1960s
c) 1980s Vocabularyshame (noun)
a strong feeling of guilt and embarrassment to shame (verb)
to make someone feel shame by, for example, publicly highlighting their bad behaviour crippling / debilitating
this could be emotional, physical or even financial and means making a situation impossible to deal with to effect
to make something happen Teflon
A brand name of the chemical PTFE which is used, amongst many other things, to make cooking pots and pans non-stick coated
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