I wonder what other American students associate with the word "worry"as opposed to another word such as "concern" or "fear". You don't have to worry about doing the math yourself to calculate your odds of winning. 2522619 You annoy me . 3. Considering other responses in other forums that seem to suggest that French people have a stronger, more cohesive sense of national and cultural identity, is it possible that French people think more about issues that affect the whole community because they value the group more and feel a stronger sense of belonging? 210 115 You have nothing to worry about. is not being able to survive in this world. In addition, I found it was interesting that a similar number of students talked about their professions/jobs. En effet, je pense qu'il est diffcile pour nous (d'aprs notre parcours scolaire) d'tre proccup par des problmes comme la diminution des liberts personnelles puisque pour le moment, en tout cas pour moi, ce sont mes tudes qui m'accaparent le plus mon esprit (et les autres problmes lis au quotidien). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the, Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. Most women are hopelessly sentimental. Americans seem to talk about fears and bad things that worry them, while French seem to talk about things they have on their mind the most at this time: their education, family, future, etc. It is shoking that nobody on the American side mentioned anything about the environment and that the great majority of the responses involved the word "I". Do you have any personal worries about you life right now? New parents tend to worry about everything. Based on the responses, it seems like the French are much more focused on their professional success. The extremely broad social issues that ENSEIRB students said they were most worried about is confusing to me. I wouldn't attribute, for example, the fear of failure as such to American mentality any more than I would to any other. that I will fail. These are both controlled completely by one's actions, therefore the French have more control over their 'worth' (though I hesitate to use that term specifically). Americans seem to talk about fears and bad things that worry them, while French seem to talk about things they have on their mind the most at this time: their education, family, future, etc. But a litany of wars, inquisitions, and purges show that for almost everyone, this promise is a lie. De nombreuses personnes, dont moi, pensaient la mme chose bien avant. Using the word opinion, 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? is that I won't find a job that I like. Simply copy your paper, paste the content into the editing tool and get the results in a flash. It seems to me that a lot of the same ideas are behind the two sets of answers. Is it strange or common for this to happen in France? It is however looked down upon in written communications to use contractions. B) believe the greatest worry . That said, I think everyone in the US genuinely fears the larger and universal things like inequality, war, and poverty, but without the means for direct control, we choose to push those worries to the back of our minds and focus on the tasks at hand. The worst part is that I am not sure there even exists a solution to it. I ment to describe a gerneral MIT trend. It is not work, but worry, that wears. It will be the greatest privilege. Your friends will be rewarded and your enemies punished. 3. It's hard to find a way of comparing, but just based on your own opinions, do you think that French people worry less than most people or about the same? Some of these are: population growth; possible scarcity of commodities, the food and energy situation . To me it seemed like the French responses were short, general phrases (my future, my professional success, politics, my job/school, etc. :P. Les proccupations court terme ne sont pas trs prsentes.. Je trouve que les franais insistent plus sur les ingalits dans le monde, le respect d'autrui, alors que les rponses amricaines sont moins altruistes. I definitely think our answers are biased because we're young students, living away from our families. ), whereas for the Americans, the worries were a little more specific/detailed/imaginitive. The American love affair with bagels gets stronger every year. Vous posez un peu tous la mme question alors je vais faire une rponse groupe : En France, la sortie d'une cole d'ingnieur on trouve assez vite un travail (certains ont mme des offres avant d'obtenir le diplme !) Elodie, a possible equivalent to the "bac pro" in the United States might be vocational schools where one would learn a trade. English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families The Word "Annoy" in Example Sentences Page 2. 63 37 Advertisement is that I won't find the situation/lifestyle later on that makes me the most happy. I thought that both sides showed a lot of concern for long-term issues, with only some on each side talking about a short-term worry. Je pense que l'avenir est une proccupation importante pour tous pas que pour les Franais. that I will let my family down. 4. These responses I think, had more to do with the mental consequences of being at MIT and later graduating from MIT. Would you agree? He TRANSLATOR. In fact, I think there is a general drive for success and working hard among Americans. de trouver un emploi. Most women have the home sphere. I found it very interesting that some of the Frech responses were related to the political situation, the economy, and even the environment. I find the comment about Americans being less "altruistic" based on their fears very interesting. Is there a larger availability of jobs in France? Maybe the phrasing would be different, but the main idea is still the same! This helps you save time, effort and . ma famille. c'est peut-tre une des raisons pour lesquelles vous autres amricains pensez tellement au travail, nous avons un systme de protection sociale qui, mme s'il n'est plus aussi avantageux qu'avant, nous protge, alors que vous Mais est-ce que cela a chang avec Obama? Sentences Don't worry; everything will work out fine. something I try not to think about? 3 She gave me a worried look. @Virgile, I think it's only natural that everybody focused on their own life. I belive both are quite similar in that aspect. Do you think this might be because Americans worry more and are afraid to fail? (225) Tom looks rather worried. Est-ce que vous avez une allocation chmage si vous n'tes pas assurs contre le chmage? Lionsgate. (223) I was worried about this. I don't want to waste all of the opportunities I have been given. " (constantly, continuously) " My sister worries excessively about her finances. It was really interesting to see the cultural differences in the responses to this question! I think that some of the differences between our responses and those of the French students has to do with a difference in meaning: "ce qui me preoccupe le plus est" can mean "what concerns me most", which is quite different from "my greatest worry is" If we were asked to complete the former sentence, I think we would have seen a lot more common answers. pour l'instant est ma russite professionelle. Aquarium plants and fish I don't have to worry about. Seeing your worry written out externalizes what you have been agonizing over. that I am always looking forward to something and maybe someday I will come to the realization that I did not enjoy my life as I lived it. A good point is made by Samin on the "protective net" that (supposedly) exists in France but is missing in the USA (any "protective mechanism" is labeled as "socialism" these day). Laurence has a point! It did seem that more of the French worried about things that related to other people/ the world than the Americans though. Cambridge University Press), Conflicting, positive or strongly held? Some interpretted my greatest worry as their greatest fear, while others interpretted it as their greatest issue that they had to deal with at the moment. 'sure, Tom, ' Johnny said. 143 My greatest worry is that he'll do something stupid. My greatest worry is the responsibility. Click on the arrows to change the translation direction. that when I get older I won't be able to do what I want with my life. ' And don't worry about me losing a night. A collocation is two or more words that often go together. Don't you worry; that affair will never come off. Q: Would you say french people are more/less ambitious than their american counterparts? I wonder if this possibly caused some discrepancies between the responses. However, while the French also mentioned these to some extent, I felt they mentioned global and national issues more than us. Many of the sentences have audio, too. Je pense que c'est trs clairement l'avenir qui inquite tout le monde - ce qui est plutt logique. Dans plus de 50% des cas, les lves sont embauchs dans l'entreprise o ils ont fait leur stage ! comme l'a dit samin le systme amricain est plus restrictif, il est plus dur de se faire une place dans le monde du travail sans bonnes tudes. I feel like this leads to many people either ignoring the news, or being inundated with news that's centered on individuals instead of society as a whole. Il est vrai que j'aimerais bien savoir partir de quel degr de relations nous commenons nous proccuper de ceux qui nous entourent ? @Antoine - Intressant. Sometimes they attend the same college, major in the same thing, or follow a similar career path. Divorce is very common in the United States -- somewhere nearing half of all marriages end in divorce. You should ring up your mother, for she must be worried. having some admirable characteristics. What are some purely personal goals that the French worry about? For me, for instance, to lose my job will not be that scary as to be alone or away form the people I love. I just wish he would have been a little more supportive in my greatest time of need. I think that a lot of the differences in the two sets of responses can actually be attributed to the construction of the prompt. Children's parties are the greatest worry. We have a lot to figure out in terms of careers/future jobs. (1821) don't worry about it; you're gonna be nickel. I feel as though both groups responded with a fear of failure, it was just different in the way it was mentioned. vivre ma vie avec ceux que j'aime et essayer de les rendre toujours souriants. Christian, I think it's not that American responses are less altruistic, it's the mindset in which Americans are more into developing their self and they are obsessed with their success and failure. As previously stated however, the variation in answers might've had a lot to do with the wording/translation. That isn't to say that the French students don't worry about making changes too. I think there was also a wide variety of interpreting the question. that I will be unable to help my family. worry about something Levels of worry about crime had fallen by a third. Two people really have to care about a marriage for it to last. How much do grades matter when you are applying for a job? "Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all . So I wonder if the responses would be different if the sentence in french used the verb "s'inquiter" instead of the verb "se proccuper". -- Lots of French responses included other people (family, friends, significant others, etc. l'avenir des futures gnrations et le droit des animaux, ma carrire professionnelle, is to do what is truly right for me. I think perhaps the reason that our responses are not as society-oriented might be because we are simply more individual-oriented. 1. As far as the diploma, an MIT degree gives a lot of students an advantage over other applicants simply because MIT is known as one of the top schools in the country. is not finding a job after graduation. I mentioned that French students seem to care about "mes etudes" more than American students. I think that these survey responses just indicate that we Americans and the French understood this question differently and chose to look at two very different time scales. Pay attention to the words, grammar and sentence structure in your answers.1. Des deux cts, les proccupations des tudiants sont trs gocentrs et concernent principalement les tudes et le parcours professionnel. mon avenir professionnel et plus largement, l'injustice du monde dans lequel nous vivons. Est-ce la mme chose chez vous? 2. mon avenir (choix d'tudes, choix de secteur d'activit) she whispered, smiling, with the kind of familiarity that grows up between a nurse and her mistress. (224) Tom was worried about me. It seems that MIT students feel a pressure to "change the world" while the French students are concerned with other global issues such as oil, France, and America's power. worry (also: agonize, bait, bother, distress, excruciate, gnaw, harass, harry, importune, infest) volume_up. The greatest recompense I could bestow. What if I do end up living the life that I dreamed of, but realize part way through that it's not exactly what I thought? 126 39 Don't worry, go! I won't be successful in my career, I can attribute a lot of my personality traits and obsessive behaviors to this fear. 145 His greatest fear is of being burnt alive. Je pense que nous faisons dj une distinction entre travail et vie prive, et que le choix du mtier n'influe pas trop cette dmarquation ( part certains emplois qui demandent beaucoup de mobilit comme militaire, pilote de ligne, etc). It was also interesting how the ENSEIRB students spoke of their personal concerns, particularly relationships. Using the word opinion, 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? As for the French responses, I do not know how different they might be. Le dernier dure 6 8 mois, la fin de ce stage, on a une soutenance, et notre diplme (si tout se passe bien). I wonder how much the responses would differ if the survey was completed by middle-aged adults. Qu'en est il des divorces aux USA ? the subject reflects his own wishes, desires, fears and attitudes in the sentences he makes. Hybrid 2268898 This annoys me very much. 2245500 Follow your heart. The Sun. mon avenir. In fact, it may comfort you to know that many of us tend to worry about the same issues. Do other Americans want to comment on this? I am curious if worrying is an American past time or a part of human nature. Consequently, we worry that our current experience will not allow us to fulfill those ambitions :). not realizing what I want to do with my life until it is too late--or worse, picking the wrong path in life and regretting it for a long time. vara orolig {vb} more_vert. What is your greatest weakness? (1820) don't you in the front row worry or anything. I would love to know what the French students think about this comment: "my greatest worry is that we'll start losing our humanity to the likes of social media". Sur le fait que les Franais mettent leurs familles, amis, ou autres prcoccupations en avant, je pense ( voir ce que les autres Franais vont rpondre) que c'est tout simplement une coincidence en faveur des Franais mais je ne pense pas que les Amricains soient plus goistes parce qu'ils ont rpondu plus gocentriquement! "I will be keeping you in my thoughts, and holding you in my heart." ma recherche de stage pour la fin de l'anne scolaire. is that Mitt Romney will be elected and Obamacare will be repealed. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the, Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. 6. "Its not a contest about whose days suck the most. not being able to finish all that I have wanted to do, not being able to see the world, and not being able to truly appreciate myself until the very end. You shouldn't worry about your weight. 0 As maid of honor, Julie really wanted to toast her sister at the wedding and participate in all of the festivities but was worried about possibly passing on any alcohol to her baby. On energy, the great worry of my group, . In the United States, my impression of most Americans is that most people seem to constantly be worried about the state of things right now, particularly with the recent recession. Il est amusant de voir les diffrences entre les tudiants du MIT et les tudiants de l'ENSEIRB. There is no real reason to worry. I will marry someone who I'm not in love with, 84 46 Ol' Woodie was the greatest pitcher ever. losing some of what makes me happy right now. You should not be worried about me. Example from the Hansard archive. The Forer Structured Sentence Completion Test (Forer, 1957) is also published in a manual format with a structured scoring procedure. Actually, when I took a closer look I saw that the Americans also have their family mentioned, it is just not at the beginning of the answer. In Australia alone, 2 million people will suffer from anxiety in any one year. Is success in work something very important to determine one's success in life in France? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I just wish he would have been a little more supportive. It belongs to most women. :). not succeeding in life. It seems that American students expect to succeed and thus worry about the possibility of failure. I think that some of the american responses are due to the pressures of MIT where you're supposed to be succesful, you're supposed to get a good job, you're supposed to be happy. I think between the two words, that worry is a more intense word than concern, so that could be why the American responses were more personal. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Several American students also wrote non-selfish responses, but it seems to me that on average the number is different between French and American. trouver un travail, c'est ce que je dois faire, ce que je dois retenir, mes obligations futures. .css-1hd8eav{display:inline-block;position:absolute;text-align:center;left:0;top:0;color:#e0edff;padding:8px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;font-size:1.953125em;}.css-jl56i3{box-sizing:border-box;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;max-width:100%;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;pointer-events:none;-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;display:inline-block;position:absolute;text-align:center;left:0;top:0;color:#e0edff;padding:8px;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;font-size:1.953125em;}.css-jl56i3 svg,.css-jl56i3 path{pointer-events:none;} The French adn the Americans seem preoccupied with their future. Ou plutt moins exigeants ? finding interesting work that isn't all-consuming. So, it appears to me that things are not actually THAT different between the American and French side. Back in my day, we didn't worry about self-esteem or agonize over feelings. my marriage will fall apart. Si je me souviens bien des statistiques, aprs les 3 mois qui suivent notre dplme, 95% sont embauchs, et le reste ne le sont pas pour des choix personnels, ou manque de motivation vident. On the American side, we responded with long-term concerns and the French responded with short-term concerns. is settling - with my relationship with God, friends, family, with ambition and my future. The Americans interpreted it to be "At the moment, I am most afraid that" whereas the French thought it to be "I care most about" Were these qusetions posed separately, I think that we would have seen a good deal of difference. I do agree though that without being employed for a while and not being able to explain that to an employer can make your chances much slimmer. This is reflected in many other areas that we have discussed so far (e.g. Or. Je pense que le Franais en rgle gnral veut que son avenir et celui de ses enfants soient meilleur ainsi il se bat pour, dfit les autorits, grves, boudent un peu: c'est tout fait normal. I expected MIT students to be very worried about "mes etudes", but it seems that French students think about it more! But dont you . 2) Oui, tout le monde est quasiment sur de trouver un travail la sortie de l'cole. From the Hansard archive It seems like the French are more present-thinking and optimistic than we are - is that true? Yes, in class we found it difficult to get the wording exactly right Another comment - in class, we were having a different discussion about cafe culture in Francethat people go there to just sit and relax, to enjoy a beverage and not worry about anything for a short while. Of course, this may be a poor interpretation. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. For example, I would like to start a foundation for students and I would like to donate to organizations and so forth, but it's much easier said than done. Par contre cela n'est valable que pour le premier emploi, car au dela de a, les recruteurs regardent plus l'exprience professionnelle. French Dutch Croatian Italian Swedish German Czech Spanish Danish Latin Finnish Norwegian Russian Indonesian est de russir mes tudes en ne dcevant aucune personne que j'aime. Effectivement, nos proccupations portent sur des points prcis : vies professionnelle, sentimentale, familliale.Tandis que vous, ne parlez surtout que de choses vagues : "to fail", "won't succeed" "that I won't be happy". This page requires JavaScript. est le stress de tous mes projets universitaires et professionnels. Example sentences from the Collins Corpus. You don't need to worry about me anymore. I really appreciate that that is so accepted/the norm there! He will consider it the greatest honour. Americans (historically) think that individualism and self-reliance are very important. I completely agree with you Johanna that there are sentiments for the fear of failure and not succeeding in the U.S. 143 66 Its greatest value cannot be hauled off. 6. not to achieve anything. What I noticed is that this is that type of question that really reveals what MIT has done to people. is to get through the programming classes, find time for sleep. an instance or occurrence of such distress or agitation. Sign up for free or try Premium free for 15 days, 2014-2023 Ludwig S.R.L.S. . Wikipedia. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Use the following lines or your own sheet of paper to write six sentences that practice each basic sentence pattern. Examples of Greatest in a sentence. Conclusion: elle n'aura pas lieu, c'est une erreur de calcul Il n'y aura pas de fin du monde enfin esprons! I do think it's interesting that the French seem more concerned with their loved ones than we do (based solely on our responses). En effet, aprs avoir lu toutes les rponses les Amricains paraissent plus proccups par tout ce qui touche leur avenir et leur peur d'chouer entre autre. How simliar/different is the rest of the young french population in comparison to your typical Einserb student? Les amricains semblent tous inquits pour leur futur et fin de vie. A women's greatest asset is her beauty. Also, what's not "changing the world" about oil and America's power? There seems to be a lot of different opinios about whether the American side is more concerned about things in the near future or long term. Only on the american side we can see things like "not realizing my full potential, not accomplishing everything, not saving the world," which I thing stems from the high expectation of MIT students. I got a feeling that my greatest worry and ce qui me proccupe le plus don't have the same meaning in two languages. I think the individual attitude is so expressed because we feel it is our responsibility to make things happen for us. What annoys me is the fact I mentioned it to people this week. Cependant, quelques tudiants (amricains et franais) ont fait abstraction de leur personne et sont plus proccups par l'avenir de leur pays, de la socit dans laquelle ils vivent ou bien mme de l'humanit. I find many of the answers above very interesting. is that I will not find a field or a job that excites me until it is too late. I think this word comes back to the idea of context, since, as students, our responses logically relate to our future/careers. 2 We walked slowly, even happiness are worried. From the Hansard archive However, what I think most MIT students are worried about, isn't necessarily just about finding a job that pays well, it's about finding a job that they really enjoy. Causes me to worry about infections. SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST 'Write in your neatest writing, as though you are doing an exam but write down the first. (If we were UC Santa Cruz or UCLA, I am sure that we would also have people being concerned with The Surf.). more_vert. It seems like the French, relative to the Americans, have a more socialist attitude in the government and towards the economy, while Americans are more about capitalism and every man for himself? Ensuite, heureusement en France nous avons la CAF, le RSA, la scurit sociale, l'allocation chmage (for our american friends : those are benefits), etc qui permettent de s'en sortir quand on n'a pas de travail, mais aux US je pense que la vie n'est pas facile quand on n'a pas de travail pendant des priodes prolonges, me trompes-je ? This message conveys that and extends your sentiments to them as well. It makes sense that the responses would change if you sampled students versus single mothers versus children. As you said Meera, most of the American responses were mainly concerned with themselves, while many of the French responses concerned family, friends, and others. Is this because Americans are more culturally willing to talk about their worries? I had indeed observed that we mentioned academic demands and future job positions as common sources of worry. So the big dreams thing is really important here because we I've in the land of opportunities where it is possible for big dreams to come true. Perhaps if it had been reworded as "what concerns me", the answers might have been a little different and more similar to what the French students said. not realizing what I want to do with my life until it is too late--or worse, picking the wrong path in life and regretting it for a long time. . I also noticed that very few people worried about things other than themselves. That could become a very interesting topic for discussion. Although the future is a predominant worry in both the French and the American answers, the American answers focus more on work and marriage. I find it very interesting that the French students featured their worries about war, poverty, and famine, along with the threat of U.S. dominance, while the American responses were more introverted. You have worried me beyond endurance. And I think the French answers reflected that age bias as well. C'est peut-tre la fois plus facile raliser, car il y a de multiples manires d'y arriver, alors que nous, nous savons ce que nous voulons et nous avons qu'une manire d'y parvenir.Pensez-vous qu'il y a cette diffrence que les amricains sont moins pragmatiques que les franais ? @Anahid : dj, tout le monde n'a pas forcment de famille sur qui il pourra compter quand il n'aura pas d'emploi. CK 1 299844 He has a bad heart. Kindness is the greatest wisdom. Is that not as relative in France because the French culture is already more balanced than the American culture so they are less worried about finding a job? Nous, franais, mme si beaucoup on des inquitudes similaires, certains semblent plus inquits par le prsent Quand a la personne inquite pour la fin du monde en 2012, je me suis approfondie sur le sujet! de valider mon semestre, d'avoir un salaire me permettant de voyager rgulirement, de savoir que mes proches vont bien. I would have no one to turn to. D'aprs ce que j'ai constat, les lves de MIT et de l'ENSEIRB ont peur d'chouer dans leurs vies prive et professionelle. This makes sense as we are all in university, which is a transition period for many. I was least worried about the examination. Most women and some men travel in them. Not doing the right thing now to set me up to do something I like after college. Short & Simple Example Sentence For Most Women | Most Women Sentence You have been honored above most women. d'obtenir mon diplme d'ingnieur en 2012. de vite finir mon cole d'ingnieur pour commencer gagner ma vie. Also, we should keep in mind while we discuss diplomas and their effects that, if I understand correctly, education in France is not the same as it is here. Is the meaning the same, "failure" and "l'avenir"? I still find interesting, though, the difference in how the American and French students responded. Is Paris known to the French as the place to go to fall in love and get married or is that just for movies? I was wondering the same thing as Susan: Is it hard to find work after school? is that I'll never find true love. I agree with Meghan, the United States has always been a land of dreams, where anyone can be successful if they just put their minds to it.