Symphaty

  Ungkapan rasa simpati (expressing sympathy) di gunakan untuk menyatakan rasa simpati kepada seseorang atas suatu kejadian, baik kabar menggembirakan atau tidak.

Ungkapan simpati terhadap sesuatu yang menggembirakan:- Great!
- Fantastic!
- How nice!
- How exciting!
- How wonderful!
- I'm pleased to hear that!
- I'm (very) glad to hear that!
- Nice to hear that!

Ungkapan Simpati terhadap sesuatu yang tidak menyenangkan:- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Oh, poor Jane. What happened to her?
- How awful!
- That's too bad.
- How terrible!

Untuk merespon ungkapan simpati, kita dapat mengucapkan:- Thanks/ thank you
- Right
- You're right
- That's right

Contoh Dialog Expressing Sympathy Berikut ini contoh dialog mengungkapan simpati (expressing sympathy). Materi ini diperuntukkan bagi siswa SMA kelas X.

 Rina : Hi, Doni. What's up? You look so sad.

Doni : Yea, my grandpa died last night.

Rina : Really? I'm sorry to hear that.

Doni : Thanks.

Rina : If I'm not mistaken, he is in Bandung, right?

Doni : Yes. We haven't visited him yet.

Rina : Does your family plan to go to Bandung?

Doni : Yes. Tonight. We are going to leave for Bandung.

Rina : Oh, I hope your family will be fine.

Doni : Thanks a lot, Rina.

Dalam percakapan antara Rina dan Doni di atas terdapat satu ungkapan simpati (expressing sympathy) yakni "I'm sorry to hear that."Rina menyatakan ikut berduka cita atas meninggalnya kakek Doni.