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Charisma
Read the wiki description for the word “charisma” and answer the questions.

• 
  Can you think of any charismatic people you know?
  
• 
  Do you think the people on the photos are charismatic?
  

Charisma

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The term charisma (/kəˈrɪzmə/; pl. charismata, adj. charismatic) has two senses: (1) compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, (2) a divinely conferred power or talent.^[2] For some theological usages the term is rendered charism, with a meaning the same as sense 2.^[3] Since the 1950s, the term has become widely used, with varying meanings, in religion, the social sciences, the media, and throughout Western societies. This article describes the theological and personality senses of the definition of charisma, the history of the term, and 21st century uses of both senses in particular sectors of society

1. Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.

1. 
   What characteristics make these people charismatic?
   
2. 
   Is charisma something you can learn?
   
3. 
   In what way this ability can be useful in your specialty?
   

2. Match the words in column A with a suitable definition in B.

A

B

Recur Pose (for ) Signify Deem Allude to Entice Amplify Embellish Weed out Entail Leverage Eradicate

to indicate (of a person) or declare (a feeling or intention) to make something more beautiful to completely get rid of something to make money available to someone in order to invest or to buy something to happen again to involve something as a necessary part or result to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be photographed to be important enough to have an effect on something to think of something in a particular way or as having a particular quality to remove unwanted element to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere to mention something or someone indirectly

3. Listen and tick the statement mentioned in the track.

1. 
   Overestimation of social risks causes shyness.
   
2. 
   Shortages shy people portray are normally not real.
   
3. 
   The way you are as a person is the primary source of your shyness.
   
4. 
   Feelings of anxiety and hesitancy isolate people in society.
   
5. 
   Weeding out automatic thinking patterns can help to overcome shyness.
   
6. 
   Because of shyness, people just wait for things to fall in their laps.
   
7. 
   In case of getting right guidance and applying them the changes will come naturally.
   

4. Choose the correct answer.

1. 
   What is the primary source of shyness?
   

1. 
   Faulty thinking
   
2. 
   The terms of status
   
3. 
   Charisma
   

2. 
   When do feelings automatically generate anxiety and hesitancy to be social?
   

1. 
   When making friends
   
2. 
   In social situations
   
3. 
   When being observed
   

3. 
   Why is the author so sure that shy people miss out a lot?
   

1. 
   He/she used to be shy
   
2. 
   Studied a lot of statistics
   
3. 
   Enjoys social interactions
   

5. Read the statements and decide if they are True or False.

1. 
   Perceived values of shy people vary from one person to another and are based on gender.
   
2. 
   Shortages may affect factors of shyness.
   
3. 
   There are a lot of people who feel quite confident under the same condition.
   
4. 
   Faulty stereotypes are merely figments of people’s imaginations.
   
5. 
   Step by step process of weeding out automatic thinking patterns is all you have to do.
   
6. 
   Taking charge of thinking eradicates limiting believes.