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Read the passage again and work with your partner to summarize the main idea and then retell it. Should China introduce reverse mortgages on a large scale? Which side do you support? * * Let’s embrace nostalgia Issue.1023 Sept 25, 2013 Going backwards? Group Discussion General Questions Detailed Study Let’s embrace nostalgia Group Discussion How did you feel when you first began college study? And did you suffer from homesickness? If so, how did you solve the problem? Talk with your group members and share ideas with them. Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.How does homesickness manifest itself? 2.Why is homesickness a shared feeling of many adults? Because in this increasingly globalized world, many people migrate to far away places for education, work or a relationship. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment. General Questions 3.What are the symptoms of homesickness according to Caroline? 4.How was the word “nostalgia” invented? Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression, explains Caroline. In extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack, she says, while it can also result in social withdrawal, sleep disruption, nightmares, and concentration problems. General Questions It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” in Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”. 5. What benefits does nostalgia have to our mental health? 6. What strategies did the author offer to cope with being away? In an interview with The New York Times, Sedikides explains that nostalgia can counteract loneliness, boredom and anxiety. It makes people more generous toward strangers and more toler