Unit 1 Happiness What are the characteristics of
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Unit 1: Happiness What are the characteristics of happy people?
Vocabulary Pre-listening • Record the following list of words in your notebook. Number the words in the order that you hear them. Leave some room beside these words so that you can provide a definition for them.
___ income ___ method ___ data ___ achieve ___ connection ___ relevant ___ characteristics ___ personality ___ measure ___ goal ___research ___ requirement ___ strengths ___ gratitude
• Now match these definitions with the word in your list. qualities or features of something
the feeling of being thankful
money that a person earns
to find out the size or weight or quantity of something.
a way of doing something.
information or facts
something that is necessary
good qualities of a person
detailed study done on a subject to discover new information
related to a particular subject or discussion
a relationship between two things
to accomplish something such as your goals
something you hope to accomplish
the type of person you are
Pre-listening Discussion and Presentation • Form groups of four and discuss what you think matters most for making people happy. • Record your discussions and opinions in your notebook. • One member of your group will present your groups discussion.
• Here are some sample answers: having a lot of money having a good education religious beliefs having a good job being good at your job having free time being young having good friends helping others good family relations
Listening for Lecture Topics • You are going to hear a speaker introduce a lecture. • The lecturer introduces a topic and three subtopics. What are they?
• What language does the lecturer use to introduce topics and subtopics?
• • We’re going to talk about. . . I want to start with. . . We’ll look at. . . We’re going to discuss. . .
Pre-Listening Main Selection Briefly discuss the following three questions. Can psychologists measure happiness? There is one important way to be happy? People can learn to be happy?
Main Listening • Now we are going to do the main listening. Take detailed notes in your notebooks.
Post Listening • Share notes with a partner. • Find differences in the notes you share. • Use your partner’s notes to fill in the gaps for your notes.
Homework • Write a paragraph summary of your notes in your notebook.
