1. Project
Write about
“happiness”

2. What is your idea of happiness?
Question 1:
What is your idea of happiness?

3. 1.Happiness is nothing more than good
health and a bad memory.
2.The basic of happiness are: something
to do, something to love, and something
to hope for.
3.There is only one happiness in life: to
love and to be loved.
4.Happiness is not just the possession
of money; it lies in the joy of achievement.

4. Teenagers
Young people
children
Old couple
Football players

5. According to you, what is
Question 2:
According to you, what is
the happiest time of
a person’s life?
Why?

6. Reading Skimming How do you know that?
1. What are these two essays about?
2. Are the two writers old or young?
How do you know that?

7. Scanning For the first essay:
1. Why does the writer think those days were happy?
2. What does the writer think young people can do while old people can’t?

8. 1. Why does the writer think those days were happy?
He didn’t have any worries in life and could spend all day outside with his friends playing in the sunshine.
His parents took care of everything important. All he had to do was go to school and spend a few hours studying after school.
At weekends he could see friends, visit his grandparents, read books and play sport.
He didn’t need to think about problems at work or worry about income or how to take care of a family.
In a word, he could fully enjoy adolescence.

9. 2. What does the writer think young people can do while old people can’t?
Young people are healthy, so they can stay happy and cheerful. They never seem tired and feel like they can do anything. When people get old, their bodies ache. Old people get tired easily and must be very careful not to hurt themselves.

10. Scanning For the second essay:
1. Why does the writer think that her happiest days will be in the future?
2. What does the writer think an adult can do while a teenager can’t ?
3. Why does the writer think it is nice to think the happiest days are still ahead of them?

11. 1. Why does the writer think that her happiest days will be in the future?
She sees herself successful in her job and surrounded by her family.
In the future, people will be healthier and live longer because of new technology.

12. 2. What does the writer think an adult can do while a teenager can’t ?
An adult can make his or her own decisions and do things he or she enjoys. He or she can have a job that he or she likes and finds happiness in being successful at it.
Teenagers have to work hard at school and should always be doing or learning things and they don’t have time to relax.

13. 3. Why does the writer think it is nice to think the happiest days are still ahead of them?
It gives the writer the motivation to work hard now.

14. Fill in the table according to the two essays
and decide which age group is happier:
Teenagers
Adults
Advantages
Disadvantages
Young
Energetic
Creative
Friendship
Free from
worries
Good health
Love and care
from …
Much homework
Little freedom
little spare time
Lack of
experience and
patience
More freedom
More
entertainment
Success in jobs
Ability to make
decisions
and money
More worries
(family、
income and job)
Less friendship
Poor health

15. Secrets to happiness!

16. set goals

17. smile more

18. ready to help others

19. harmony with others

20. learn to share

21. love

22. maintain high confidence

23. Money is something, but it’s not everything

24. Words of Wisdom: Happiness isn't about what happens to
us; it is about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.

25. Everyone has their own definition of happiness
Everyone has their own definition of happiness. It may be different from others. Keep what is happiness in your mind as your own image and to enjoy your own happy life. Life is not what other people think. It is your inside feeling.

26. If we want to stay happy, ……
because …………

27. Write an essay about your idea of happiness so that
Homework
Write an essay about your idea of happiness so that
we can make a happiness handbook
during the next period .

28. Love
Care