2017-2018学年度第731期总第12期

What exactly is joy? (P4)

邯郸市第一中学 李松

Warming up

Are you happy?

What makes you happy?

Pre-reading

Is happiness measurable?

Fast-reading

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What did the new study find about people today?

It found that more people feel worried, upset and sad than at any point since the last decade.

What does Ed Diener regard happiness as ?

Ed Diener regards happiness as “a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”.

Why do many people believe that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source of happiness?

Happiness has different meanings to people.

Happiness is different at different times of life. 

Close-reading

 

Words and expressions 

 

 

 

Sentences

 

Discussion

 

Proverbs on happiness

 

 

 

 

 

2017-2018学年度第731期总第12期

Letting them go, or not? (P6)

邯郸市第一中学 李松

Warming-up

Do you know a moving story about a pet dog?

What makes people love their pet dogs

Pre-reading

How would a person feel if his or her pet fell ill or passed away?

What should he or she do to make up for the loss of a beloved pet? 

Fast-reading

Read the passage and answer the questions.

1. What is the solution offered by the South Korean company to heart-broken pet owners who lose their pets?

The solution is to offer cloned dogs that look like their lost ones.

2.  Will the cloned pets be identical (一模一样) with the lost pets? Why?

No. There is no guarantee that the cloned dog will be a perfect replica (复制品) of the original one. The cloned ones may be slightly different in appearance and personality.

3. Is there another opinion about this solution?

Yes. Kirkwood, a dog owner himself, pointed out: “An important aspect of our relationship with them is coming to terms with the pain of letting go.”

Close-reading 

 

Words and expressions 

 

 

Sentences

 

Discussion 

Would you try to bring back your lost pet by cloning?

What would you take into consideration if you decided to bring your lost pet back by cloning?