How happy are you? There are different ways to be happy. A certain thing makes someone happy and just the opposite thing makes someone else happy too. But something is for sure, being happy is far better than feeling miserable and sad!!!
I want YOU to be happier!!!!
Selectivity exam to do: Albert Einstein's theory of happiness sold for $1.5 M
Here are some articles to read and a listening exercise about the different concepts of happiness:
Can I learn the secret of happiness? (BBC)
The true secret of happiness? Accepting that there isn’t one (The Guardian)
Want to be happier? Stop scheduling your free time. (The Washington Post)
Happiness linked to longer life (CNN)
Here's a listening exercise to do: Concepts of happiness (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
How School Makes Kids Less Intelligent by Eddy Zhong (TED talk)
What is the difference between: 'Journey' & 'Trip' ?(English in a Minute)
John McEnroe, The Commissioner of Tennis, still talking about the Australian Open >>>
McEnroe: Stop Complaining About Your Balls!
LINGOHACK >>>
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Revision for ESO students:
LANGUAGE IN USE
F. Make the questions to the
following answers.
1. _______
? He is from Venezuela.
2. _______
? No, but I can speak a little French.
3. _______
? One metre seventy-eight.
4. _______
? About twice a week.
5. _______
? I'm an English teacher.
6. _______
? I go out with friends or watch TV.
G. Translate these sentences
into English:
1. ****¿Cuánto tiempo hace que
has tenido ese reloj? Unos 14 años.
2. La película más emocionante
que jamás he visto es 'Forrest Gump'.
3. Ni él ni ella saben hablar
inglés.
4. Espero que no os importe
venir el próximo miércoles. Tengo tanto que deciros.
5. No puedo costear un coche,
así que siempre se lo pido prestado a un amigo.
6. "Yo no he leído el
libro" "Nosotros tampoco"
Solutions to the exercises in the previous post.
A. Put the word in the right
place. 1. The radioactivity was so great
that .... 2. The cinema is cheap enough.... 3. I am too short to .... 4. Peter is such a lazy fellow that
.... 5. ... got up yet.
B. 1. for 2. for 3. since 4. ago 5. since
C. 1.
is cutting , cuts 2. has just written 3. see 4. has been
playing 5. had already started 6. got , was coming 7. working 8.
is raining
D. 1. The job must be done 2. Your application for the job is being considered 3. You were asked to come 4. The name
of the new managing director won't be announced until next month. 5. This kind of lock hasn't been manufactured for years.
E. 1. The music we listened to last night was good. 2. Mao Tse-Tung was a famous
politician from China, whose history goes back thousands of years. 3. This is the hotel I stayed
at when I last came to London. 4. I grew up in Salobreña, which is
a little town in the south of Spain. 5. I'll never forget the day I
met you.
