1、 Directions:Listen to the following dialogues and repeat after the recording.Then role-play them with your partner.Dialogue 1 On Happiness Dialogue 2 East or West,Home Is Best Dialogue 1 ON happiness A:Mike,what are you reading now?B:Im reading an article on happiness.The author says life is full of
2、 joy and happiness;never say it is dull and not interesting.A:oh,come on.Tell me more about it.B:First,countless material things bring us happiness.Delicious food can make you happy.A girl gets excited when she can buy beautiful and fashionable clothes.When you move to a spacious,newly bought house
3、with a charming view,you feel so happy that you want to hold a housewarming party.A:Then what do spiritual factors contribute to our happiness/B:spiritual factors make us even happier.For example,friendship gives us warmth,strength and happiness.Dialogue 2 East or west,home is best A:Xiao Rui,we are
4、 graduating.Will you stay in Shanghai or return home to work?B:Ive decided to work in my home town.A:why not stay in the big city?Your home town is so small and life there is so monotonous.B:I prefer living in my home town to staying here because my parents are there.Id like to take care of my paren
5、ts.I want them to be happy.If I remained in Shanghai,the pace of life is so fast that I could not spend much time staying with them and taking care of them.A:You are very filial.B:Thank you.Questions and Answers Directions:In the spoken English test On Happiness,you may be asked such questions as fo
6、und below.Try to answer them with the help of the following points Question 1In your opinion,what is happiness?Hints:Some people think that material satisfaction(物质满足)will bring happiness.Try every means to make money at the expense of(在损害的情况下)others,benefit oneself,the greater sum of money,the happ
7、ier,in my opinion,ones happiness,lie in serving people,the country and the whole society,those who make contributions to(对做出贡献)our society,be regarded as the happiest people.Question 2Does wealth mean happiness?Hints:Wealth and happiness are not necessarily related to each other.One,a material condi
8、tion,the other,purely a state of mind(心理状态),first,have to acknowledge(承认),wealthy people,more likely to be happy,in the more and more materialistic(唯物论的；物质第一的)world,the poor,need,a philosophical （逆境中泰然自若的）mind to make themselves happy,often see poor yet happy people,the reason lies in,happiness,deri
9、ve directly from（由来，源于）contentment（满意；知足）,so long as,be satisfied with themselves and their conditions,feel happyQuestion3What does happiness mean to you?Hints:To me,it means living a carefree(无忧无虑)life,thats why,think of childhood as,time of true happiness,a time when they had little to worry about
10、,also,having a lot of very good friends,part of being very happy,happiness,double（加倍）,be shared with friends,finally,knowing that you are useful,that you can help people,pleasant to feel needed.Question 4By what means,do you think,can we realize happiness?Hints:Our own happiness actually lies within
11、 ourselves.Most people,so busy pursuing success,power and wealth,mistake materialistic(物质第一的)value for happiness,watch small children at play and thinkQuestion5What do think of the relationship between happiness and income?Hints:I think the feeling of happiness varies with income-but only up to a po
12、int.Living in poor countries,happier with increasing average per capita income(人均收入),nevertheless,among the richer nations,increases in average income,contribute little to well-being（幸福；舒适；安宁）,for example,the sense of well-being,peaked（达到最高点）in the US in the late 1960s,despite,subsequent（随后的，后来的）inc
13、rease in average real incomeMaking Presentations Directions:Now lets move on to something more specific.Youll be shown three pictures.You will have one minutes to prepare and a half minutes to talk about the picture.Picture OneUseful Words and Expressionswedding ceremony 结婚典礼groom n.新郎accompany v.陪伴
14、bride n.新娘set off 出发，动身decorate v.装饰satin n.绸；缎red satin flower红绸花double Happiness 双喜newlywed n.新婚人applause n.鼓掌欢迎master of ceremonies 司仪chief witness 证婚人deliver v.发表congratulatory adj.祝贺的Speech n.演讲；发言banquet n.宴会toast v.举杯祝酒；干杯Picture TwoUseful Words and Expressionsvolunteer n.志愿者care for 关怀global
15、 adj.全球的terminally ill patient晚期病人hospice n.晚期病人收容所confine v.紧闭；限制be confined to ones bed 卧病在床intimacy n.亲近；亲密humane adj.仁慈的crucial n.关键的morality n.道德reinforce v.加强；增援Picture ThreeUseful Words and Expressionslottery ticket 彩票yell v.大叫；呼喊win the first prize 赢得头奖overnight 一夜之间interview v.采访immerse v.沉
16、浸;使陷入claim v.声明;主张 luxurious adj.奢侈的;豪华的 mass media 大众传媒 host v.主办 sum n.总数;金额 reward n.报酬;奖金 induce v.劝诱;促使Reference Answer for Picture One My picture shows a new kind of wedding ceremony taking place.On the big day,the groom in his best suit,accompanied by his bride wearing a white wedding dress w
17、ith red rose on her hair,sets off in a wedding car for the booked restaurant for the ceremony,followed by several other cars.The wedding car is decorated with a red big satin flower and a big Chinese character which is translated as“Double Happiness”in English.Music starts and everybody stands up to
18、 give the newlyweds warm applause.The master of ceremonies introduces the couple and asks the chief witness to deliver a congratulatory speech.After the ceremony is over,the banquet begins.The couple proposes toasts to all the guests present.The couple is very happy and all the guests are very cheer
19、ful.Reference Answer for Picture Two In my picture young volunteers are caring for the aged.On April 21,Global Youth Service Day,thousands of college students walk out of campus to visit aged and terminally ill patients at hospitals and hospices.They sit at the beds of the patients,talk with them an
20、d give massages to patients confined to their beds.They bring smiles,care,love,and intimacy to those who need it the most.According to a survey,ninety-one percent of older people with terminal diseases will spend the last days of their lives in the clinic,For people at this stage of their lives,lone
21、liness is even more dreadful than their acute suffering and death itself.They need more care and love than babies do.Therefore,daily visits and services by social workers and youth volunteers are very important part of a human program for dying patients.The humane program also benefits the student v
22、olunteers in certain crucial aspects.For one thing,students learn sympathy,consideration and respect for the aged.For another,each of the aged patients has a lot of life experiences to share.Student volunteers may gain valuable lessons from them.Reference Answer for Picture Three In this picture a m
23、iddle-aged man is raising high a lottery ticket,yelling and jumping excitedly.He has just won first prize in the lottery,which means he has become a millionaire overnight.Beside him,a photographer is taking a picture of him.The winner,immersed in his extreme joy,claims that he plans to buy a luxurio
24、us house for his family.The whole picture The whole picture is full of excitement and happiness.In daily life,we all have heard from mass media similar news.Besides lotteries,many TV programs also host various competitions,in which the winners can get a large sum of money as reward.To tell you the t
25、ruth,I dont like this kind of activity.I think they are inducing people to form a false idea of“no pain,but much gain.”Further Discussion Discussion Topic:Fun and Happiness,Do They Mean the same Thing?Directions:Now you are required to discuss this topic further.You will have about four and a half m
26、inutes for the discussion.Step 1some useful words and expressions are as follows:fun n.乐趣equatewith v.使等同于have little in common几乎没有共同之处abiding adj.持久的emotion n.激情amusement park 游乐园temporarily adv.临时的cling to 依附；依靠；坚持pain-free adj.无痛苦的diminish v.使减少；使变少Hollywood stars 好莱坞影星glamorous party 豪宴fancy car
27、 豪华轿车memoir n.回忆录celebrity n.名人reveal v.流露出 be hidden beneath 隐藏在之下 alcoholism 酒精中毒 experience v.经历Step 2 Try to think about the differences between fun and happiness.You may refer to the points below.Discuss with your partners and then give an oral report.1)Fun is what we experience during an act.H
28、appiness is what we experience after an act.It is a deeper,more abiding emotion 2)Going to an amusement park or a ball game,watching a movie or television,those are all fun activities that help us to relax.But they do not bring happiness,because their positive effects end when the fun ends3)More often than not,things that lead to happiness involve some pain.No gain without pain
