Unit
1
Happiness
Part 1
Teacher:
Hi,
good
morning.
Did
you
hear
about
the
lottery
winner
last
night?
The
man won鈥hat? 鈥?nbsp;Two million dollars鈥?
Student: No, three.
Teacher: Three million dollars? Three million. That's a lot of money isn't it? Do you
think that three million dollars would make you happy? 鈥?nbsp;I'm asking you this because
when you ask people what they need to be happy, many people will answer" more
money!" We
assume
that money will make us happier. But is this true? Will winning
the lottery help you
achieve
happiness?
Today
we're
going
to
look
at
the
idea
of
happiness,
at
the
psychology
of
happiness
--
what
makes
some
people
happier
than
others.
We'll
look
at
three
personality factors
that we find in happy people. To find out about these
personality
factors
, psychologists talked to hundreds of people. Now, first, they asked the people
how happy they felt
--
you know, from "very happy" to "not happy at all." Then they
asked some more questions, They wanted to find out about people's
personalities
,
such as their
attitudes
about life, and so on. They looked at the differences between
happy people and unhappy people. They found three
factors
that are very important
for
achieving
happiness. So鈥et's look at those
factor
s now.
The first
personality factor
is that happy people are鈥atisfied with themselves. This
means that they like themselves as they are, and they鈥檙e happy with what they have.
Happy
people
may
not
like
everything
about
their
lives
-
they
may
be
a
little
bit
overweight, or may not have the best job, or may not live in a big, fancy house, but
they
don't
need
to
change
those
things
to
be
happy.
They
think
more
about
the
things
they
are
satisfied
with,
not
the
changes
they
want
to
make.
This
feeling
of
happiness comes from the inside, not from something outside.
Part 2
Teacher:
So
鈥?/p>
happy
people
feel
satisfied
with
themselves.
On
the
other
hand,
unhappy
people
are
often
dissatisfied
with
themselves.
They...uh...feel
that
something must change so they can be happy. They think if they lose some weight or