新编大学英语unit5.pptVIP

Unit five Happiness Task 1: What is happiness?Your own interpretations of “happiness” Directions: Work in groups and come up with your own interpretations of happiness. Example: Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory… What is happiness? Happiness is defined as a feeling of contentment coming from being well or doing well or as a feeling of satisfaction at having got what one wants. Happiness can be a moment of joy or a more lasting state of mind. Many philosophers and moralists consider that happiness is not a passive attainment. In other words, one has to work at being happy. Neither wealth nor power are guarantees of happiness. Emotions and Feelings (Page 179) 1) tiredness 2) anger 3) surprise/terror 4) pain/anguish 5) indifference 6) excitement 7) sadness 8) happiness Interpreting happiness—Quotations 1.When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller 当一道快乐之门关上了，另一道门会随之打开．但是，我们常常眷恋着那道关上了的门，而看不见另一道门已经打开了． 2. Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer 3. Happiness is not in the mere possession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin Roosevelt 幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。(美国总统 罗斯福. F.) 4. The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man grows it under his feet. Anonymous 愚蠢的人去远方寻找幸福，智慧的人在自己的脚下播种幸福. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have toughed their lives. 快乐是属於那些曾经哭泣、受伤、曾经努力寻找、努力尝试的人．因为他们懂得感激那些能够感动他们的人．  Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be .(A