The ABC of Happiness

Looking at the issue

Are you happy?

What is happiness?

What makes people happy?

What is happiness for you?

 

HAPPINESS

Aspire to reach your potential

Believe in yourself

Create a good life

Dream about what you might become

Exercise frequently

Glorify the creative spirit

Humour yourself and others

Imagine great things

Joyfully live each day

Kindly help others

Love one another

Meditate daily

Nurture the environment

Organize for harmonious action

Praise performance well done

Regulate your behaviour

Smile often

Think rationally

Understand yourself

Value life

Work for the common good

X-ray and carefully examine problems

Yearn to improve

Zestfully pursue happiness.

LET`S THINK

Most of us would like to be happy, if only we knew how. What makes people happy? Can we realise how happy we are? A famous philosopher says that we are happy when we don’t notice this feeling. Do you agree with this statement? We have many problems in our life. The most serious of them are problems concerning family. There are so many families without children… Parents must make their choice…

 

Read and learn the following words:

Abortion (n) [ə bə:∫ (ə) n] аборт

Brain (n) [brein] мозг

Fetus (n) [ fi:təs] плод, зародыш, эмбрион

Handicapped (mentally, [ hændikæpt]

physically) с физическими, умственными недостатками; умственно неполноценный

Health insurance [ helӨ in ∫uər(ə)ns медицинская страховка

Husband (n) [ h^zbənd] муж

Pregnancy (n) беременность

To be pregnant [ pregnənt] быть беременной

To marry (v) [ mæri] жениться, выходить замуж

To be married [ mærid] быть замужем, женатым

To give birth (to) [ bə:Ө] родить ребенка

To develop (v) [di veləp] развивать(ся)

Wife (n) [waif] жена

I. Give words or phrases (from the glossary) for the following definitions:

1. The organ inside the top of the head that controls the body; the mind, intelligence.

2. The woman to whom a man is married.

3. Physically or mentally disabled.

4. Unite a man and woman legally for the purpose of living together.

5. An agreement to compensate someone for damage or injury in return for a payment.