- •Тема 5. Money doesn’t bring happiness
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Read the headline. Guess if the following statements are true or false.
- •3. Match the following synonyms.
- •4. Match the phrases (sometimes more than one choice is possible):
- •5. Fill in the gaps.
- •7. Answer the video quiz questions:
- •Perfect tenses
1. Answer the questions:
a) How do things make you happy?
b) How would your life change if you were very rich?
c) Do you think the wealthy are happier? Why? Why not?
d) Do you think you would be more satisfied and happier if you spent money on yourself or on other people? Why? Why not?
2. Read the headline. Guess if the following statements are true or false.
1. This news is about a song sung by the group the Beatles.
2. A study into happiness and money was done by Cambridge University.
3. Researchers said money made 625 people unhappy.
4. Researchers said buying the right things can make people happy.
5. A researcher said the study would not change our ideas about money.
6. The researchers said the study would help Internet companies.
7. A researcher said spending money was not very important.
8. A researcher said spending money was as important as finding a job.
3. Match the following synonyms.
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1. famous 2. expression 3. study 4. conducted 5. lead to 6. believes 7. fit 8. recommend 9. express 10. well-being |
a. thinks b. report c. suggest d. well known e. show f. result in g. saying h. happiness i. carried out j. match |
4. Match the phrases (sometimes more than one choice is possible):
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1. A song from the famous English pop 2. money is the root 3. spending 4. how they spent 5. if they buy the 6. change the way people 7. goods 8. help us express who we 9. important to our 10. finding the right |
a. are as individuals b. right things c. job d. think about money e. of all evil f. and services g. group the Beatles h. well-being i. their money j. habits |
5. Fill in the gaps.
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A song from the (1) … English pop group the Beatles told us that money can't buy us love. Many people also believe that money cannot buy (2) … . In fact, there is an expression that says 'money is the root of all (3) … . However, a new study from Cambridge University (4) … that money can buy you happiness. Researchers conducted a study on the spending (5) … of customers in a bank. They (6) … what the bank customers bought with their personality. The research team compared the personalities of 625 people with a (7) … of how they spent their money. The conclusion of the study was that what people buy can lead to happiness, but only if they buy the (8) … things. |
evil habits list famous right happiness compared suggests |
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One of the researchers believes the study may change the (9) … people think about money and happiness. He said it showed, "that spending can increase our happiness when it is spent on (10) … and services that (11) … our personalities". He said Internet companies could use information about people's happiness to recommend products and (12) … that make people happier. Another researcher said spending money could be more important in our (13) … than we thought. She said: "Spending money on products that help us (14) … who we are as individuals could turn out to be as important to our well-(15) … as finding the right job, the right neighbourhood or even the right friends and (16) … ." |
goods lives partners way services being fit express |
6. Can we buy happiness? Watch the video https://youtu.be/PsihkFWDt3Y