Unit 2. Happiness

Unit 2
Happiness
Test your grammar
Look at the pairs of sentences. Which one is correct? Why?
1. She speaks five languages.
She’s speaking five languages.
She speaks five languages.
2. Don’t turn off the TV! I watch it.
Don’t turn off the TV! I am watching it.
Don’t turn off the TV! I am watching it.
3. They have a teenage son.
They are having a teenage son.
They have a teenage son.


4. Do you understand Spanish?
Are you understanding Spanish?
Do you understand Spanish?

5. We’re thinking opera is boring.
We think opera is boring.
We think opera is boring.

6. English speaks all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.

Listen and read about Sidney Fisk.
Discussion
What do you think are the good and bad things about Sidney’s life?
Good: well paid, travels, married with a family, beautiful big house, busy.
Bad: doesn’t see his children much, often away from home, not much time to relax, too busy.
Discussion
What do you think are the good and the bad things about your life?
Do you think your life is exciting or boring?
Would you like to have a busy life?
What do you think is the happiest time of a person’s life – when you are young or when you are old?
At what time in their lives are most people happiest? When are they least happy? Why do you think this is?

What do you do?
A. what do you do?
B. I’m an interior designer. I decorate people’s homes and give them ideas for furniture and lighting.
A. and what are you working on these days?
B. Well, I’m not working on a home right now. I’m working on a hotel. I’m designing a new lobby for the Plaza.
A. Do you like your job?
B. Yes, I love it.
Some other jobs
A journalist
An artist
An architect
A movie director
A rock musician
An actor
A research scientist
A web page designer
A zookeeper
A soccer player
Practice
Discussing grammar
What do you want to drink?
I’m not understand this word.
I`m loving you a lot.
Do you think Michiko plays golf well?
I’m sorry. I’m not knowing the answer.
We’re enjoying the class very much. We’re working hard.
I’m thinking you speak English very well.
The lions are fed once a day. They’re being fed right now.
What do you want to drink?
I’m not understand this word.
I do not understand this word.
3. I`m loving you a lot.
I love you a lot.
4. Do you think Michiko plays golf well?
I’m sorry. I’m not knowing the answer.
I’m sorry. I do not know the answer.
6. We’re enjoying the class very much. We’re working hard.
I’m thinking you speak English very well.
I think you speak English very well.
8. The lions are fed once a day. They’re being fed right now.
Listening
What is he doing at present?
How much can he earn a year?
How much can he earn for tip a week?
Is his job easy?
What time does he get up everyday?
How many days a week does he have to work?
How many hours does he work everyday?
How far does he go everyday?
How many newspapers does he deliver everyday?
When does he usually return home?
What does he like about his job?
How many children does he have?
What does his wife do?
What kind of sports does he play?
What does he want to become in the future?
Does he enjoy his job?

Answers
A paperboy
$ 60,000
$ 50
No, it isn’t
At 2 a.m
Seven days
Four hours
65 miles
1,000 newspapers
At 7 a.m
The peace and quite in the early morning
Two teenage children
She works at the University of Iowa
Baseball and golf
A marriage counselor
Yes, he is















Answers
I’m paid good money, $ 60,000 a year. And I often $ 50 a week in tips.
I at 2 A.M. The first newspaper at 2:30 A.M.
I a red Chevy Blazer and the newspapers into
I the peace and quite.
Occasionally, I a jogger.
I usually back home by 7 A.M.
My wife at the University of Iowa.
Some days I my kid’s baseball team, other days I golf.
I also for my master’s degree at the moment. I to be a marriage counselor.
Some people it’s not much of a job, but when they in an office, I golf.
Answers
I’m paid good money, $ 60,000 a year. And I often get $ 50 a week in tips.
I get up at 2 A.M. The first newspaper is delivered at 2:30 A.M.
I drive a red Chevy Blazer and the newspapers are packed into the back.
I love the peace and quite.
Occasionally, I meet a jogger.
I usually get back home by 7 A.M.
My wife works at the University of Iowa.
Some days I coach my kid’s baseball team, other days I play golf.
I am also studying for my master’s degree at the moment. I want to be a marriage counselor.
Some people think it’s not much of a job, but when they are sitting in an office, I am playing golf.
Vocabulary and listening
Sports verbs: play, go and do
tennis
baseball
skiing
exercises
golf
aerobics
swimming
soccer
jogging

Play tennis
Play baseball
Go skiing
Do exercises
Play golf
Do aerobics
Go swimming
Play soccer
Go jogging

Notes
The rules are as follow:
We use play with a game, which uses a ball, often in teams.
We use go with a sporting activity, ending in –ing.
We use do with a sporting activity, often an exercise activity, not ending in –ing.


Reading comprehension

THE CLOWN DOCTOR
Look at the following list of words
wear funny clothes
wear white coats
tell jokes
make children feel better
do magic tricks
perform operations
give shots
make funny faces
Which do clowns do?
Which do doctors do?
Which do both do?
Which do doctors do?
wear white coats
perform operations
give shots
Which do clowns do?
wear funny clothes
tell jokes
do magic tricks
make funny faces
Which do both do?
make children feel better
VOCABUALRY
extremely (adv)
silly (adj)
blow (v)
bubble (n)
shake hand (v)
funky (adj)
yell (v)
cheerful (adj)
be in trouble


drama (n)
chance (n)
striped (adj)
tight (n)
rubber (n)
plastic (n)
physically (adv)
emotionally (adv)
sensitive (adj)
allow (v)
occasionally (adv)

common (adj)
communicate (v)
operations (n)
thought (n)
cafeteria (n)
frightened (adj)
nasty (adj)
distract (v)
worry (n)
reward (v)
makeup (n)
exhausted (adj)
Answer the following questions
Where does Peggy work?
In what ways is her job “extremely silly”?
Give some examples.
3. Why was she often in trouble at school?
4. What did she do after she left school?
5. How did she become a clown doctor?
6. What does she wear?
7. Who is always in her thoughts at the moment?
8. Why does she eat in the hospital cafeteria?
9. Does she earn a lot of money?
10. What does she do after work?
Answers
Where does Peggy work?
In a children’s hospital.
2. In what ways is her job “extremely silly”?
Give some examples.
She makes funny faces, tells jokes, does magic tricks, blows bubbles as she walks into the wards, shakes hand with the kids, and carries a “funky” radio and microphone, so she can do karaoke with children who are well enough to sing.
3. Why was she often in trouble at school?
For being the joker in class.
4. What did she do after she left school?
After school she worked in a daycare center, taught drama, and traveled the world.
5. How did she become a clown doctor?
Because of a chance meeting with someone who works for Aid for Sick children.
6. What does she wear?
A big red coat, a striped shirt, and tights with big colored dots on them.
7. Who is always in her thoughts at the moment?
A very sick little girl from Costa Rica.
8. Why does she eat in the hospital cafeteria?
To meet the nurses and doctors.
9. Does she earn a lot of money?
No
10. What does she do after work?
At night she really comes alive and parties.
Listening

Vocabulary
Do these words and phrases come after play, do, make, go, or have? Put them in the correct columns.

a meeting
to the opera
on vacation
a statement
sightseeing
sports
skiing
jogging
a headache
a party
a mistake




the piano
aerobics
golf
the laundry
the shopping
your homework
a decision
a phone call
baseball
in a rock group