朗文英语听说教程1Unit1听力原文.pdfVIP

Unit 1 Happiness Part 1 Teacher: Hi, good morning. Did you hear about thelottery winner last night? The man won…what? …Two million dollars…? Student: No, three. Teacher: Three million dollars?Threemillion. Thats alot of money isnt it? Do you think that three million dollars would make you happy? …Im asking you thisbecause when you ask people what they need to be happy,many people will answermore money! We assume thatmoney will make us happier. But is this true? Will winning the lottery help you achieve happiness? Today were going to look at the idea of happiness, at thepsychology of happiness--whatmakes some people happier than others. Well look at three personality factorsthat we find in happy people. To find out about these personality factors, psychologists talked to hundreds ofpeople. Now, first, they asked the people how happy theyfelt--you know, from very happy to not happy at all. Then they asked some more questions,Theywanted tofind out about peoples personalities, such as theirattitudes about life, and so on. They looked at the differences between happy people and unhappy people. Theyfound three factors that are very important for achievinghappiness. So…lets look at thosefactors now. The first personality factor is that happy people are …satisfied with themselves. This means that they like themselves as they are, and they’re happy with what theyhave. Happy people may not like everything about theirlives-they may be a little bit overweight, or may nothave the best job, or may not live in a big, fancy house,but they dont need to change those things to be happy.They think more about the things they are satisfiedwith, not the changes they want to make. This feeling ofhappiness comes from the inside, not from somethingoutside. Part 2 Teacher: So…happy people feel satisfied with themselves. On the other hand, unhappy people areoften