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GI 9 - 2020 Happiness - Industrial Production Management
GI 9 - 2020 Happiness - Industrial Production Management
2. PRESENTACION
Every English learner knows how to talk about general things of common topics. In this guide you will learn
about specific topics on history, education and general aspects of a city. Here you will be able to practice
and improve your grammar skills by doing some specific activities, don’t forget that the activities are
individual and some answers are personal and shall not be similar to someone else’s.
In this guide we are going to work on present tenses, conditionals, vocabulary items related to
accommodation places and university facilities when visiting a foreign country as the UK. Normally we use
these verbal tenses to talk about non real situations and real situations as routines, and repeated actions
as well as imaginary events.
Develop the following activities in order to learn the expressions, vocabulary and necessary
grammar to describe places, cities and jobs. The activities explore all of the four skills, listening,
reading, and writing so you can practice what you learn through different ways and strategies, this
way we can diagnose your English level and 3 of the 4 skills, so we can design the new lessons by
having that information into account.
GFPI-F-019 V3
SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA
Procedimiento de Desarrollo Curricular
GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE
1. MATCH THE WORDS IN CAPITALS WITH THE CORRECT DEFINITION AND WRITE A–F NEXT TO THE
NUMBERS 1–6.
1(___) He has written a book about HAPPINESS. a. make you want to do them
2(___) What do you get PLEASURE from? b. make
3(___) Your life has PURPOSE. c. fun or good feelings
4(___) You can DESIGN a happy life. d. something important to our
lives
5(___) We don’t know what brings MEANING. e. is important
6(___) Some activities might be MOTIVATING. f. the feeling of being happy
2. WHAT THINGS MAKE YOU FEEL THE HAPPIEST? WHAT THINGS MAKE YOU FEEL BORED? WHY?
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Do you know what makes you happy or do you just think you know? At first, these two questions look
the same. If you think something makes you happy, then it makes you happy. You know yourself, don’t
you? Write a list of all the things that make you happy. How many of them are fun? Most of them? So,
if you spend your time doing all these fun things, you’ll be really happy, won’t you?
Well, maybe not. For most people, fun isn’t enough for real happiness. Paul Dolan wrote a book
called Happiness by Design. He thinks happiness comes from both pleasure and purpose. If most of
the things on your list are about pleasure, that is what you think makes you happy. But you also need
activities with purpose. We usually know if something is fun, but we don’t know what brings meaning.
For example, most people think air pilots have jobs with clear purpose. They fly hundreds of people all
over the world. But they spend a lot of time in boring hotels and airports and they do the same things
hundreds of times. Those activities might not bring meaning – and they’re probably not fun. So pilots
also need to find pleasure and purpose in their work and life.
There are different ways we can find purpose in things. Some activities might be motivating because
they work for the good of people and the world around us. Or what you do might help a team you’re
working in. If you’re a student, your ‘job’ is studying and passing exams. It’s easy to do well in subjects
you like, but subjects you don’t like are less motivating. They’re not fun for you, but you have to study
them so you need to find purpose. An A in a subject you hate won’t help the world. But can you be part
of a study team with friends? Each person can study one part until they understand it and then teach it
to the rest of the group. The purpose becomes helping the team.
Now you need to design a happy life. Paul Dolan believes people should ‘decide, design, do’. First decide
what brings you pleasure and/or purpose – that means your two lists. Then, don’t just think about these
SERVICIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAJE SENA
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GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE
activities, fill your life with them. For example, you might love riding a bike but never have time to do it.
So, ride to school or the library or the shops. If you live too far away, take your bike on the bus or train.
Get off early and ride the rest of the way. If you go in the car, put it in the back, stop a few kilometres
away and ride the rest. Or move somewhere you can ride more. Some parts of our lives are good or bad
luck, but we can still design the rest to make more happiness.
Nicola Prentis
4. CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING: TRUE OR FALSE. CIRCLE TRUE OR FALSE FOR THESE SENTENCES.
a. t’s more difficult to know what brings meaning than what’s _______________.
d. Some activities are motivating because they help us work towards the ‘greater _______________’.
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
7. LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING PODCAST (TRACK 3) AND COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE MISSING WORDS.
Kate: Hello, I’m Kate Colin and _________1 I'm joined by Rebecca Byrne. Hi Rebecca.
Rebecca, how are you _________2 today? You look very happy!
Rebecca: Yes, I am very happy _________3. Spring is finally here and I _________4that the
lighter evenings and the sunnier days do indeed make _________ 5happier!
Kate: That's good _________6because, here in the UK and all _________ 7, the
many people. So, in today's programme, we're going to talk about _________ 8 and
But before we _________11 more, I have the question for this week. Which country do
Rebecca: answers…
Kate: We'll check your answer later, but for now, I'd like to ask you what makes you
happy?
Rebecca: Generally, I'm happiest when I'm just _________ 12 with friends and family and
Kate: Yes, I agree. I always feel happiest when I'm with _________ 14 too.
But enough about us, let's listen to the first extract. Can you hear what it is that makes this speaker
happy?
Man
What makes me happy is slowing down. I think that _________ 15 in a very fast, _________16 world and
Rebecca: He said that 'slowing down' makes him happy. He mentioned _________ 18that we
live in a fast world and we often forget to '_________' 19. This means we should
slow down and examine our lives, rather than rush through our _________ 20 as most of us tend to do.
8. LOOK AT THE SITUATIONS IN THE IMAGES AND SELECT THOSE IN WHICH YOU WOULD BE HAPPIEST, SAY
WHY?
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9. FINALLY, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE BOX BELOW, REMEMBER TO USE THE SECOND
CONDITIONAL.
LET’S SUPPOSE YOU FIND A MAGIC LAMP AND YOU CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT, WHAT
WOULD YOU ASK FOR?
IF YOU COULD HAVE THE PERFECT LIFE AND BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN LIFE WHAT WOULD YOUR
LIFE BE LIKE? DESCRIBE.
WHAT DID YOU FIND EASY AND DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS LESSON? WHAT DID YOU FIND INTERESTING
AND BORING? WHY?
6. REFERENTES BIBLIOGRAFICOS
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens
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