COURSE: CONVERSATION

CLASS 26

Are you a happy person?

What is happiness for you?

What do you think is the color for happiness?

Do you think that happiness lies within you? Or does it depend upon other people and
external things?

Can money buy happiness?

Is happiness a state of mind?

What makes you feel happy?

What are the three most important things for you to be happy?

Is happiness relative, that is, does it have a different meaning for each person?

Are single people happy?

Would you be happier with a soul mate or single?

Does having an animal/pet make you happy?

What is the effect that animals/pets have on people to make them feel happy?

What makes you happy?

When was the happiest time of your childhood?

Can you be happy if you are rich?

Can you be happy is you are poor?

How can you become happy again when you are sad?

Is happiness a goal?

How often do you feel really happy?

Are the people in your country generally very happy?

Are you very happy most of the time?

What makes you unhappy?

What's the most miserable you've been?

How happy are you compared with your friends?

Do you wake up happy every morning?

Do you agree that older people are less happy?

What is there to be happy about in the world today?

What affects your levels of happiness?

Does your happiness change during different times of the day, week, month or year?

What is or was the happiest time of your life?

Do you need money to be happy?

What do you think of the idea of a government Happiness Minister who is responsible for
the happiness of the population?
Do you think some nations are happier than others?
What is missing in your life that would make you very happy?
Why are teenagers some of the happiest people in the world?
What was the happiest time in your entire life?
Do you feel that you have to work hard and be miserable now in order to be happy later?

Are you happy now?

Are you happy all the time? Why? Why not?

Is it possible to be happy all the time? Why not?

Is it good to be happy all the time?

Are there people who seem to be happy always?

Can you be happy on a rainy day?

Is it your goal to be happy?

Do you think that happiness is the goal of every person?

What things do you do happily?

Can people die happily?

Do you ever happily: Go to school? Go to work? Clean the house?

At what age, are people the happiest?

What was the happiest time of your life?

What is the happiest time of: Your day? Your week? Your year?

What makes you happy?

What three things make you happy?

What is the secret to happiness? (Is gratitude the secret to happiness?)

Are rich people always happier than poor people?

Are you happier than your friends?

Do you share your happiness with others?

Do you think some people hate it when others are happy?

Sometimes you are so happy, you become giddy (you can't concentrate). Is this a good
feeling?
Synonyms of happy ?

ACTIVITY 2:
 Happiness

1. Are you having a good day 2. Do you think happiness is the

today? Why? Why not? most important thing in life? If
you don’t, what do you think is?

3. Talk about what

makes you happy?
4. When you are feeling
sad, what do you do to
5. What is the happiest time
cheer yourself up?
of the year for you? Why?

6. Talk about a happy memory you

have from your past? When was it? 7. What things do your
Why is it such a happy memory? friends or family do
that makes you happy?

8. Is your family a happy family?

9. Can money buy happiness?
If you were rich would that
11. Who is the happiest person make you happy?
10. Did something
you know? Why do you think
recently make you
they are so happy?
smile? What was it?
12. Have you done
anything recently to
make someone happy?
13. Is job satisfaction
important for you?
14. Do you think your country’s
culture is a happy culture?
Why? Why not?
15. Do you enjoy learning
16. What is your
English? Why? Why not?
favourite holiday of
the year? Why?
17. Does eating make you
feel happy? Which foods
make you feel happy?
18. What do you think “always look on the bright side of life” really means?
 Dictionary work: Idioms of happiness

 I’m thrilled to bits :

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 I’m/feel on the top of the world = on cloud nine = over the moon = in the seventh heaven
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 to get a (real) kick out of something :
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 to do something for kicks :
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 to jump for joy :
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 to be floating/walking on air :
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 something makes your day :
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Idioms of sadness

 to be out of sorts :
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 to be down in the dumps :
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 it’s the end of the world :
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 to grin and beat something :
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 a misery guts :
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 sour grapes :
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 to put a damper on :……………………………………………………………………………………………………
 HAPPY
It might seem ……………. No ………….. to you, don't waste your time

what I'm about to ………………… Here's why

Sunshine she's here, you can take a ………. [Chorus]

I'm a hot air ………………. [Bridge:]

that could go to ……………. Bring me down,Can't nothing

With the air, like I don't ………… baby by Bring me down,My level's too high
the way
Bring me down,Can't nothing
[Chorus:]
Bring me down,I said (let me tell you
Because I'm happy now)

Clap along if you feel like a room without Bring me down,Can't nothing
a ………………
Bring me down,My level's too ………..
Because I'm happy
Bring me down,Can't nothing
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the
Bring me down,I said
………………
[Chorus x2]
Because I'm happy
Bring me down... can't nothing...
Clap along if you know what happiness is
to you Bring me down... my level's too high...
Because I'm happy Bring me down... can't nothing...
Clap along if you feel like that's what you Bring me down, I said (let me tell you
wanna ………… now)
Here come bad ……....... talking this and [Chorus x2]
that, yeah,
HIGH-DO-OFFENCE- CRAZY-WARN-
Well, give me all you got, and don't BALLOON-NEWS-HOLD-SAY-CARE-SPACE-
…………….. it back, yeah, ROOF-BREAK-TRUTH
Well, I should probably ……….. you I'll be
just fine, yeah,