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Happiness

Part1Teacher:Hi,goodmorning.Didyouhearaboutthelotterywinnerlastnight

Themanwon…what?…Twomilliondollars…Student:No,three.Teacher:Threemilliondollars?Threemillion.That'salotofmoneyisn'tit

Doyouthinkthatthreemilliondollarswouldmakeyouhappy?…I'maskingyouthisbecausewhenyouaskpeoplewhattheyneedtobehappy,manypeoplewillanswer"moremoney!"Weassumethatmoneywillmakeushappier.Butisthistrue

Willwinningthelotteryhelpyouachievehappiness?Todaywe'regoingtolookattheideaofhappiness,atthepsychologyofhappiness--whatmakessomepeoplehappierthanothers.We'lllookatthreepersonalityfactorsthatwefindinhappypeople.Tofindoutaboutthesepersonalityfactors,psychologiststalkedtohundredsofpeople.Now,first,theyaskedthepeoplehowhappytheyfelt--youknow,from"veryhappy"to"nothappyatall."Thentheyaskedsomemorequestions,Theywantedtofindoutaboutpeople'spersonalities,suchastheirattitudesaboutlife,andsoon.Theylookedatthedifferencesbetweenhappypeopleandunhappypeople.Theyfoundthreefactorsthatareveryimportantforachievinghappiness.So…let'slookatthosefactorsnow.Thefirstpersonalityfactoristhathappypeopleare…satisfiedwiththemselves.Thismeansthattheylikethemselvesastheyare,andthey’rehappywithwhattheyhave.Happypeoplemaynotlikeeverythingabouttheirlives-theymaybealittlebitoverweight,ormaynothavethebestjob,ormaynotliveinabig,fancyhouse,buttheydon'tneedtochangethosethingstobehappy.Theythinkmoreaboutthethingstheyaresatisfiedwith,notthechangestheywanttomake.Thisfeelingofhappinesscomesfromtheinside,notfromsomethingoutside.Part2Teacher:So…h(huán)appypeoplefeelsatisfiedwiththemselves.Ontheotherhand,unhappypeopleareoftendissatisfiedwiththemselves.They...uh...feelthatsomethingmustchangesotheycanbehappy.Theythinkiftheylosesomeweightorgetabetterjoboranicerhousetheywillbehappy.Theyarealwayslookingforsomethingoutsidethemselvestomakethemhappy.Buttheproblemis-theyneverfindit!Nomatterwhattheyget,they'restilldissatisfiedandunhappy.Thesecondpersonalityfactoristhathappypeopleareoptimistic-theylookatthepositivesideoflife,notthenegative.Now,weallhaveproblems,whetherwe'rehappyornot.Butwhenhappypeoplehaveproblems,theyassumethatthingswillimprove.Theydon’tworryalotandthinkaboutallthebadthingsthatcanhappen.Instead,theyhaveapositiveattitude.However,unhappypeoplearetheopposite.Theyarenotoptimisticanddon'thaveapositiveattitude.Whentheyhaveaproblem,theythinkabouthowbadeverythingisandassumethatit'llgetworse.Sotheymakethemselvesevenmoreunhappywhentheythinkaboutallthebadthingsthatmighthappen.Finally,thethirdpersonalityfactoristhathappypeoplehavegoodrelationshipswithotherpeople.Theytrytohaveclose,lovingrelationshipswithfriendsandfamily.Studiesshowthatclose,lovingrelationshipsareoneofthemostimportantfactorsinachievinghappiness.Sohappypeopledon'tspendalltheirtimebuildingtheircareersortryingtomakemoney.Theyalsospendtimebuildingrelationshipswithfriendsandfamily.Now,ontheotherhand,unhappypeopledon'thaveasmanycloserelationships.Theymayhavetroublemakingfriends.Ortheymayspendalltheirtimeworkingandthenfindthatthey'reverylonelyandunhappy.Butforwhateverreason,theydon'thavecloserelationshipsandthismakesthemunhappy.So…whatdoesthistellus

Well,ifyouwanttobehappier,don'tassumethatwinningthelotterywillhelp.Thereareother,moreimportantfactorsforachievinghappiness.Now,let'stakeabreak,andwhenwecomebackwe'lltalkmoreaboutthefactorsthatmakeapersonhappy…1.What

did

psychologists

want

to

find

out

a.

Which

people

are

happy

b.

What

makes

people

happy

c.

How

people

define

happiness

2.How

do

happy

people

feel

about

their

lives

?

a.

They

like

everything.

b.

They

want

to

change.

c.

They

are

satisfied.

3.

Why

are

happy

people

optimistic

?

a.

They

have

few

problems.

b.

They

don’t

worry

much.

c.

They

have

negative

attitudes.

4.What

factor

is

most

important

for

happiness

?

a.

Good

relationships

b.

A

successful

career

c.

A

lot

of

money

5.

Describe

how

psychologists

learned

what

makes

people

happy.

Psychologists

asked

hundreds

of

people

how

happy

they

are.

Then

they

asked

questions

to

find

out

about

their

personalities.

They

looked

at

the

differences

between

happy

people

a