Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward
Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward
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11c Positive psychology<br />
Date:<br />
Can do (tick ✓)<br />
I can understand the main ideas in a text and summarize them.<br />
I can understand the meaning of new words from their context.<br />
I can discuss different aspects affecting personal happiness.<br />
I can use the correct article depending on the type of noun being referred to.<br />
Quotations<br />
Which of these quotations do you agree with Why<br />
’<br />
‘Happiness is an imaginary condition.<br />
‘<br />
‘Happiness is an imaginary condition.<br />
Thomas Szasz (Professor of Psychiatry, State<br />
University of New York, 1920–)<br />
‘ ‘Few people can be happy unless<br />
they hate some other person,<br />
’<br />
nation or creed.<br />
Bertrand Russell (British author, mathematician, &<br />
philosopher, 1872–1970)<br />
‘ ‘Anyone happy in this age and<br />
place is either daft or corrupt.<br />
‘ ’<br />
Roy Fuller (British poet & novelist, 1912–1991)<br />
‘<br />
How happy are you<br />
Which two words mean quite happy<br />
and which three mean extremely happy<br />
jubilant<br />
cheerful<br />
over the moon<br />
ecstatic<br />
pleased<br />
2<br />
‘ ’<br />
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.<br />
Rita Mae Brown (American writer & social activist, 1944–)<br />
Did you know<br />
According to recent research conducted in<br />
Sweden, the key to true happiness is not winning<br />
the lottery or lying on a tropical beach, but hard<br />
work! The researchers found that working hard to<br />
achieve a goal, rather than actually achieving that<br />
goal, makes most people happy.