A Lesson on Happiness
What is “happiness”? Many of you ask yourselves this question, but the answer isn’t always clear. However, people in Finland might have a better idea than most.
In the 2023 World Happiness Report, Finland won the title (称号) of “the happiest country in the world” once again (再一次). It is the sixth year that the country has got this title.
So, what’s Finland’s secret to happiness?
Heli Jimenez, a worker at Business Finland, thinks Finnish people’s happiness may come from their relationship (关系) with nature and a “down-to-earth” lifestyle. “Everyone can learn to be happy,” she said. “And our country wants to help people do that.”
This June, Business Finland paid for 10 people to have a special lesson “Masterclass of Happiness”. It was a four-day lesson. The lesson started on June 12, at the Kuru Resort in the Finnish countryside.
During the lesson, experts from different fields helped the “students” understand more about what it means to be happy. The lesson was mainly on four different areas: nature and lifestyle, health and balance (平衡), design (设计) and “every day”, and food and well-being.
All of this was free. And don’t worry if you didn’t go to take the special lesson—you will see it online later in 2023.
1. How many times did Finland win “the happiest country in the world” title?2. What do the underlined words “do that” in Paragraph 4 mean?
3. When did the special lesson finish?
4. How much did the “Masterclass of Happiness” lesson cost?
5. What do you think “happiness” is?
The word"folk" means " people "．Folk songs tell stories about people．For example，the songs tell about their jobs and work，their friends，and their lives． They also express ideas such as love and war．The words in the songs are an important part of the music．
In the United States and Europe，folk music became very popular during the 1960s．Fans listened to folk singers perform at concerts．The singer told stories，sang，and played the guitar Fans listened to the music and often sang along with the performer．Some of the folk singers during this time were the Kingston Trio； Peter，Paul and Mary； Pete Seeger，and the Weavers．
Later， people began to play this kind of music themselves at schools，at parties， and at home alone．Today fans can still hear folk music at concerts．They can also buy CDs and DVDs by new folk performers．They can listen to folk music on the Internet．
1. When did folk music begin？
2. Why do people want to write folk songs？
3. Are the words important in folk songs？
4. Where did people enjoy folk music in the 1960s？
5. Can people hear folk songs on the Internet？ Whose folk songs do you like best？
Hello, everyone! My name is Ann. I am 13 years old. I’m healthy because I have good eating habits.
For breakfast, I have two eggs and some bread. I don’t like milk, but I still have some milk because it is healthy. For lunch, I have rice with meat and vegetables. Chicken is my favorite meat. Potatoes are my favorite vegetables. They are healthy, too. I have vegetables and noodles for dinner. After dinner, I eat some fruit. Bananas and apples are my favorite fruit. What food I don’t like? Hamburgers! They are unhealthy.
Good eating habits help me to be healthy. Can you tell me something about your eating habits?
1. How old is Ann?________________________________________________________
2. What are Ann’s favorite vegetables?
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3. Are oranges Ann’s favorite fruit?
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4. What does Ann have for breakfast?
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5. Does Ann have vegetables and noodles for dinner?
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4 . There are(有) four pencils in the box. They are red, orange, green and black. They are Ben’s, John’s, Mike’s and Alice’s. Can you help me find their owner(物主)?
I know Ben likes green, but the green pencil is not his. What color is John’s pencil? I don’t know. But I know his pencil isn’t green. Ben and Mike tell(告诉) me, “Our pencils are not orange.”Alice tells me，“My pencil is black.”
What color are their pencils?
根据短文内容, 完成任务。
1. 任务一：完成句子，每空一词。
The four pencils have different
2. 任务二：将画线的句子译成汉语。
3. 任务三：完成下面的表格。
| Pencil | Color |
| Ben’s | |
| John’s | |
| Mike’s |
5 . The worst tourist in the world may be Mr. Smith in San Francisco.
Once he flew to his hometown in Italy from America to visit his family. The plane made a one-hour stop to get something at the airport in New York. But Mr. Smith mistook New York for Rome, so he got off the plane.
When nobody was there to meet him, Mr. Smith thought perhaps they were held up by heavy traffic. While looking for his address, Mr. Smith found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many old buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spoke English instead of Italian.
Mr. Smith knew very little English, so he asked a policeman for help. Luckily, the policeman was also born in Italy and answered him in the same language.
After six-hour traveling around on a bus, the driver had to take him to a police station. Mr. Smith didn’t believe he was still in New York when he was told so. In order to catch a plane back to San Francisco, a policeman drove very fast with siren(警笛) on to sent Mr. Smith to the airport. “Look”, said Smith to himself, “I know I’m in Italy. That’s how the policeman drives.”
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. Why Mr. Smith mistook New York for Rome?
2. What did Mr. Smith find while looking for his address?
3. Where was the policeman born?
4. Did Mr. Smith believe he was still in New York?
5. Where was the policeman taking Mr. Smith to?
Today is Sunday, but Jack is going to school. He goes to tennis school. The tennis lessons will start at ten o’clock. Jack is very excited because his tennis teacher, Ms. Brown, is a great teacher. She wants to help Jack to be stronger and play better.
Ms. Brown tells Jack if he has a good rest, eats healthy food and practices hard every day, he can be very strong and good at playing tennis. Jack believes her. He decides to eat lot of fruit and vegetables and go to bed early every night. He will also exercise a lot.
In Jack’s town, there isn’t a public place to play tennis, so Jack can’t play tennis every day. Jack and his friend Emily often go jogging（慢跑）in the park after school.
If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, Jack and Emily will go jogging. Next month, Emily will take tennis lessons with Jack. Jack is glad to hear about this.
1. Is Jack going to school this Sunday?2. Who teaches Jack tennis lessons?
3. Why can’t Jack play tennis every day?
4. Where does Jack go jogging after school?
Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step(脚步) after another finally brings a person to the top. Along the way, he can stop and look around. And the higher he climbs, the more wonderful his view is. If he keeps climbing, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way to see everything.
Now learning a foreign language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is more than a look at the surface of things. It can open the way into people’s minds and hearts and into a culture that is very different from your own culture. This will make you richer, richer in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot(踏上) on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair traveler through books.
The mountain climber stops now and then to enjoy the scenery around him. Reading is just like this. If you are interested in it, you will find fun in books.
1. Is climbing a mountain easy?
2. What will he have if he keeps climbing?
3. Can learning languages open the way into people’s minds and hearts?
4. How will learning languages make you?
5. Where will you find fun if you are interested in reading?
6. 翻译文中划横线的句子。
Hello, boys and girls! My name is Dick. I’m a boy. I’m a robot (机器人). Please look here. These are my hands. My arms are long. I have no hair. This is my face. I have two big eyes, a long nose and a wide mouth. Here are my big ears. I have short legs and two big _ (foot). I can walk(步行). I can speak Chinese, but I can’t speak English. I’m your good friend.
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：完成句子，每空一词。
1. Dick doesn’t have
2. Dick can speak
任务二：用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
3.
任务三：将画线的句子译成汉语。
4.
任务四：回答问题。
5. Does Dick have a nose?
| Time | this Sunday morning | Food | bread, chicken, rice |
| Place | Zhongshan Park(公园) | Drinks | orange juice, milk |
| People | Yukio, Helen, Steve, Jane | Others | kite, knife, glasses |
根据表格内容，完成任务。
任务一：回答问题。
1. What do they want to do this Sunday morning?
They want
2. What food do they take?
They take
任务二：判断正(T)误(F)。
3. Five kids have a picnic in Zhongshan Park.
4. They take orange juice and milk with them.
任务三：选择正确答案。
5. What can they do in the park?
| A．They can fly a kite there. |
| B．They can drink milk there. |
| C．They can eat hamburgers there. |
A. Here is Jilin Children’s Hospital .It is at 135 Jiling Street Jilin City. There are many advanced equipment about children. Zhao Weibing is a famous doctor. His telephone number is (0432) 6983245. And E-mail is Zhaoweibing@sohu. com.
B. HongXing Supermarket lies in the center of Wanda. Lots of goods are sold. Foods, vegetables and fruits are for sale now. On the second floor, Some clothes for children are on sale, and the price is the lowest of all.. Welcome to choose.
C. The Painting on World of Sports . In the city center lies a famous stadium where the first-class sportsmen are training for the coming games. You are allowed to take some pictures of them when they are training.
D.This is Jiling Jiajia Company. It is at 35 Jiling Street Jilin City.There are lots of compers and mobile phones here. We can also repair these machines. Li Weihua is a computer engineer. His telephone number is (0432)2458988. E-mail: 1 wh988@263.com.
1. Mrs White is free today. She can go to ________ to buy something for her daily life.
2. Li Ping, a famous Chinese artist, who is good at painting and drawing. He can go to______.
3. There is something wrong with my computer. What should I do ?
You can go to _______ and ask for help.
4. If my baby has a fever, I will go to ______and try to know some ways to avoid common cold.
