Unit 1 Fiance and Trade,Text A The Economics of Happiness,Yang Lijing,Teaching form,Theoretical and technical course,Teaching Objectives,Difficult and Important points,Teaching methods,Multimedia TeachingTheoretical TeachingDicussion and Practice,Teaching Contents,Warming-up,Watching and Discussing,language and Cultural Points of Text A,Happiness,and,Money,杨丽姜 2015.9.11,Warming-up,Teaching form: teaching,discussion and debate course,Objectives,Difficult and important point,Teaching method,Teaching content,What is happiness? Views about money Relationship between happiness and money,What is happiness ?,Have you ever thought of the question of what is “happiness”? Living is the biggest happiness. Be yourself and do whatever you like to do is happiness. Happiness can visit you at such times: When you are striving for an definite aim and when you make others happy. The combination of family, love and health is happiness. Freedom, health, good relationship and money make up happiness. Yes, everybody has his or her understanding on happiness.,Happiness is a mystery .You let a thousand people to answer. And there will be a thousand answers.,What is happiness to you?,Brainstorming,happiness,?,Material Happiness,Spiritual Happiness,Clothes,Food,Live,Travel,Material Happiness,SpiritualHappiness,Be gratitude for people around you and love them,Happiness is a state of well-being and contentment，a pleasurable or satisfying experience,Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude,Read more books， feed your mind， be a thoughtful man,Happiness,The thing that all of us strive to find and keep Happiness material goods + high achievement? Happiness your outlook on life + the quality of your relationships with the people around you？,Why should we be happy?,Steps to be happy,1. Be optimistic,We each have a baseline level of happiness. No matter what happens, good or bad, the effect on our happiness is only temporary and we should be optimistic!,2. Follow your gut,Follow your heart and do what you are interested in or like. You need to make a CHOISE to take a CHANCE or your life will never CHANGE.,3. Make enough money to meet your basic needs,food, shelter, and clothing US= $40,000 per year not necessarily make you happier,4. Stay close to friends and family,Mobile society increases in salary Happinesspeople feel more financially secure (and happier) when theyre on similar financial footing as the people around them, regardless of what that footing is.,5. Smile,Smile elevates your mood.,6. Forgive,Forgiveness contributes to better health. Literally, forgiveness make your heart calm. It may lower the perception of stress.,Hope everyone happy forever!Thats all， thanks for your listening,2.Views about money,2.Famous quotation about money,money is the evil source money make the mare to go,2.Relationship between money and happiness,Have you ever thought of the relationship between money and happiness?The relationship is we have to base happiness on the material things by which using money can gain. In other words, money plays a basic , significant and unreplaceable role in consistence of happiness.However, we never deny that there are many precious things that we cant buy with money.,People often say that: Money can buy a house, but not a home. Money can buy a bed, but not sleep. Money can buy a clock, but not time. Money can buy book, but not knowledge. Money can buy food, but not an appetite. Money can buy position, but not respect. Money can buy blood, but not life. Money can buy medicine, but not health. Money can buy marriage, but not love. Money can buy insurance, but not safety.,Different people have different attitudes toward money, but more money more happiness. The key to it is if you can make money produce more social values.,Conclusion,Many studies over the last 50 years have found that people in rich countries are happier than people in poor countries. They have also found that people in poor countries become happier as they get rich. Money is created for us to control and for our convenience. its not made to control us.,Conclusion,Good things like mellow wine but money are often blamed by people who is overused them because of their greed. People dont know how to treasure what has been achieved and owned. That is exactly why they always think that “the grass is greener on the other side of fence”. You should feel satisfied and cherish what you already gained at certain time.,In conclusion, find genuine happiness with certain more money more happiness. After all, money makes a man free everywhere.,Homework,search some imformation about money an happiness Review the text,Reference 1. Ellite College English Course Zhang Hui 华东师范大 学出版社2. Material from the internet,