2 p7.  4-5-1-3-2

3 p7.   1(b) 2(c) 3(c) 4(a) 5(a)

4 p7. Example answers:

1 I think the teachers may ask the students to discuss some happy experiences, then to compare them with unhappy ones. This may help them to think carefully about what makes them happy and how they can be happy in future.

2 • One activity might be a discussion on how to be happy. There might also be activities asking students to share their happy experiences. I guess most activities would involve groupwork.

   • I think the class might read some reports or fictional accounts of happiness and unhappiness. Students would then discuss times when they were happy or unhappy, and what madethem feel that way.

3 I suppose some will think the class is useful and some won't believe in it. Different students may have different opinions and reactions.

5 p8.

1 Bjoern             (b) (d) (f)

2 Wolfgang        (a) (e)

3 Pascal              (g)

4 Yosma             (c)

6 p8.

1 So that they can learn something about themselves.

2 It can lead to a higher self-consciousness.

3 It can lead to happiness.

4 A strengthening of the personality.

5 “Who am I as a person? Am I really happy?”

6 He thinks students can get indications of happiness from teachers.

7 Happinessscientists.

8 They don't write definitions on the board.

8 p8.  Example answers

The concept of happiness is not usually associated with school studies. However, a German school – Heidelberg's Willy Hellpach School – has introduced a happiness class, in addition to standard subjects such as languages and mathematics, into the school curriculum in order to boost students' morale.

The principal and teachers believe that happy students can learn more than unhappy ones. The happiness class activities aim to help students achieve happiness by encouraging a positive state of mind, which leads to higher self-esteem and self-consciousness. One exercise that has been given to students is to ask one of them to walk across the classroom; the others then copy his or her movements. In this way, each student becomes aware of how he or she moves. Understanding their own body better helps them to understand their state of mind.

The teachers believe that it takes time for students to achieve happiness. Most students realize that happiness is not a definition written on the board, but something they have to work hard to find for themselves. As a result, this is a new type of teaching which may have a long way to go before it catches on.

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p9

1 (a)             2 (d) 

Passage 1

2

Example answers

1 I think my teachers have had a major impact on my life. They are nice and supportive, and they've helped me learn and achieve a lot in school and university.

2 ● I have learnt to be more independent in organizing my life, study and thinking. I sometimes have to make decisions without my parents being there and I gain life experience by doing so.

  ● I think the biggest change that has happened to me is that I've learnt not to only follow books or teachers, but I've also begun to think for myself and to question the things taught to us. Being at university gives me resources to search online and read books from the library to broaden my vision of the world.

3 Travelling gives us opportunities to see people and societies from different angles. It allows us to meet more people, see more things with our own eyes and experience cultures which may be very different to the one we grew up in.

4 ● I suppose taking on a challenge, solving a problem or doing something we have never done before is an example of the kind of activity which will make us think hard, adapt ourselves and endure hardships.

  ●I would say working with very young children or the elderly makes people become more caring and protective. 

 ●Travelling to different places and experiencing new things can help us to have an open and understanding attitude towards the people around us.

3   1 (c)    2 (d)     3 (a)     4 (b) 

4

     1  tolerant; rounded

     2  close to; stand up

     3  beauty; generosity

     4  an opportunity; beyond the one

     5  behaved; selfish

     6  pretend; see through

     7  helping vitims; impact

     8  difficult times; a huge amount of

 5

 Example answers

1 Natural disasters such as the Sichuan earthquake make people think how powerful

nature is and how determined victims are to overcome their difficulties.

2 I think going to university broadens our vision of life through reading books, meeting different people and possibly travelling to new places. We are better equipped with knowledge, skills and understanding of people, society and life.

3 I would say experiences like disasters, hardships, generosity and kindness from others would make people reassess their own thinking and behaviour, and thus they learn from these experiences the most.

Passage 2

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Example Answers p10.

1  No, I like arts and I am a lively and social person, but my parents wanted me to do biochemistry,  so I spend most of my time in the labs.

2  My uncle talked to me about what to study at university. He told me that I must follow my heart and balance it with my ability. Of course I took his advice, because I always trust him.

3  I would tell them that they should ask first if they have any passion for the subject they intend to  study. If they think they don't know whether they have a passion for it, then they should read information about the subject online or ask people who hav studied the subject.

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1 Joan is an academic counsellor at Machester University.

2 She is talking to a presenter and a listener for a radio programme.

3 It is important because their subjedt choices are likely to have an impact on their future careers.

4 He wants to work in IT.

5 Not at all. (In Britain each university has a different mixture of courses; some courses can only be found in a few universities.)

 8 

1 strengths; weaknesses; personality; like; subjects; organized; confident; outgoing; a team; working alone

2 future career; into a particular area of work; chosen field; related industries; leading

3 vocational; graduates; high-flyers; career; practical; transferable; recruitment