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A:  What do you think people need to be happy?                                            

B: I think money is the most  important thing.

A: Really? Why do you think that?

B: Because if you have money,  you can buy things you want.

A: That’s true. I think that’s  important, but I think your family is important, too.

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l  The importance of having  friends

Who ever we are, we need friends. Friendship is like air. And no one can live without it.  

Different from relatives, friends have the same interests, thoughts and attitudes toward life wth us, sharing happiness and sadness with us.

Friends are like windows through which we see the world,  a way in which we contact the world. 

The uniqueness of friendship is remarkable even out of our imagination. 

You will separate yourself from the real world if you don't have friends.  And your life is bound to be unimaginative.

l  The importance of good  health

Health is important because:  

It helps in the attainment of personal ambition

It favors personal efficiency

It contributes to an individual's  lifespan

It has much to do with happiness and  success

It permits people to conserve their  earnings

One of the most critical factoring  human’s lives is their “Health". If the person is unhealthy, there's  nothing much that he could do to be productive in life.

Only when we are healthy, we can do all things we like to enjoy life.

With good health, we can do any things we dream of.

• The significance of  education

The  knowledge teachers taught makes us be constantly growing and learn about the  world better.

It  is the education that creates many great inventors, scientists, physicists  who has brought great convenience to us, such as Thomas Alva Edison who  invented electric light bulb which helps human beings walk out the dark ages.  I bet that if there is not the education, man's life will be in chaos.

Supplemental Information:

Located in Scandinavia, the country of Denmark is  approximately 43,000 square kilometers and has a population of 5.6 million.  The book Thrive shares the results  of one specific happiness test, but the country of Denmark has consistently  scored high on many different kinds of happiness tests, leading many to call  it the happiest place on Earth. It  seems that no matter the survey, the people of Denmark report being very  happy. An interesting point that many researchers highlight about the Danes,  in addition to the government services and lifestyle circumstances described  in the audio, is that they trust others easily. This intuitive sense of trust  in both friends and strangers alike may lead to a more stress-free and  therefore carefree time in both work and personal life

Language  Note

In addition to the  comparing and contrasting language taught above, it is also common to use  comparative adjectives when comparing two things. For example, I think people in Denmark are happier than people in my country.  The people of San Luis Obispo seem  more active than people in my hometown. The modifiers more or less will be useful when  discussing things. For example, They  pay more taxes in Denmark than in Japan. My friends spend less time at clubs than Danes. Some other useful  phrases for introducing contrasts are:  on the other hand, however, whereas.

Supplemental Information:

China rises in world  happiness rankings: UN report

China  ranked 79th among 155 countries in happiness levels in 2017, up from 83rd  last year, according to a United Nations report released on March 20.

According  to the 2017 World Happiness Report, produced by the Sustainable Development  Solutions Network of the UN, China came out ahead of countries including  Portugal (89) and India (122), with its citizens reporting more and more  satisfaction with living standards and quality of life.

Despite  China's significant ascension in the rankings, the report contrasts the  country's sharply growing per capita income over the past 25 years with life  evaluations that fell steadily from 1990 until about 2005, recovering since  then to 1990 levels. Experts attributed this drop to rising unemployment and  fraying social safety nets; recovery has since occurred in both areas.

The  report also noted that lower-income and older segments of the Chinese  population have suffered most, and their life satisfaction remains below the  1990 levels. Upper-income and younger populations have, in contrast, enjoyed  a fairly constant level or modest improvement of life satisfaction.

The  happiness rankings are based on six factors: per capita gross domestic  product, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, social support and  absence of corruption in government or business.

Western  Europe and North America dominated the top spots, with Norway named the  happiest country in the world. The Central African Republic came in last  place.

Reference：

the World  Happiness Index

Every year,  the World Happiness Index surveys numerous people from various  countries around the world in search of, as the name implies, which country  has the happiest population. This year’s winner is Denmark, followed closely  by Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway.

So how do  the researchers come up with this list? The process is actually rather  simple, as the Index's website explains: "The rankings are based on  answers to the main life evaluation question asked. This is called the  Cantril ladder: it asks respondents to think of a ladder, with the best  possible life for them being a 10, and the worst possible life being a 0.  They are then asked to rate their own current lives on that 0 to 10  scale."

In short,  the researchers straight-up asked people to rank their own happiness. These  answers are then weighted based on six other factors: levels of GDP, life  expectancy, generosity, social support, freedom, and corruption.