1 READING & LISTENING EXTRA
PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1
1 Work in pairs and discuss. What makes you happy?
5 Match the words and phrases in bold in the
article with their synonyms 1–8.
It makes me happy to listen music, sing different
1 being covered in water getting wet
songs, share time with my family
2 looking at what other people are doing people
2 Read the title of the article below. What things watching
do you think make most people happy? 3 friends and family their loved ones
Failling in love 4 late delayed
5 feeling unhappy or angry bad mood
3 Read the article and check your ideas from Exercise 6 the best favourite
2. 7 lots of wind and rain Stormyday
8 relaxing very calming
4 Read the article again. Who talks about
the following: Ben (B), Hannah (H) or 6 1.1 Listen to Peter and Kate being
Laura (L)? interviewed for the same magazine article.
1 Being at home. H Number the things that make them happy in the
2 Something that helps them relax. L order you hear them (1–7).
3 Being outside.L working
4 Other people’s happiness. B spending time with family and friends helping
5 Listening to something. H other people
6 Enjoying bad weather. L going on holiday
lazy weekends
7 People going on holiday. B
playing with a dog
8 Something the author agrees with. H skiing
7 Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false
What makes us happy? (F)? Correct the false sentences.
1 Peter doesn’t like spending time with his family
L ast month, I stopped
100 people in the street and
asked them what made them happy. Most people told me what
and friends.
2 Peter prefers to be active at weekends.
3 Peter got married at the top of a mountain.
I expected – falling in love, spending time with family and
4 Kate works as a doctor in a children’s hospital.
friends, money
– but a few people had some really interesting answers. My 5 Kate doesn’t love everything about her job.
favourites, and their reasons, are below. 6 Kate only works Monday to Friday.
Ben told me that what really makes him happy is people
watching, especially in airports. ‘You see a lot of happiness in 8 Complete the extracts with the correct words.
airports, especially in the Arrivals area. I love seeing people’s Listen to check your answers.
faces as they see their loved ones return from holiday, or the 1 … the usual things I suppose … spending
faces of the travellers when they see who is there waiting for with my family and friends …
them.’ Ben then said, ‘Don’t look for the same happy faces in 2 And the exciting feeling you get as you
Departures, though – people there are often stressed or angry down the side of the mountain …
because their flights are delayed, or sad because they’re saying
goodbye to someone!’ 3 I don’t a lot of money …
Hannah told me that what makes her really happy is the sound of 4 I have to long hours and at
the rain. ‘I love it!’ she said. ‘I love hearing the rain falling weekends.
against my bedroom window when I’m in bed. Firstly, it makes 5 But it’s it for the feeling of joy and
me happy that I’m not outside getting wet, and secondly, I think satisfaction I get …
the sound of rain falling is very calming and it helps me get to 6 … even though they’re , the
sleep at night.’ children are really funny …
Finally, on a similar note, Laura told me that she actually loves
walking in the rain – the heavier the better! ‘Wild weather, and 9 Work in pairs and discuss. Use language
particularly rain and wind, makes me so happy, and I love being from Exercise 8 to help you.
outside in it,’ she said. ‘There’s nothing better than walking 1 What kind of holidays make you happy? Why?
along the beach on a stormy day, especially if I’m tired or in
2 Does your job or what you study make you happy?
a bad mood – it always makes me feel better.’
I’m not sure I agree with Laura, but it’s a very good answer. I Why/Why not?
think my favourite answer is Hannah’s, because that’s what
makes me happy, too!
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