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    Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ______________

    Health and happiness


    Which one of these things make you feel happy? Order them from 1 to 5
    (5 = most happy) Check answers in pairs.

    Sleeping for long time

    Having money

    Relaxing on holiday

    Going out with friends

    Doing exercise
    Measuring
    Health and Happiness

    The small country of Bhutan in the Himalayan So does happiness equal money and good
    mountains is over one thousand years old. In the health? Not according to the artist Erik Krikortz.
    past it was a poor country and not many people He feels that there are other ways of measuring
    visited it. But nowadays, it is becoming more and happiness. Krikortz has a website, and visitors
    more popular with tourists. Medicine and health is click on different happy or sad faces to comment
    improving and its economy is growing. King Jime on how well they sleep, their family and friends,
    Singye Wangchuck, the king of Bhutan until 2006, their level of stress, their inspiration and their
    talked about his country’s ‘Gross National physical activity. When you finish, his website
    Happiness’. In other words, he thought happiness is adds the results for each area, and it gives you a
    the way to measure the country’s final result for your happiness.
    development.
    In his home city of Stockholm, Krikortz also shows
    But how do you measure happiness? Perhaps the results of his survey as different coloured
    health is the best way because a famous doctor lights on the side of a large building in the city. For
    once said, ‘Happy people generally don’t get sick.’ example, red means the people of Stockholm are
    It’s also easy to measure how many people feel ill or very happy, green is OK and purple means many
    unhealthy in a country. For example, one survey people are sad. ‘A lot of people look at the building
    says Iceland is the ‘healthiest country in the world’ every day and see how “we” are,’ Krikortz says.
    because men and women live a long time there, the The coloured lights are also useful if you feel like
    air is very clean and there are more doctors visiting the city. For example, if the lights are red,
    available per person than anywhere else in the you know the locals are feeling happy!
    world.

    However, there was another survey of the happiest


    countries in the world and Iceland was not near the
    top. The questions on this survey included: How
    much do you earn? How healthy are you? How safe
    do you feel? After visiting 155 different countries, the
    researchers decided that Denmark feels happier
    than other countries.

    Article adapted from the book Life Pre-intermediate


    Student’s book.
    Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ______________

    Reading Exercise
    A. Read for 5 minutes. Choose the correct answer for the questions (a-c), according
    to the article.

    1. How did the King of Bhutan measure the country’s development?

    a. By money b. by health c. by happiness

    2. Which is easier to measure?

    a. Happiness b. Health c. Sickness and ill health

    3. Why was Iceland number one in a survey?

    a. For its money b. For its health c. For its happiness

    4. What colour are the lights on the building when Stockholm is happy?

    a. Red b. green c. purple


    Follow up activity: Exercise 7. On the slides.

    In groups discuss paragraph 2 of the article.

    The doctor said, ‘Happy people generally don’t get sick.’ How much do you agree with
    this opinion?

    Extra questions for reading for detail. Verbal questions

    According to the information in the article.

    1. What do visitors to Krikortz’s website click on?


    a. Questions
    b. Faces
    c. Numbers

    2. How many categories does Krikortz have for measuring happiness?


    a. Three
    b. Five
    c. Seven

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