Happiness
The ABC of Happiness
Aspire to reach your potential
Believe in yourself
Create a good life
Dream about what you might become
Exercise frequently
Glorify the creative spirit
Humour yourself and others
Imagine great things
Joyfully live each day
Kindly help others
Love one another
Meditate daily
Nurture the environment
Organize for harmonious action
Praise performance well done
Regulate your behaviour
Smile often
Think rationally
Understand yourself
Value life
Work for the common good
X-ray and carefully examine problems
Yearn to improve
Zestfully pursue happiness.
Let`s think
Most of us would like to be happy, if only we knew how. What makes people happy? Can we realise how happy we are? A famous philosopher says that we are happy when we don’t notice this feeling. Do you agree with this statement? We have many problems in our life. The most serious of them are problems concerning family. There are so many families without children… Parents must make their choice…
Read and learn the following words:
Abortion (n) [ə bə:∫ (ə) n] аборт
Brain (n) [brein] мозг
Fetus (n) [ fi:təs] плод, зародыш, эмбрион
Handicapped (mentally, physically) [ nændikæpt] с физическими, умственными недостатками; умственно неполноценный
Health insurance [ helӨ in ∫uər(ə)ns медицинская страховка
Husband (n) [ h^zbənd] муж
Pregnancy (n) беременность
To be pregnant [ pregnənt] быть беременной
To marry (v) [ mæri] жениться, выходить замуж
To be married [ mærid] быть замужем, женатым
To give birth (to) [ bə:Ө] родить ребенка
To develop (v) [di veləp] развивать(ся)
Wife (n) [waif] жена
Exercise 1. Give words or phrases (from the glossary) for the following definitions:
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The organ inside the top of the head that controls the body; the mind, intelligence.
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The woman to whom a man is married.
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Physically or mentally disabled.
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Unite a man and woman legally for the purpose of living together.
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An agreement to compensate someone for damage or injury in return for a payment.
Exercise 2. Choose 3 any words from the glossary and make your own sentences with them.
Exercise 3. Choose the word or words which best complete the sentences.
Pregnant married gave birth abortion develop
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They have been …for 10 years.
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My sister … to a wonderful baby.
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Jane is … with her fifth child.
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… is a removal of a baby from the womb before it has developed enough to survive.
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They … bad habits.
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences.
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Они женаты 5 лет.
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Катя ждет ребенка.
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Многие люди выступают против абортов.
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Зародыш развивается нормально и умственно, и физически.
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Медицинская справка оплачивается компанией.
Exercise 5. Read and translate the text «The unborn child». A wife and husband have to make a difficult decision. Find out: What are they trying to decide?