1 Read the article. Complete the sentences with a word from the text. Tarning more than $45,000 a year doesnt make you any happier:Who says this?An investment banker! 1 Money doesn't buy 2 Lottery winners were often happier _ they won. Most of us think that rich people are happy people, but research shows that money doesn't buy you happiness. Most lottery winners don't enjoy their win after the first moment of excitement. In fact, they often say they were happier before they won. When you see a photograph of a millionaire, how often are they smiling? Billionaires with ten houses and three yachts have more worries than ordinary people, and bigger bills. 3 Ordinary people don't have as many as rich people. 4 $45,000 a year is … … to buy the important things in life. 5 People who earn more than $45,000 a year ＿ always happier than people who earn less. A report by James Montier, who works for an investment bank, says that all you need is a salary of $45,000 a year. This is enough money to buy food, a home, clothes, and healthcare. People who earn more than this aren't necessarily any happier. 2 Answer the questions. The report also says: 1 According to James Montier, what is the secret to personal happiness? Give time and energy to close relationships. This, more than anything else, is the secret to personal happiness. Look at the world around you and see what is good about it. Smell the roses. Listen to the birds. 2 Why is exercise important? Exercise regularly. A healthy body means a healthy mind. Try to do a job you enjoy. We spend a third of our lives working. 3 What sort of job is best? Live in the moment. Enjoy what you're doing. Don't live in the past or the future. 4 What are the best things to do if you can afford it? The best thing to do with money 5 Why are experiences better than buying something? If you are lucky enough to have money, says the report, the best thing to do with it is to go on holiday with people you love or have life-changing experiences, such as walking the Himalayas or diving in the Red Sea. The memory of these experiences stays with you forever. 6 Why is it silly for the wife of a millionaire to buy her husband another car? If you buy a new car or a designer handbag, you are excited for a very short time, and then it is no longer exciting. Think of the millionaire wife who buys her husband a new £250,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom for his birthday. He already has 15 cars. What is he going to do with the sixteenth? How many cars can he drive at the same time? 7 What are the two things that really make us happy? The problem is that we think that money brings happiness. But we need to remember that what makes us really happyis friends and family. As John Lennon said, 'All you need is love.' 14 Unit 2 • Whatever makes you happy Реклама Детская футболка 3D Милуоки 825,0 руб 1 100,0 руб