BEING HAPPIER. Task Answer the questions.
1.Did you learn anything from this article?
2.What do you do every day that makes you happy?
3. What things do you do that will make you unhappy?
4. Do you discuss politics or religion with your family and friends? What are the results of such discussions?
5. Do you worry a lot?
6. What foods do you consider healthy and delicious? Do you eat quickly or slowly?
7. Can you tolerate complete silence in your home?
8. Do you always treat people how you would like to be treated? Why? Why not?
9. Do you plan your day? What are your priorities?
10. What things are you grateful for?
BEING HAPPIER
Read the text, translate it attentively. Pay attention to the words written in boldface
Happiness is the only true measure of personal success. Making other people happy is the highest expression of success, but it's almost impossible to make others happy if you're not happy yourself.
With that in mind, here are nine small changes that you can make to your daily routine that, if you're like most people, will immediately increase the amount of happiness in your life:
1. Look forward to each day and expect good things to happen to you.
If there's any big truth about life, it's that you usually get what you expect. Therefore, when you get up in the morning, make your first thought: "Something wonderful is going to happen today."
2. Take time to plan and set priorities.
The most common source of stress is the feeling that you've got too much work to do. Make a rough plan of your day and set priotities. Don’t let your workload overwhelm you.Pick one thing that, if you get it done today, will make you feel really good about yourself.
3. Give a gift to everyone you meet.
I'm not talking about a formal, gift-wrapped present. Your gift can be your smile, a word of thanks or encouragement, a gesture of politeness, even a friendly nod. And never pass beggars without leaving them something. Peace of mind is worth the spare change.
4.Don’t discuss things for which there is no “right” answer.
Arguments about politics and religion never have a "right" answer but they definitely make people angry or upset about things they can't control. When such topics arise say something like: "Let’s talk about something else because that topic will only upset us.”
5.Treat people with respect.
Since you can't read minds.You don't really know why people act the way they do,so treat everyone how you yourself would like to be treated .It doesn’t matter if people sometimes don’t treat you similarly ,but at least you have tried.That will make you feel good.
6. Eat high quality food slowly.
Sometimes we can't avoid eating food that we know is not really good for us. Even so, at least once a day try to eat something that is really delicious and good for your. Eat is slowly. Concentrate on it; taste it; savor it.
7. Let go of your results.
The big enemy of happiness is worry, which comes from focusing on events that you cannot control. Once you've taken action, there's usually nothing more you can do. Focus on what you are doing at present and don’t think of all the bad things that could happen.
8. Turn off "background" TV.
Many households leave their TVs on as "background noise" while they're doing other things. The entire point of TV is to make you dissatisfied with your life so that you'll buy more things. Select the programmes you watch carefully.Learn to appreciate silence.
9. End each day with gratitude.
Just before you go to bed, write down at least one wonderful thing that happened to you that day. It might be something as small as a making a child laugh or something as huge as making a lot of money. Whatever it is, be grateful for that day because it will never come again.
Здесь, вообще, личные вопросы, много ума не надо. Можно просто написать на русском ответы и в переводчик перевести на английский, но вот мои ответы, например
1) Yes, I learned from this article about writing good things that happened to you during a day.
2) I watch a good show or read comics every single day and it somehow makes my day.
3) If I didn't do anything useful or something that I like during whole day then it will make me unhappy.
4) Sometimes we discuss political issues in our family and usually everything ends up with quarrel.
5) No, I don't.
6) I consider almost all food healthy an delicious unless it fastfood and fizzy drinks.
7) Yes, I can.
8) I always treat people good if they treat me the same way, because there's usually no reason for me to treat them bad.
9) I don't plan my days all the time, but most of the time I do, but it just to not forget to do some things.
10) Actually I'm grateful for everything that I have right now.