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1、Unit15TheRootsofHappiness:AnEmpiricalAnalysisLead-inQuestions1.Whatisyourunderstandingofhappiness?Listsomepopularsayingsonthedefinitionofhappiness.2.Whatdoyouthinkaretheingredientsofhappiness?Makealistofthedeterminantsofhappiness.Paragraph1Whydoesthewritersaythatthequestionoftheroots
2、ofhappinesshasbeenmuchofspeculation?Thehypothese,whichhavenotgonethroughtheoreticalevaluation,canonlybecalledasspeculation.Howmanyquestionsareraisedinthisparagraph?Five.Whydoesthewriterasksomanyquestionsinthefirstparagraph?Thewriterintendstocallreaders’attentionto,andthenproceedtoexp
3、lorethecausesofhappiness.muchofspeculation:mostlyaconjecturewithoutfirmevidencespeculation:theactofguessingwithoutknowingallthefactsaboutsthFormerspeculationsaboutlifeonotherplanetsweremereguesses.Theirspeculationsarestillfarfromthetruth.Hypothesis:anideathatissuggestedasapossibleway
4、ofexplainingasituation,provinganidea,etc,whichhasnotyetbeenshowntobetrueEg.Differenthypotheseshavebeenputforwardtoexplainwhyanumberofshipsandaircraftdisappearinthatarea.(pl.hypotheses)Similarexamples:basis(plbases),thesis(theses),diagnosis(diagnoses)Abound:toexistinverylargenumbersor
5、quantitiesTheseessaysaboundinwit.Ihavevisitedseveralplacesaboundingwithdeer.Paragraph2-18Namethefactorsthatarenotimportanttohappiness,thosethataresomewhatimportantandthosethatareveryimportant?UNIMPORTANTmoney,age,gender,parenthood,intelligence,physicalattractiveness,community.SOMEWHA
6、TIMPORTANThealth,socialactivity,religion,cultureMOSTIMPORTANTlovemarriageworkpersonalityHighlight:tomakeaproblemorsubjecteasytonoticesothatpeoplepayattentiontoitTheprimeminister’sspeechhighlightedtheimportanceofmilitarydefense.ThereportofDept.ofCommercehighlightedtheneedtoreducetheta
7、riffs.Voracious:eatingorwantinglargequantitiesoffood;extremelyeagertogainknowledgeHehasavoraciousappetite.Marieisavoraciousreader.Sheiseagertoreadallsortsofmagazinesandbooks.hassle:1）sththatisannoyingordifficulttodoWashingisarealhassleinahousewithonecoldtap.2）anargumentWehadalonghass
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