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b. A description of Finland’s way of life.

c. A worldwide survey about happiness.

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“I feel privileged”, says Leena, a 22-year-old woman who lives in Helsinki, the country’s capital. “I live in a country that is safe and where people are generous and care for one another. I travel to different countries five or six times a year, I am friendly, and I know people from many different parts of the world. I love visiting new places, but after some time away, I want to go back home. I miss my place and my people.”

Leena’s words summarize the feelings of a nation, a happy nation, or, as the report says: “The happiest nation in the world.” a. The survey includes people from every country in the world. b. The questions in the survey try to determine how happy people are. c. Having money is very important to Finnish people. d. The Finnish government focuses on three basic issues to contribute to its citizens’ well-being. e. Leena has friends all over the world. f. Being the happiest people of the world makes the Finnish people very proud. a. What does the UN survey measure? b. What does “well-being” mean? c. Where do the happiest citizens live? d. What are the three issues the Finnish government focuses on?

2. Read the article on page 8 and write “T” (true), “F” (false) or “NM” (not mentioned).

3. Read the article again and answer the questions.

4. Listen to Nina, Derek, Brooke and Thomas and complete the chart with the words in the box. Canada – Finland – Austria – New Zealand – travelling – playing sports – being with friends – living in Finland

What makes him/her happy a. Being healthy. b. Doing things for others. c. Doing well at school/work. d. Having a lot of money. a. Can you think of other qualities to add to the list in activity 5? Write them. b. Does Leena look like a happy woman? Explain. c. Are you a happy person? What makes you happy? e. Having many friends. f. Travelling.

5. Rank the qualities below (1= the most important, to 6 = the least important). Then share and compare your ranking with a partner´s.

What makes people happy?

6. Pair work. Discuss the questions below.

Describing people: appearance

1. Label the pictures with the words in the box. Then listen and check.

beard – braces – chubby – curly – freckles – glasses – long – short – short – slim – straight – tall

2. Read about Brad and choose the correct picture.

Joe, Camille, Peter and Beth are very excited. They’re waiting for a new classmate. His name’s Brad and he’s a foreign exchange student. He’s 13 years old and he comes from Liverpool, UK. Of course, they don’t know him, but they have a picture of him. He’s a short and slim boy with green eyes and blond hair. He wears glasses and he has freckles.

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