Page 8. Hear the Language. Part A. LISTEN

Unit one

page 8: hear the language

part A: Listen

1:

first I want to talk about how psychologists like myself measure happiness.

psychologists

myself

measure happiness

2:

one common method, psychologists use is interviewing people.

common

method

interviewing

people

3:

we use all of this data to determine the most common characteristics of happy people.

data

determine

characteristics

happy

4:

one study found that 60 to 64-year-olds are actually happier than 20 to 24-year-olds

study

60

actually

20

5:

we know that money, education and youth are not important to happiness.

money

education

important

6:

A study of students at the University of Illinois found that the happiest students had strong connections to family and friends.

students

university

happiest

connections

7:

another common feature of happy people is that they have religious beliefs or a belief in something bigger than themselves.

feature

religious

beliefs

figure

8:

this is because, research shows that happiness depends a lot on our personality.

because

research

depends

personality

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and giving or helping others, makes us feel better about ourselves.

giving

helping

others

better

10:

for example, the gratitude visit only makes people happier for about three months.

example

gratitude

only

happier