A- WARM UP

“To make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart.”
Discuss the following sentence with your partner. What does it stand for?

B-TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

Match these words with the correct definitions:

1. Prosperous: a. Not smooth.

2. Distant: b. Object made of animal hide(skin)
3. Rough: c. Skilled or knowledgeable because of experience.
4. Wise: d. A person employed to help a governor or king.
5. Servant: e. Rich, wealthy and comfortable.
6. Leather: f. Apart, far.

Don't Change the World

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to
some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very
painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was
very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.
Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that
unnecessary amount of money? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.
There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: to make this world a happy place to live, you better
change yourself - your heart; and not the world.

C- Put these sentences into the correct order

….He complained that his feet were very painful because of rough and stony roads.
….The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his servant’s suggestion of making shoes.
….He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.
….The king went for a trip to some distant areas of his country.

D-Find the mistake in each sentence

Then one of his wise servant dared himself to talk to the king.
To make this world a happy place to live, everybody better change themselves.
When the king turned back to his palace, he complains that his feet were very painful.

E- Which word doesn’t belong to the group?

1. Prosperous Comfortable Wealthy Well-off Indigent
2. Distant Remote Apart Far Nearby
3. Wise Profound Sagacious Skilled Ignorant
4. Servant Maid Slave Chief Assistant

F-TAKE YOUR TURN!

*What is the moral of this story?
*Write a composition referring to the sentence below.
“To make this world a happy place to live, you better change yourself - your heart.”