CERN <220 0c Learning Can scan short texts to locate specific information. 41. Look at the pictures. What do they remind you? Do you know their names? 2, Read the fable quickly. Guess its title. (Once upon a time, there was a litle boy whose father was 4 shepherd. The father and son worked together guarding the sheep of their village. One day the father said fo the litle boy, | have to go to town. You must guard the sheep ‘by yourself. If a wolf comes, cry, “Wolf, wolt!” and the men of the vitage will come to protect you. 3. Fill n the blanks with the correct word according to the text. .Ashepherd is. An). ‘farmer b.abutcher _c. a caretaker of sheep b. To wonder means, ” a.toquestion b.toknow —_¢. to travel Tobe furious means tobe ad) a. very hungry b. very angry ©. very frightened. 4. Tobe frightened means tobe __(ad,) a. very scared —b. very cold. very hungry ‘4. Read the text again, Write true or fal ‘a. The father and son worked together guarding the sheep of ‘their town. () . a wolf comes, men will come to save the boy. (ae . The men were very happy because there wasn" any wolf. ) 4. The ttle boy was extremely anxious (—) 5. What do you think the answers to these questions are? ‘a. Why did the father leave alone the litle boy taking care of sheep? ', Why did he cry “Wot” when the wolf wasn't there? ‘©. What were the wolf's characteristics in this story? <. Why didn't the men save him? 7.1m small groups read the following proverbs and decide which one of these, isthe best moral for this story. Share and support your ideas with the class, 2, Never le to your minster, doctor or lawyer ». Truth is stranger than fiction ‘Honesty isthe best policyPETTY TD Learning Objective: Can skim a short text to identity its main purpose. 1. Look at this picture. What comes to your mind when you see it? Discuss with a partner. 2, Read the article quickly. Choose the best title for the text. 2. Allis ofthe things that makes you happy. . What is Happiness? c. How to achieve happiness (1) Do you know what makes you happy? Maybe you have alist in your mind of all the things that make you happy. ‘Many of them ae realy funny and you feel confident when doing them because you feel well and all around you is ok. (2) For most people, fun is not enough for real happiness. Paul Dolan wrote a book called Happiness by Design. He thinks happiness comes from both pleasure and purpose. If _most ofthe things on your list are about pleasure, itis what ee Mie yes tie ae scsmes MAYBE IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THIN! 3. Read the text again and write true or false: ‘2. People feel worried when doing funny things. (ss) . Dolan thinks happiness comes from pleasure and purpose, ( ) «. Things that produce pleasure makes you sad. ( ) 4. Some activities might be motivating because they work for the good of people. cae) 4, Match the sentence which better fits with a paragraph from the text. Its important to check the things we usually do in ‘order to get the purpose of our ie. _—— Sometimes itis dificult to find @ purpose in the things we don't like to do, but we have to be postive. _—— People feel happy when they do funny things. —— We have to find happiness in the things that we do, ‘not only in the ones that make us pleasure, 5. Read the text one more time. Could you find the main purpose of the text? Share and support your ideas with a partner. 7. Write a list of things that make you happy. Select the ‘ones which bring purpose to your life. Share your ideas with a partner