Lesson 1

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD MORE

/wərld/
noun
noun: world; noun: the world; plural noun: worlds

1. the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features. "he was doing
his bit to save the world" Synonym: earth, globe, planet, sphere
a. all of the people, societies, and institutions on the earth. “world affairs" Synonym:
everyone, everybody, each and every one, people, mankind, humankind,
humanity, people everywhere, the whole world, the world at large, the public, the
general public, the population,
b. denoting one of the most important or influential people or things of its class.
"they had been brought up to regard France as a world power"
c. another planet like the earth. "the possibility of life on other worlds” Synonym:
planet, satellite, moon, star,
d. the material universe or all that exists; everything.
2. a region or group of countries. "the English-speaking world”
a. a period of history. "the ancient world"
b. a group of living things. "the animal world"
 c. the people, places, and activities to do with a particular thing. "they were a legend
in the world of British theater" Synonym: sphere, society, circle, arena, milieu,
province, domain, territory, orbit, preserve, field, area, department, sector,
section, group, division
d. a person's life and activities. noun: one's world; plural noun: one's worlds "he
felt his whole world had collapsed"
3. human and social interaction. "he has almost completely withdrawn from the world"
Synonym: society, high society, human existence
a. secular interests and affairs. "parents are not viewed as the primary educators of
their own children, either in the world or in the Church"
b. a stage of human life, either mortal or after death. "in this world and the next"

A. Reading
The happiest country in the world

Finland has been ranked the happiest country

in the world for the second time in a row. The
Nordic nation topped the 2019 World
Happiness Report, which ranked 156
countries around the world on factors
including life expectancy, freedom, GDP and
corruption.

Finland’s Nordic neighbours Denmark,

Norway and Iceland weren’t far
behind, taking second, third and fourth place
respectively. The Nordic countries have
dominated the index since its inception in 2012. Elsewhere in Europe, the Netherlands,
Switzerland, Sweden and Austria also appeared in the top 10. The other two spots in the top 10
happiest countries were filled by New Zealand and Canada, ranking in eighth and ninth
place respectively.

At the other end of the spectrum, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Afghanistan came
bottom of the ranking.

The UK came 15th and Ireland was 16th, while the US took 19th place.

“The world is a rapidly changing place,” said Professor John Helliwell, co-editor of the report.
“How communities interact with each other whether in schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods or
on social media has profound effects on world happiness.”

The ranking comes as Finland launches a “rent a Finn” tourism initiative, which encourages
tourists to travel to the country to meet eight Finns who will act as “happiness guides”.
Applicants have to film a short video explaining why they would like to visit Finland to win a
trip.

10 happiest countries in the 10 least happy countries

world 1. South Sudan
2. Central African Republic
1. Finland
3. Afghanistan
2. Denmark
4. Tanzania
3. Norway
5. Rwanda
4. Iceland
6. Yemen
5. Netherlands
7. Malawi
6. Switzerland
8. Syria
7. Sweden
9. Botswana
8. New Zealand
10. Haiti
9. Canada
10. Austria

EXERCISE

List 7 information about your beloved country

1. ___________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________________
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
Listen to your teacher and complete this following tenses table

Present Simple

Continuous

Perfect

Perfect
Continuous

Past Simple

Continuous

Perfect
 Perfect
Continuous

Future Will

Tobe going
to

Present
Continuous
for Future

Continuous

Perfect

EXERCISE

Make 8 Sentences about yourself in present, past, and future.

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________

4. ________________________________________________________________________

5. ________________________________________________________________________

6. ________________________________________________________________________
 7. ________________________________________________________________________

8. ________________________________________________________________________

C. SPEAKING
Work in group and create imaginary information about some people in these following
pictures.

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