Impersonal sentences

1. H/w: In pairs discuss Chapter 2 of your book for home reading
- Retell your partner waht happened in your chapter.
- Have your partner ask you some new words from your list. (15 min)

2. Change partners. In pairs compare your answers to the home exercises. Questions?
Submit your handouts to me for checking.

3.  Test results. Questions.

4. Step 31  

Impersonal sentences: pp. 1-3

5. Role-play 1

Student A is depressed.
Student B used to be depressed, but not any more. Give advice/recommendations to Student A as to how to feel better.

Use impersonal sentences and expressions on p. 3.

6. Role-play 2

Change roles (The Student B from the previous role-play becomes student A in this role-play)

Student A does not have many friends.
Student B has many friends and has a very active social life. Give Student A advice/recommendations on how to make more friends.

7. Text about happiness  

Pre-reading: Is it important to feel happy? Why? Is it possible to feel happy all the time?

Reading.

Comprehension exercises 1 & 2.

Some surveys say that most young people are happiest when they spend time with their family.  -
According to some surveys, it is important for young people to spend time with their families to feel happy.
Others say, it's when they are with friends. -
According to some other research, it is vital to have have friends in order to feel happy.

H/w:

1) Based on the text about happiness (see class materials to access the text) pleasewrite some recommendations as to how to feel happier. For example:

Some surveys say that most young people are happiest when they spend time with their family.  -
According to some surveys, it is important for young people to spend time with their families to feel happy.
Others say, it's when they are with friends. -
According to some other research, it is vital to have have friends in order to feel happy.

Write 5 or more IMPERSONAL sentences. (It is + Adjective + Infinitive)

2) Write a small essay (1 paragraph long) about the things that make you happy. Make sure to use impersonal sentences and the expressions from p. 3 (Step 30).

2) Watch a Ted video on happiness:
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?language=en

 Recommendations:

- At first, watch the whole video with English subtitles
- Then watch it again with Russian subtitles and check your comprehension
- Finally, watch it again with English subtitles and write out some of the new words.

Be ready to answer the questions about the content of the video.