新世纪综合教程2英语专业 unit 9 课后答案 lecture notes.docVIP

Unit 9 What Is Happiness Section One Pre-reading Activities II. Cultural information 1. Quote Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Franklin Roosevelt 2. The Pursuit of Happiness The Pursuit of Happiness is a 2006 American biographical film directed by Gabriele Muccino about the on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker Chris Gardner. The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name written by Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by Columbia Pictures. Chris Gardner is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. Section Two Global Reading I Text analysis What’s the author’s answer to the question “What is happiness”? According to the author, happiness lies in the idea of becoming, in the meaningful pursuit of what is life-engaging and life-revealing. What’s the author’s purpose of writing? To attempt a definition of happiness by setting some extremes to the idea and then working in toward the middle. II Structural analysis Divide the text into parts by completing the table. Paragraphs Main idea 1-2 The author points out that when we are not sure what happiness is, we tend to be misled by the idea that we can buy our way to it. 3-7 The author offers a number of examples to show how this misconception of happiness gives rise to the “happiness-market” in a highly commercialized society (the United States). 8-9 The author suggests striking a balance between what Thoreau called the low levels and the high levels. 10 The author gives his understanding o