Objectives:
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2nd Conditional warmers – could & would
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How can we be happier?
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Will money make you happier? What is work/life balance?
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What could you live without?
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Find out definitions for these words: freeganism, forage & road kill.
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Read about a life without money.
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Work in groups to come up with ideas to make life happier.
The 2nd Conditional explained
The Happiness Formula
Complete these sentences and be ready to explain why you are saying this
a) Happiness is …….
b) Money can’t make you happy …
What is the Rat Race? Is it possible to escape it?
consumerism noun [ U ]
politics the state of an advanced industrial society in which a lot of goods are bought and sold
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People are wealthier and happier than 50 years ago.
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Consumerism hasn’t made people happy.
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Scientists think we should change our way of life
Watch the video and think about these questions:
A) Why hasn’t consumerism (the work+buy ethic) made people happy?
B) How should we change our way of life?
Life without money
Could you live without money? Think of 3 advantages of a life without money.
Look up these three words on your phone: 1. Road kill (noun) 2. to forage (verb) 3. freegan & freeganism



Article in The Independent about a German woman living without money
Present perfect revision exercises:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://www.englishhints.com/irregular-verbs.html
http://www.iswearenglish.com/100series.php?id=7
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html#l
Today’s words:
the amount of respect, admiration, or importancegiven to a person, organization, or object:
designer label noun [ C ]
UK US MARKETING, COMMERCE
secondment noun [ C or U ]
a period of time when an employee is sent to worksomewhere else temporarily, either to increase the numberof workers there, to replace a worker, or to exchangeexperiences and skills:
shadow noun (FOLLOW)
[ C ] someone who followsanother person everywhere:
assumption noun (BELIEF)
I assume fish and chips is the most popular meal in Britain. No, it isn’t, that’s an incorrect assumption. The most popular meal in the UK is Chicken Tikka Masala.
diminish verb [ I or T ]
C1 to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:
barter verb [ I or T ]
miser noun [ C ]





