Unit1ThelessTraveledPath
Unit 1 The less Traveled Path
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Man 1
What makes me happy is slowing down. I think that we live in a very fast, speedy- world and we often forget to take stock and take time.
Well, the problem -with happiness is of cour that sometimes when you are happy, you are infected with the spirit of the fact that it's going to stop, so sometimes you can't enjoy happiness becau you know it's going to end.
Man 2
I think it is a very good thing to try and aim to be happy. Happiness is a difficult concept. You're aiming for sort of contentment and satisfaction .with a few moments of joy.
And for me, like most people actually, what the evidence tells you is it's about having good relationships and making time for them, so I'm never happier than when I'm with my wife and child and also having fulfilling and satisfying work.
Man 3
Again there's a wealth of evidence about this - above a certain point wealth and posssions don't contribute to happiness. Of cour there's a minimum, if you've just lost your job and you can't pay the mortgage, you're going to be mirable. But above a certain level, and it's actually relatively low in a society like ours, money doesn't actually buy happiness.
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1. I don't remember very much about my childhood, actually. My wife's always asking me "When you were a boy, did you u to ..." and I reply "I don't know, I can't remember." We didn't . . . we didn't u to talk very much, we weren't very clo, or if we were, we didn't show it. I remember I ud to have my hair cut every Friday. My father
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and I would go together. I had the shortest hair in the school. When they'd finished cuffing it, they'd burn the ends with a sort of candle. Oh I'll never forget that smell.
2. I got on very well with my mother. I ud to tell her everything – or nearly everything - and she'd talk to me very openly too. Sometimes she'd say to me "Don't go to school today. Stay with me." And we'd go out shopping or something like that.
3. I'm not a very tidy person, but my mother's very hou-proud, so she's always telling me to pick things up and put them away and do this and do that. She goes on for hours about “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” My father isn't like that at all. He lets me do what I want. I think he's learned not to pay attention.
4. I have very fond memories of my childhood. To me it reprented curity. We ud to do a lot together as a family. I remember walks, and picnics, and going for rides on a Sunday afternoon. Every Friday, when my father came home from work, he had a treat for each of us. My mother ud to say he was spoiling us, but why not? It didn't do us any harm.
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Man-M Woman-W
M: Gee, I don't remember it being this small. I thought the room was a lot bigger.
W: So did I. But it'll be OK once we get the furniture in. Look, why don't we put the armchairs in front of the fireplace?
M: Yeah. Um, maybe we should decide really where the bed goes first. It is the biggest piece of furniture, after all . . .
W: Right. Well why don't we put the bed behind the door as you come in?
M: Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. Um ... we can put the bed in the corner.
W: OK. Now, what's next?
M: Well, how about the dresr?
W: why don't we put it across from the fireplace in the corner next to the clot! I'm
going to put it there now. Why don't you help me?
M: Why don't you move it and I'll just watch.
W: Oh, yeah, right. Come on, lift your end. Now don't scratch the floor
M: OK, but it's heavy.
W: what’s in it? I thought you were suppod to empty out the dra wers.
M: Well, I didn't get around to that this morning . . .
英语学习网>商学院英文W: Ah . . . (Mm.) didn't get around to it . . . Let me e . . . How does that look?
M: It looks good.
W: Hmm, now, where do you want your desk?
M: Well, how about in the far corner between the two windows? I mean, I need lots of light.
W: Do you think it'll fit there?
appletviewerM: Well, it'll probably fit if w . . . we can put it diagonally.
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W: Oh, good idea. And then the chair can have its back to the fireplace.( Mm-hmm.)Yeah, I could live with that. All right, what about the bookca?
M: Well, how about on the far wall between tho two windows, I guess, so it'll be right near the desk?
W: Yeah, yeah, good idea. All right, where do you think the TV should go?服装店运营
