Exercises of Student’s Book

Lesson-1

Before you start

What is most important to you: to have lots of money; to be healthy; to have a happy family; or to have a lot of friends?

ما هو الأكثر أهمية بالنسبة لك؟ أن تمتلك الكثير من المال؟ أم أن تكون بصحة جيدة؟ أم أن تمتلك عائلة سعيدة؟ أم أن يكون لديك العديد من الأصدقاء؟

Student’s own answers.

1   Listen to the conversation about money. What three reasons does Dr Ibrahim give to argue why money doesn’t make us happy? Do you agree with him?

The three reasons are:

1. People want to make more money than other people around them.
2. Buying things doesn’t make us happier than those who don’t.
3. Making money doesn’t allow us to have more fun.

Do you agree?

Student’s own answers.

2   Listen to the words below in context. Try to guess their meanings.

3   Listen again to Dr Ibrahim and complete the sentences using some of the key words from exercise 2.

1. Although people know that money won’t make them happy, they continue to work to earn money they don’t need.
2. People continue to borrow money from other people to buy new things.
3. People want to make money and be richer than the people around them.
4. When we make money the centre of our lives, we end up with a lot of possessions but feel unhappy.

4   The words in the box relate to money and the positive and negative values that can be associated with it. Find out the meanings for the words and then say whether they are positive or negative.

Positive values:

Negative values: