Happy Enough

Lead-in

  • How can you describe your best friend’s personality?
  • How can you describe your personality?
  • What is something you would like to change about your personality?

Presentation

Pre

  • What makes people happy?
  • What makes people sad?

Top Down

  • What would be a good title for the text? Read it and find out.
  • Happiness is everything we need.
  • Not all types of happiness are good for you.
  • Happiness is not important.
  • Happiness is everything we need.
  • Not all types of happiness are good for you.
  • Happiness is not important.

“Happiness” is a single term, but it refers to a rainbow of different flavors of emotion: Some make us more energetic, some slow us down; some make us feel closer to other people, and some make us more generous.

But do all types of happiness promote these benefits? It seems not. In fact, a more nuanced analysis of different types of happiness suggests that some forms may actually be a source of dysfunction.

One example is pride, a pleasant feeling associated with achievement and elevated social rank or status. As such, it is often seen as a type of positive emotion that makes us focus more on ourselves. Pride can be good in certain contexts and forms, such as winning a difficult prize or receiving a job promotion.

However, my research with Sheri Johnson and Dacher Keltner finds that when we experience too much pride or pride without genuine merit, it can lead to negative social outcomes, such as aggressiveness towards others, antisocial behavior, and even an increased risk of mood disorders such as mania. Work underway in my laboratory, led by graduate student Hillary Devlin, supports the tantalizing notion that self-focused positive emotions like pride may actually hinder our ability to empathize or take another person’s perspective during difficult emotional times.

The bottom line: Certain kinds of happiness may at times hinder our ability to connect with those around us.

Modified from source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. Some kinds of happiness make us more energetic, others don’t.
  2. Pride is often seen as a type of positive emotion that makes us focus more on ourselves.
  3. According to the text, anxiety can lead to negative social outcomes, such as aggressiveness towards others, antisocial behavior, and even an increased risk of mood disorders such as mania.
  4. Emotions like pride may actually hinder our ability to empathize with people.
  5. Certain kinds of happiness may at times hinder our ability to connect with people around us.
  1. Some kinds of happiness make us more energetic, others don’t. True
  2. Pride is often seen as a type of positive emotion that makes us focus more on ourselves. True
  3. According to the text, anxiety can lead to negative social outcomes, such as aggressiveness towards others, antisocial behavior, and even an increased risk of mood disorders such as mania. False
  4. Emotions like pride may actually hinder our ability to empathize with people. True
  5. Certain kinds of happiness may at times hinder our ability to connect with people around us. True

Post

  • Analyze the text and give your opinion about it. Do you agree with it?

Target Language

Too and Not … Enough

Too + Adjective

    • Julio is too jealous of his brother.
    • Mark is too calm.

Not + Adjective + Enough

  • I think Paulo isn’t honest enough to work as a politician.
  • Bruna and Fausto aren’t popular enough to win the contest.

Adjectives

Controlled Practice

  • Match the words to their meanings. There is one example.

  1. Lonely

  2. Mysterious

  3. Angry

  4. Jealous

  5. Colorful

  6. Weird

(1) Without companions; solitary.

(   ) Very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural.

(   ) Having much or varied color; bright.

(   ) Feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.

(   ) Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

(   ) Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

  1. Lonely

  2. Mysterious

  3. Angry

  4. Jealous

  5. Colorful

  6. Weird

(1) Without companions; solitary.

(6) Very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural.

(5) Having much or varied color; bright.

(4) Feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.

(2) Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.

(3) Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Freer Practice

  • Use the target language and complete the sentences according to your own ideas.
  1. I’m too…
  2. My friend isn’t … enough because…
  3. My neighbor is a … person.
  4. I don’t like when people are too… because…
  5. I love it when I’m feeling …

Production

  • Create sentences using the following words and “too…” or “not… enough”:

Example: He > He is too sad Today.

Homework

Match the columns. There is one example.

  1. My sister is too young. 

  2. The weather is too cold. 

  3. This car isn’t fast enough. 

  4. This coffee is too hot. 

  5. I’m too tired to work. 

(1) She is only 4 years old. 

(   ) Its maximum speed is 40 kilometers per hour. 

(   ) It burnt my mouth. 

(   ) It’s freezing outside! 

(   ) I have worked all day today. 

  1. My sister is too young. 

  2. The weather is too cold. 

  3. This car isn’t fast enough. 

  4. This coffee is too hot. 

  5. I’m too tired to work. 

(1) She is only 4 years old. 

(3) Its maximum speed is 40 kilometers per hour. 

(4) It burnt my mouth. 

(2) It’s freezing outside! 

(5) I have worked all day today. 

Choose between the options to complete the sentences: 

Example: I’m not strong _______ to lift so much weight. >
a. too                                             b. enough 

  1. I’m not brave ________ to jump with a parachute. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  2. The room is ________ dark to see anything in it. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  3. The man is ________ impolite to continue speaking to him. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  4. The soup is not tasty ________. Let’s add some spices to it. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  5. The boy is ________ young to serve in the army. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  1. I’m not brave ________ to jump with a parachute. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  2. The room is ________ dark to see anything in it. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  3. The man is ________ impolite to continue speaking to him. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  4. The soup is not tasty ________. Let’s add some spices to it. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 
  5. The boy is ________ young to serve in the army. 
    a. too                                             b. enough 

Fill in the blanks too or enough and the adjectives in brackets: 

Example: I’m _______, let’s not talk now. (angry). > I’m too angry, let’s not talk now.

  1. I’m  _______ today. I need to get some sleep. (tired) 
  2. I’m not  _______ at speaking in public. (good) 
  3. He’s _______ to help you today. He has a lot of work to do. (busy) 
  4. I believe she isn’t _______ to work as a team leader. (responsible) 
  5. I’m afraid the airport is not _______ to go on foot. (near) 
  1. I’m too tired today. I need to get some sleep. 
  2. I’m not good enough at speaking in public. 
  3. He’s too busy to help you today. He has a lot of work to do. 
  4. I believe she isn’t responsible enough to work as a team leader. 
  5. I’m afraid the airport is not near enough to go on foot. 

Order the words in the sentences: 

Example: He / too /  impolite. / is > He is too impolite.

  1. house / old / The / too / is / in / live / to. 
  2. house / That / enough / cozy / is / not. 
  3. tall / reach / Bob / highest / is / shelf / to / enough / the. 
  4. too / picture / is / The / bright. 
  5. The / messy / too / is / backyard. 
  1. The house is too old to live in. 
  2. That house is not cozy enough. 
  3. Bob is tall enough to reach the highest shelf. 
  4. The picture is too bright. 
  5. The backyard is too messy. 

Find and correct the mistakes.

Example: Hers favorite color is orange. > Her favorite color is orange.

  1. This box too is heavy to lift. 
  2. Jake not enough is rich to buy that car. 
  3. I’m enough fluent to communicate with native speakers. 
  4. Jenna is lazy too to clean her room. 
  5. Alice old enough isn’t to get married. 
  1. This box is too heavy to lift. 
  2. Jake is not enough rich to buy that car. 
  3. I’m fluent enough to communicate with native speakers. 
  4. Jenna is too lazy to clean her room. 
  5. Alice isn’t old enough to get married. 

Writing

Rewrite the following sentences changing “too” for “not… enough” and making the proper modifications. After that, create 5 more sentences using “not… enough” and “too”

Example: The house is too old to live in. > The house is not new enough to live in.

  • That house is not cozy enough. 
  • Bob isn’t tall enough to reach the highest shelf. 
  • The picture is too bright. 
  • The backyard is too messy.