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新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材 高级英语 第二册第1页/共181页 3Detailed ReadingContents24516Warm UpGlobal Reading Consolidation ActivitiesText Appreciation Further Enhancement第2页/共181页 Section 1: Warm Up Watch a video about the formula of happiness and discuss this question: what in your opinion are the main sources of happiness? The following quotations about happiness are for your reference. Lead-inBackground Information 第3页/共181页 Section 1: Warm UpLead-inBackground Information Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. (Aristotle)2. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. (Mahatma Gandhi)Happiness is not a reward—it is a consequence. (Robert Ingersoll)4. Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. (George Sheehan)Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. (Margaret Lee Runbeck)第4页/共181页 Section 1: Warm Up About the Author Bertrand Russell: a British philosopher and political activist. Russell became the best-known philosopher of his time because of the volume and clarity of his writing, and the vigor and prominence of his political activism. His major early work was The Principles of Mathematics, first published in 1903. 1872-1970Background Information Lead-in第5页/共181页 Section 2: Global Reading What is the text mainly about? Structural Analysis Main Idea In this article, the author points out that when the external circumstances are favorable, the greatest obstacle to happiness is self-centered passions. He proposes that one should cultivate genuine interests in the outside world to get rid of the obstacle and achieve natural and healthy happiness. He believes that only by taking oneself as a member, rather than as the center, of the universe, can one find the greatest joy of life.第6页/共181页 Section 2: Global Reading Please divide the text into 3 parts