【正文】 , the school‘s principal, is on a mission to change things. Ernst FritzSchubert: It was my ideaI‘ve been at this school for 31 years, and I feel that school and happiness have to be reunited. These are two terms which are not considered together, because one does not connect school with happiness. In some cases school es behind the dentists on the popularity scale and we should try to push schools‘ popularity a bit. It has been proved by science that a happy student can learn more than an unhappy one, Unhappy students can concentrate for a while but do not use all their potential. The happiness classes are intended to help students fulfill their potential. They will help the students live happy and prosperous lives. The classes aim to help students in achieving a positive state of mind, by using all their own resources and boosting their selfesteem. In addition, they hope classes will increase selfawareness and physical fort. Happiness classes are also intended to make students more aware about their environment and society as a whole. During classes students are encouraged to express themselves and observe their peers‘ behavior. The classes are taught by Bjoern Bonn, an actor and visiting lecturer. Bjoern Bonn: One of the exercises I do is to have one of the students walk across the classroom, with the others copying his walk. Through this exercise, I hope they learn something about themselves. Why do I move like this? How do others see my way of walking? I hope that with a higher body awareness they ideally –of course it will take timeachieve a higher selfconsciousness which could lead to happiness. Wolfgang Lang: We give these classes to students to help them find happiness. Now the 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 question is: How do I define happiness? Happiness is for example a strengthening of the personality. We are providing helpful suggestions to make stronger people. People that ask“ Who am I as a person? Am I really happy?‖ Pascal Gemble: It takes time and everybody has to find happiness for themselves. You cannot go into a coaching lesson and say teach me happiness. One can only get indications from teachers or the visiting lecturers. There are also happiness scientists, if we could talk to one of those, I am sure he would have some hints. Yosma Pinar Cetinkaya: You would think that the teachers are writing definitions on the board. Not true. Those who want happiness have to find it for themselves, you cannot really learn that. So what does it take to be happy and can you learn it at school? 當(dāng)學(xué)生想起學(xué)校，快樂不是多數(shù) 人 想到的。 珍妮特：我們現(xiàn)在要做什么？ 安 迪： 我需要回到我的公寓去拿 我的研究調(diào)查。 珍妮特：你說的商業(yè)中無意義的競爭是什么意思？ 安 迪： 你知道，日復(fù)一日地做著同樣的事情并且不做任何有創(chuàng)意的事或擁有任何可以享受生活的時(shí)間。喔，我的意思是，我將 會(huì)協(xié)助他。現(xiàn)在在放長假，而且不管你信不信，現(xiàn)在是夏天的中期。我想知道住在如此熱鬧和生氣勃勃的城市里是什么感覺。 安 迪： 什么？或許？對(duì)不起，我寧可自己處理這個(gè) … 喬 ： 啊，安迪，繼續(xù)做你的美夢吧 ... 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 Conversation 2 Ja： So when did you start working at London Time Off? Andy: About a year ago. Ja: And I hope you don‘t mind my asking ,but do you like working here? Andy: Yes, I love it. I mean, Joe and I get along quite well. He drives me crazy sometimes, because he‘s my boss, and I wish I earned a bit more money, but…I think my job is really cool, because I get to see everything that‘s happening in London. And I didn‘t want to join the rat race. Ja: What do you mean by the rat race? Andy: You know, doing the same thing day in day out, and not doing anything creative, or having any time to enjoy life. It‘s the last thing I want to do. Ja: So do you mind telling me what you do exactly? Andy: Basically, we check out new events on the London music scene, you know, new clubs, the latest plays and films, as well as exhibitions in galleries and museums. Then we go and film interviews with the musicians or the actors, or anyone who has anything to do with the event. Ja: Ok, then what happens? Andy: We edit the interviews, and then we upload it all onto the website. We get 200,000 hits a week. We‘re London‘s biggest listings site. Ja: Can I ask you something else? Andy: Fire away. Ja: What are we going to do now? Andy: I need to go back to my flat, and get my research. Then we‘ve got an interview to do. Let‘s get the tube back to my place. Ja: And what about Joe? Andy: Well, he‘s supposed to be on his way to the National Theatre, to do an interview with the director of a new play. But I kind of hope he gets lost on the way. Then he‘ll discover what a great place London is. Ja: I don‘t understand. Andy: I‘m joking! Come on, let‘s go! 珍妮特： 那么 你是什么開始在倫敦下班網(wǎng)上班的呢？ 安 迪： 大約一年前。然后，我們?nèi)ゲ稍L音樂家或演員或任何與此事件有關(guān)的人并將此采訪的內(nèi)容錄下來。 珍妮特：那喬怎么辦？ 安 迪： 他現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在去國家劇院的路上。這是德國第一家 開設(shè) 快樂課程的學(xué)校，意欲為 17 至 19 歲的學(xué)生作高考的準(zhǔn)備。課堂期間學(xué)生被鼓勵(lì)表達(dá)自我和關(guān)注同伴的行為，課程由演員和客座講師 Bjoern Bonn 講授。” 既然如此，得到快樂的代價(jià)是什么？你能在學(xué)校學(xué)到它嗎？ Unit 2 Inside view Conversion 1 外語下載中心 外語下載中心 Ja Hey, look at that! It‘s just like I‘ve seen it in the films! Andy Wele to London, my hometown. We are in Shoutwark, south of the river. there‘s London bridge off to your left, and there‘s Tower Bridge. Ja I‘m really impressed. How old is it? Andy It‘s only about 120 years old. Ja well, that‘s quite old. Andy the London Docks used to be around this area. What happened was that about three or four times a day, they raised Tower Bridge, so the bigger ships could e right into London. But because they couldn‘t go under London bridge, they had to stop and unload here. Ja Does Tower Bridge still open? Andy well, not so often. When I was a kid, I think I saw tower bridge go up fairy often, all the traffic had to wait for the ships to pass through the bridge. Anyway, just this side of London bridge were lots of warehouses, where they kept their cargo. But during the second world war, there was lots of bombing over London… Ja yes, I read about that… the Blitz? Andy that‘s right.