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Happiness is contagious , as researchers reported on Thursday.

People with the most social connections -- spouses, friends, neighbors and relatives -- were also the happiest, the data showed. "Each additional happy person makes you happier," Christakis said.

"Imagine that I am connected to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others. It is this fabric of humanity, like an American patch quilt."

Each person sits on a different colored patch. "Imagine that these patches are happy and unhappy patches. Your happiness depends on what is going on in the patch around you," Christakis said.

"It is not just happy people connecting with happy people, which they do. Above and beyond, there is this contagious process going on."

And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered.

"If a social contact is happy, it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent, " Fowler said. "A friend of a friend, or the friend of a spouse or a sibling , if they are happy, increases your chances by 10 percent," he added.

A happy third degree friend -- the friend of a friend of a friend -- increases a person's chances of being happy by 6 percent.

"But every extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that you'll be unhappy by 7 percent," Fowler said.

The finding is interesting and it is useful, too, Fowler said.

"Among other benefits, happiness has been shown to have an important effect on reduced mortality , pain reduction, and improved cardiac function. So better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to develop a healthier society," he said.

The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a person's chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.

"A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000," Christakis said.

1. what is the worth of a happy person?
2. who said this?
3. can happiness spread?
4. according to?
5. when was it reported contagious?
6. what kind of people are happiest?
7. is it more contagious then unhappiness?
8. what does an unhappy friend do to you?
9. how much happiness does a third degree happy person bring?
10. what does he compare humanity fabric to?
11. does everyone sit on one patch?
12. do they sit on the same color patch?
13. what does Fowler say?
14. what does he say about the finding?
15. what are the benefits mentioned?
16. what does data suggest?
17. what does happiness depend on?
18. would you be happy if a social contact is happy?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. $ 20,000
2. Christakis
3. Yes
4. Christakis
5. on Thursday
6. People with the most social connections
7. Yes
8. increases the likelihood that you'll be unhappy by 7 percent
9. increases a person's chances of being happy by 6 percent.
10. an American patch quilt
11. Yes
12. No
13. "If a social contact is happy, it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent.
14. It is interesting and it is useful, too
15. reduced mortality , pain reduction, and improved cardiac function.
16. that having $ 5,000 extra increased a person's chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.
17. what is going on in the patch around you
18. most likely

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Hans said to his friend Kurt, "I'm going to take my car to drive to London." Kurt said, "Driving to London is very hard. You aren't going to find your hotel." But Hans was not afraid. He drove to Calais, put his car on the ship, took it off at Dover, and drove to London. He stopped near the city and looked at his map. Then he drove into London, but he did not find his hotel. He drove round and round for an hour, and then he stopped and got out of his car. A taxi came, and Hans stopped it. "Take me to the Brussels Hotel," he said. But he did not get into the taxi: he got back into his car. The taxi man laughed, but then he drove to the Brussels Hotel, and Hans followed him in his car. They reached the hotel in two minutes. ,.

1. Who is Kurt?
2. Where is Hans going?
3. How?
4. What does Kurt tell him?
5. Why not?
6. How did Hans feel about it?
7. What was he looking for?
8. How long did he look?
9. how did he look?
10. What did he do when he got to London?
11. What is the name of his hotel?
12. How did he find it?
13. What did the taxi driver think about it?
14. How long did it take to get there?
15. How did he get the taxi?
16. What did he ask the driver to do?
17. did he get in the taxi
18. Where did he put his car on a ship?
19. Where did he get off the ship?
20. Where did he go next?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Hans friend
2. London
3. he's driving
4. he won't find his hotel
5. it's hard to drive in London
6. fine
7. his hotel
8. an hour
9. he drove around
10. looked at his map
11. Brussels Hotel
12. he followed a taxi
13. it was funny
14. two minutes
15. he stopped it
16. take him to the hotel
17. no
18. Calais
19. Dover
20. London

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Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a children's magazine when she was ten years old. Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous. Rachel Carson's most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years. Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist and writer. She will be remembered by the world.

1. Who was Maria Carson?
2. Who was MAria Carson?
3. What did she do?
4. How was Rachel as a child?
5. What did she enjoy doing?
6. What happened when she was 10?
7. Did she have other stories published?
8. What was the name?
9. Was this important?
10. Did the book do well?
11. Did it win any awards?
12. What won the national Book Award?
13. what year did it come out?
14. Is Rachel Famous?
15. How did she become this way?
16. Will she be remembered for this?
17. Where was she born?
18. When?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Rachel Carson
2. Rachel Carson's mother
3. she was a schoolteacher.
4. quiet
5. read and write stories.
6. Her story appeared in a children's magazine
7. yes
8. Under the Sea Wind
9. It was her first book
10. unknown
11. unknown
12. The Sea Around Us
13. 1951
14. yes
15. she pointed out that DDT would kill birds
16. yes
17. in the USA
18. May,1907.