English Department 20082484 Oh Eun Hye The secret of happiness English Department 20082484 Oh Eun Hye

Contents Plot Vocabulary Grammar Information Discussion Eun Hye’s opinion

Plot If you would be loved, love and be lovable. - Benjamin Franklin There is a wonderful fable about a young orphan girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day, she was walking through a meadow when she noticed a small butterfly caught unmercifully in a thornbush. The girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The fairy asked what the girl wished. She said that she wanted to be happy. The fairy whispered in her ear and vanished. As time went by, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her the secret of happiness until she was about to die. When she was on her deathbed, she told the neighbors. “The fairy told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor had need of me.”

Vocabulary * fable: a short moral story (often with animal characters) * orphan: a child who has lost both parents * meadow: a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay * unmercifully: without pity * thornbush: any of various shrubs of bushes having thorns or spines * captivity: the state of being imprisoned * fragile: lacking solidity or strength

* vanish: become invisible or unnoticeable * deathbed: the bed on which a person dies * rally: gather or bring together From OneLook.com

Grammar Comparison , in grammar, is a property of adjectives and adverbs in most languages ; it describes systems that distinguish the degree to which the modifier modifies its complement. *Positive Form Use the positive form of the adjective if the comparison contains one of the following expressions: as … as EX) As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she.

* The comparison form ~ the comparison form The~the to say that one thing depends on another thing. EX) The more the butterfly struggled to free itself, the deeper the thorns cut into its fragile body. 2. No matter how (= however) means the same meaning as ‘although’. EX) She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me. EX) No matter how you do your work, be sure to finish it on time. = However you do your work, be sure to finish it on time. From the book ‘English grammar’

Information The speaker’s Sourcebook The second volume of the ultimate reference for anyone preparing to speak in public. Includes hundreds of audience-tested anecdotes, stories, and quotes covering a variety of approaches within each topic and a broad range of subjects. By Van Ekeren, Glenn

Benjamin Franklin (1706 ~1790) He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat From Google.com

Discussion What do you think of the secret of happiness? In this book, do you agree with the secret of happiness? Why or why not? Have you ever given your love to someone that you disliked?

Eun Hye’s opinion In my opinion, I agree with this story about the secret of happiness. People want to be happy but they don’t know how to be happy. They think happiness is so far that they can’t get it. But it is not true. Actually happiness is near us. In fact, happiness may mean love. Loving someone is the key of how to be happy I think. Love makes us happy, gives us power and let us know how precious are your people who you really love. If we really love someone, we can say that we are happy. Give people your love that you have. Give your happiness to people who need you. The secret of happiness is not getting much money, but loving people without condition.

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