WhyisDenmark(丹麦)thekingdomoffa-优题课

Why is Denmark(丹麦) the “kingdom of fairy tales”? Because it was the home of famous writer Hans Christian Andersen. But there might be other reasons， says a new study.
Denmark is the happiest country in the world， according to the 2013 World Happiness Report by the United Nations (UN). The report ranks（排列）156 countries and regions (地区). All the top five happiest countries are from Europe， and three of them are from Scandinavia.
What makes people there happy? The UN considered several reasons.
Money is one. We are happy if we have money to cover our necessities. But extra (额外的) money cannot bring us more happiness. People in Northern Europe know this. From cars to mobile phones， from clothes to buildings， their designs are quite simple. Luxury (奢华) is not there.
Another reason is health. Nordic (北欧的) people have a healthy diet. They love fresh food. “There is not a big fast-food culture and no ready meals. We sit down with our families to eat our meals，” said Trina Hahnemann， a Danish cook.
A harmonious (和谐的) social life also makes us happy， according to the UN report. How about Nordic people? They live in harmony not only with people around， but also with nature. Night life is not popular in Scandinavia. People go home after work for some quality（高品质的） time with family members. Many families have a backyard. Father and child spend hours there each week， planting flowers and building swings.
Do you want to be happy? Think about the Nordic lifestyle， and happiness is in your own hands.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过7个词。
Where does Hans Christian Andersen come from?
How many countries of the top five happiest countries are from Scandinavia?
Do Nordic people love fresh food or ready meals?
What do father and child spend hours doing in their yard each week?
What can make people there happy according to the passage?

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Do you want to be an artist ( 艺术家 ) ?
Do you want to be an artist? Come to our club, and you can find yourself in happiness(快乐). We have lessons about the guitar, the drum, the violin and the piano for just ¥20 each. You can also learn to sing, to dance for ¥25 each. If you like art, you can be satisfied（满意的）, too—it’s just for ¥30 each!
How many instruments（乐器）does the ad（广告） mention（提到）?

A．Four

B．Five

C．Three

D．Six

How much is it for a piano lesson?

We can’t learn about ________ in the club.

If you want to learn about the guitar and dance, you should pay（付款）_______.

What does “lessons” mean（意思是）in the ad?

Chris Rock was born in the state of South Carolina in the United States. When he was a child, his family moved, and he grew up in a poor area in Brooklyn, New York.
As a teenager, Rock left high school and started telling jokes in comedy clubs in New York City, Even at age 18, Chris Rock was very funny. He told jokes about his family (his parents were very strict) , and about growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s. Many of his jokes were also about high school, which Rock says was terrible.
Famous comedians went to see Rock’s performances. One comedian (Eddie Murphy) helped him get work on television and in the movies. Chris Rock still acts in movies, but he does not want to be a serious actor. For him, comedy is more important. It makes people laugh, but it can also make people think.
Today,Chris Rock still does live comedy shows around the world. He also created a TV show called "Everybody Hates Chris. " It is about his teenage years growing up and going to school in Brooklyn. In 2006, it was considered as one of the best comedy shows on American television.
Chris Rock was ____
A.born in America B ,from London
C,from a rich family. D. from Canada
What is this passage mainly about?

A．How to tell a good joke,

B．Where the best comedy clubs are.

C．One comedian's life,

D．The funniest people in the United States,

Chris Rock tells a lot of jokes about_________.

A．South Carolina	B．Brooklyn
C．Los Angeles	D．Texas

Which sentence about Chris Rock is true?

A．As a teenager, he was not funny.

B．He started working in clubs after he graduated from college.

C．He loved going to high school.

D．A famous comedian helped him get work on TV and in the movies.

Today, what does Chris Rock say is the most important?

A．Being a serious actor.	B．Making people laugh.
C．Helping teenagers.	D．Having his own club.

How much do you know about London? Now let me tell you.
London has about 7, 000, 000 people. About the year 1800 , London was a very big city in the world.
London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and listen to the famous clock, Big Ben.
Like many big cities, London has problems. there are to many cars and people. Every day about 1, 000, 000 people come and go by underground, but there are still too many cars and buses in the streets. So the air isn’t clean. However, it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.
For me, the best things in London are the parks. There are five parks in the city centre. But my children’s favourite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world.
Maybe London became a very big city in the world in______.

What does the underlined word “underground” mean?

What are the best things in London for the writer?

A．Famous buildings.	B．Parks.
C．Cars and buses.	D．Toys.

---What’s Hamleys in London according to the passage? www.21-cn-jy.com
---It’s a______.

Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE? ________.

A．London has a population of about 7, 000, 000

B．London is famous for buildings and Big Ben

C．The traffic in the city is easy because of the underground

D．The air in London is cleaner than 100 years ago

Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” asks Tom.2·1·c·n·j·y
“I don’t know,” says Fred.
“What do you think?” asks Tom.
“Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess,” says Fred.
“In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answer to all their problem. We will have telephones in our pockets, too, and we will be able to talk to our friends,” says Tom.
“A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there,” says Fred.
“And I hope I will be able to live under the sea,” says Tom. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish.”
Tom and Fred are talking about _______.

A．their school life	B．some interesting information
C．their life now	D．their life in the future

Machines will do _______ of the work.

A．most	B．some
C．much	D．little

In 2020, we’ll talk to friends at all times and everywhere, because we’ll have ______.

A．pocket computers	B．more holidays
C．pocket telephones	D．Go on sale

Tom says _______.

A．he likes fish very much

B．he’d like to live under the sea like a fish.

C．he will go fishing under the sea.

D．he will spend holidays on the moon.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned?

A．People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.

B．People will have more holidays.

C．Many people will live and work under the sea.

D．People will build farms under the sea.

Life in Britain
Homes and families
Many British people live in houses, not flat(公寓). Most(大多数的) houses have gardens.
Daily Life
Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don’t go home for lunch, and they just have a quick meal.
School life
Children start school at about nine am and finish at about three thirty pm. Most children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are four or five years old, and leave when they are sixteen or seventeen.
Shops
Most shops open at about nine am and close at about six pm. Usually, they don’t close for lunch.
Many British people live in __________

Most offices start work at about __________ in the morning.

Most office workers and school children don’t have lunch____________.