How to spend your money to make you happier

BBC

This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.

To make someone/ something happy, sad, difficult, etc.

Might

On average

In advance

Can’t afford

Fancy

Rather than

To take place

Likely

To work out

To regret (doing) something

To cheer (someone) up

Tempting

Long-term

Miserable

To last

Regardless (of something)

Proportion

‘You could have earned if you had worked instead’

Whereas

So if you were to let the evidence guide your spending, what should you do?

To splash out (on something)

As though

To wear off

Thrift

15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.

1.       What is point number 1, and do you think this is good advice?

2.       What is point number 2, and do you think this is good advice?

3.       What is point number 3, and do you think this is good advice?

4.       What is point number 4, and do you think this is good advice?

5.       What is point number 5, and do you think this is good advice?

6.       What is point number 6, and do you think this is good advice?

7.       What is point number 7, and do you think this is good advice?

8.       What is point number 8, and do you think this is good advice?

9.       What is point number 9, and do you think this is good advice?

10.     What’s the best purchase you’ve ever made?

11.     Do your friends think you are a stingy person?

12.     For you, what would be a good ‘experience’ that you could buy?

13.     What material thing are you considering buying at the moment?

14.     What do you spend your disposable income on?

15.     Have you ever stolen something?

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