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Reading 2
Note completion
0 Work in small groups. You are going to
read a passage about Costa Rica. Before
you read, look at the photos of Costa Rica
on the right. What do they tell you about
the country?
@ Read the passage below quickly. Who are:
I Mariano Rojas? 2 Saamah Abdallah?
The happiest country @) Look at the notes below.
in the world I What are the notes about? Find which sentences
in the passage deal with this.
2 Find words in the passage which mean the same
Children growing up in Costa Rica are surrounded
by some of the most beautiful and diverse as the words in italics.
landscapes in the world. Preserving tropical
rainforests isn't Costa Rica's only success, because The Happy Planet Index
the government also makes sure everyone has Year started: 1 ......
access to health-care and education. So when Number of countries it lists: 2 .
the New Economics Foundation released its second Measures each country's happiness according to:
Happy Planet Index, Costa Rica came out number • its effect on the 3 ................. (i.e. the quantity of
one. The index is a ranking of countries based on the Earth's 4 ... . ... that it uses);
their impact on the environment and the health and • the 5 ................ of the population (i.e. how long
happiness of their citizens. people live);
• how happy its 6 ........... ..... are.
According to Mariano Rojas, a Costa Rican
economics professor, Costa Rica is a mid-income
country where citizens have plenty of time for 0 Now complete the notes. Choose ONE WORD OR i
themselves and for their relationships with others. NUMBER from the passage for each gap.
'A mid-income level allows most citizens to satisfy Exam advice Note completion
their basic needs. The government makes sure that
all Costa Ricans have access to education, health • Read the title of the notes first and find the right
and nutrition services.' Costa Ricans, he believes, place(s) in the passage.
are not interested in status or spending money to • CarefullY, read the parts of the passage which
show how successful they are. deal with the key ideas in the questions - the
answers may not come in passage order.
Created in 2008, the Happy Planet Index examines
happiness on a national level and ranks 143 0 Work in small groups.
countries according to three measurements: their I Which of these things do you think are
citizens' happiness, how long they live (which important in making people happy, and
reflects their health), and how much of the planet's which are not so important? Why?
resources each country consumes. According • being healthy
to researcher Saamah Abdallah, the Index also • earning a lot of money
measures the outcomes that are most important, • having a good education
and those are happy, healthy lives for everyone. • having good relationships
• living in a beautiful place
adapted from Yes! Magazine
2 What other things are important?
Great places to be (
