Warm-up
How many times a day do you think you smile? How does smiling make you feel?
Before you watch
You’re going to watch a health expert talk about the benefits of smiling. First, choose the best answer
for each of the statements, then watch the video to confirm or correct your answers.
Watch the talk until 4:22
The size of young people’s smiles could help researchers predict the quality of their future:
Before you listen to the second part of the talk, do the same as in the previous activity and choose the correct answers for each of the statements.
Watch the talk until 4:23
One smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as:
Talking Point
Answer any of the questions below. Write at least 50 words.
What makes you smile? Do you feel annoyed if someone tells you to smile? Why/why not? Do you agree that smiling is one of the best ways to make yourself feel happy? Why/why not? Do do agree with the speaker that smiling is similar to the brain stimulation created by 2,000 bars of chocolate? Why/why not?
The span of a person’s smile is connected to:
A third of us smile more than:
Children can smile as many as:
Smiling gives us an equivalent feeling to receiving:
Smiling makes you seem: