Unit 2 Book 4 Technology and Happiness 1. Difficult sentences 1)(LL24-25)But it's been left largely unexamined by economists and social scientists What does“it” refer to here? It refers to the relationship between happiness and technology. Paraphrase this sentence (But economists and social scientists have hardly examined the relationship between happiness and technology at all) 2)( LL25-29 )The truly groundbreaking work on the relationship between prosperity and well-being was done by the economist Richard Easterlin, who in 1974 wrote a famous paper entitled Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? What is the meaning of"lot"? (lt means fortune in life How is the paper of great significance? As a work on the relationship between prosperity and well-being, it is innovative Translate this sentence into chinese (=经济学家理查德斯特林在经济繁荣和幸福的关系方面进行了具有开拓性的 研究,并于1974年发表了一篇题为“经济增长改变人类命运吗?”的著名论文。) 3 LL32-33)Money, Easterlin argued, could not buy happiness -at least not after a certain point. What does this sentence imply? Money can't bring people happiness, at least when people' s wealth has reached to a certain level) 4)(L39).people adapt very quickly to good news How usually will people react to good news? (They tend to feel happy and excited on hearing good news but they1 Unit 2 Book 4 Technology and Happiness 1. Difficult sentences 1) (LL24~25) But it’s been left largely unexamined by economists and social scientists. What does “it” refer to here? (= It refers to the relationship between happiness and technology.) Paraphrase this sentence. (=But economists and social scientists have hardly examined the relationship between happiness and technology at all.) 2) (LL25~29) The truly groundbreaking work on the relationship between prosperity and well-being was done by the economist Richard Easterlin, who in 1974 wrote a famous paper entitled “Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot?” What is the meaning of “lot”? (=It means fortune in life.) How is the paper of great significance? (= As a work on the relationship between prosperity and well-being, it is innovative.) Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=经济学家理查德·伊斯特林在经济繁荣和幸福的关系方面进行了具有开拓性的 研究，并于1974年发表了一篇题为“经济增长改变人类命运吗？”的著名论文。) 3) (LL32~33) Money, Easterlin argued, could not buy happiness — at least not after a certain point. What does this sentence imply? (= Money can’t bring people happiness, at least when people’s wealth has reached to a certain level.) 4) (L.39) …people adapt very quickly to good news. How usually will people react to good news? (=They tend to feel happy and excited on hearing good news but they