Introduction Research has suggested that while personal feelings of pleasure are the accepted definition of happiness in Western cultures, East Asian cultures tend to see happiness as social harmony and in some parts of Africa and India it's more about shared experiences and family. Neil and Rob discuss what makes people happy and ... are happy to teach you new vocabulary. This week's questionThe World Happiness Report measures "subjective well-being" - how happy the people are, and why. But do you know, according to a United Nations agency report in 2017, which is the happiest country on Earth? Is it… a) Norway b) Japan c) New Zealand Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularydown in the dumps
(informal) feeling of unhappiness, sometimes with no hope imperfection
fault or weakness gild
cover something in a thin layer of gold jolly
cheerful and happy coping mechanism
something someone does to deal with a difficult situation Transcript Note: This is not a word for word transcript
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