English Rewind - Entertainment: Happiness ????

What makes you happy? ???? Friends, family, art, money, a big TV screen? ???? ???? Research shows that having lots of money doesn't always mean being happier... ???? In this week's English Rewind we'll looks at the language of happiness and unhappiness with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme Entertainment, with the help of an expert in the field of positive psychology. Join the conversation and give us some synonyms for happy in the comments below! ????

Useful vocabulary:
Words related to feeling happy ????
to feel good
to feel cheerful
to be content
a sense of well-being

Words related to feeling unhappy ????
to be miserable
to feel low
to feel sad
to feel down

✔️quality of life - a phrase we can use to describe how good life is and how happy we are - or not!
✅Example sentences: The quality of life in Switzerland is said to be very high.
People living in the poorer areas of the city have a low quality of life.
✔️life-expectancy - how long people are expected to life
✅Example sentences People who were born hundreds of years ago have a much lower life expectancy than we do now.
You can increase your life expectancy by eating healthy food.
✔️productivity- the amount we achieve at work
✅Example sentence: Productivity is greater in nations where people are happy.
✔️commuting - travelling to and from work
✅Example sentence: Most people in London commute using public transport.
✔️self-help books- books which are meant to teach us how to make our lives better
✅Example sentence: I've bought so many self-help books in my life; I question whether they've actually helped me at all!
✔️to feel ashamed - to feel bad because you think you have done something wrong
✅Example sentence: Children often feel ashamed when they are told off for doing something naughty.

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