Are you a teetotaler or a drinker? Rob and Alice discuss what risk to your health regular drinking may have. What does it take to impress the ladies in the 21st century? Neil and Alice discuss knights in shining armour. Is retirement the end of everything or just a door for new opportunities? Alice and Rob talk about aging. Do you always agree with what most people in your group say? Neil and Sophie discuss staff meetings. Neil and Sophie discuss the health benefits of being able to speak two languages fluently.
And Neil How often do you check your phone? Neil and Sophie discuss how social media is changing the way we interact. Sophie and Neil discover that soil has some surprising qualities and discuss how growing food can be therapeutic too.
Sophie and Neil talk about traditional fairy tales for the adult market and teach you some magical vocabulary. Neil and Sophie discuss the growing industry of team building — from zombie bootcamps to horse training for executives. Neil and Sophie talk about gene editing, designer babies and how many errors Neil might have in his genetic code. How generous are you? Neil and Sophie discuss Mark Zuckerberg and what it takes to be a modern-day philanthropist. Are the days of paying by cash for a latte or a newspaper nearly gone?
Alice and Neil discuss Neil's fondness for loose change Tea comes in different forms — milky, sweet or spicy. Alice and Neil discuss how this Asian leaf conquered the world. Train, car, bicycle Hundreds of millions of us make the same journey day in day out. Take a hike with Alice and Neil and learn new vocabulary. Are food allergies on the increase and if so, why? Neil and Alice talk about the growing fear of food and teach new words. Are artificial lights and late night TV ruining our sleep?
Neil and Alice discuss the issue and teach you related vocabulary. What does it take to be a good interviewer? Neil and Alice discuss TV chat show hosts and teach you some related vocabulary.
How much does appearance really matter? Neil and Alice discuss fitness and New Year's resolutions. Neil and Alice discuss how some charities are helping those in need. Alice and Finn talk about the passion some people have for danger and the unseen threats we face every day.
Alice and Neil discuss the psychological pressures of going to university. They also teach some related vocabulary. Neil and Alice discuss the long-lasting appeal of this man with a bow and how he has changed over the centuries. Do you know how much your partner earns? Is he or she in debt? Would this make you love them less? The BBC broadcasts a season of programmes discussing women's issues around the world.
Should we all pay for supermarket plastic bags? Neil and Alice take a look at the environmental impact of plastic and teach you some related words. The bicycle is the most popular form of two-wheeled transport in the world, but could we all soon be using hoverboards? Listen to Neil and Finn's conversation and learn some new words. If you are sitting at a desk or answering the phone, stop for a moment and ask: could a robot or machine do this job better?
Neil and Finn discuss the future of our jobs. Neil and Alice discuss what kind of book people like to be seen reading. Do you like to impress people with a classic book in your hands? Do you dress formally or casually? Do you choose trendy items or old comfortable ones? Rob and Will talk about the meaning of clothes.
It's been described as the world's largest and most democratic classical music festival. What an awful sound - cracking your knuckles! Listen in to Rob and Neil to find out if it's a useful skill or just an annoying habit. Was Charles Darwin the only man with ideas about evolution?
Rob and Neil talk about someone else who discovered it first. What are the modern day dilemmas in using a lift? Rob and Neil discuss the awkwardness and irritation of being in one. Should young people be made to vote in elections or should we choose? We discuss the ideas behind compulsory voting. What do we need our chins for? Rob and Neil discuss how we got them and what our chins say about us.
Why do gibbons sing duets and what has this got to do with the evolution of the human language? It's amazing!
What part of our body have scientists discovered can heal and help us? Do you chew gum and what do you do with it when you've finished? Listen to Rob and Finn discussing the history and chemical properties of gum and why it's messing up our streets whilst explaining some related vocabulary. Food banks provide food to people in the UK who can't afford to buy their own.
Rob and Finn discuss this how they work and how they help many of the country's poorest. Listen to Neil and Rob discussing mood swings, risk taking, and why people make fun of teenagers, while they also explore some related vocabulary. How can remote parts of the world get access to the internet?
Neil and Catherine discuss a new idea for spreading knowledge. What makes us angry and why is aggression useful? Neil and Catherine discuss human behaviour. Big bushy beards have become so fashionable that there's now an art exhibition dedicated to them. A London apartment block has front and back entrances for private and social housing - or so-called rich and poor doors. Does it make sense to you? Listen to a discussion whilst learning some housing-related vocabulary.
Fifty years ago, on 18 March , Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov took the first space walk. Listen to Rob and Neil describing the struggles of that ground-breaking space mission whilst explaining some related vocabulary. Furniture with built-in wireless charging technology - like a coffee table is now being sold. So you just pop your phone on the table, and technology does the rest!
Many animals face extinction. But people are realising that they must act now to stop further losses. A scheme to save the Asian elephant in China could provide an answer. How does music make you feel? Research shows that it actually influences us more than we realise - whether we're at the movies, the supermarket, or down the pub.
Coffee is now the most popular drink in the world. But what about the economics and politics of coffee production? It's as complicated as getting the right flavour in your cup.
Rob and Neil put on their sunglasses to find out more about this special star and teach some related vocabulary. The UK has become the first country to approve legislation allowing the creation of babies with genetic material from three people.
What are some art galleries banning to protect their paintings? Find out with Neil and Harry. An electronic device under your skin?! Workers in Sweden take part in experiment which allows them to get in and out of their office without a key, ID or password.
He is known throughout the world for his role in defeating Nazi Germany but he also made mistakes. We live in a richer world. But the gap between rich and poor is still very wide in individual countries. How to change this? The price of vaccines has escalated and some poor countries are struggling to prevent children from catching certain life-threatening diseases, says Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Will thinking computers be the end of humans? About 37, tourists are expected to visit Antarctica this season. But should they be going to a region with such a sensitive environment? At a time when more people compete for fewer jobs, are you sure you present your skills and abilities well to a potential employer?
Listen to Rob and Neil's conversation and learn some related vocabulary. Going to a party where you don't know anyone? Listen to Rob and Neil's advice and learn some related vocabulary. We use computers for everything nowadays. Are we forgetting our own abilities - and losing our talent? Listen to Rob and Neil's discussion, and learn some related vocabulary.
Smoking in cars with children might be banned in England. Listen to Neil and Rob's chat and learn some related vocabulary. Is bullying just an attempt to give a bad name to what is part of human nature? What would you put in your time capsule?
When enemy soldiers sang together in WW1. Are your pictures, documents and videos safe online? Listen to Rob and Finn's chat and learn new vocabulary. How can science fiction help the world? Rob and Finn discuss a project which aims to inspire through stories of a bright future. Rob and Finn discuss the World Health Organisation's recommendations on e-cigarettes. Is it right to sleep at work? Rob and Finn discuss the benefits of sleeping on the job.
Is the way we see famous people a new thing? Learn about the first 'modern celebrity'. You're not alone. Rob and Finn discuss how to deal with boredom and teach some related vocabulary. We promise you won't be bored!
Business homepage Business English at Work intermediate Business. The Teachers' Room For Teachers. Stories for Children For Children. Quizzes Series 1 Quizzes. Intermediate level. Concepts of happiness. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. 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.
This week's question The World Happiness Report measures "subjective well-being" - how happy the people are, and why. Vocabulary down 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 Neil Hello.
Rob Hello, Neil. Neil Now Rob, you seem like a happy chappy. Rob What's the point of being miserable? Rob New Zealand? Rob I guess she means carry on without complaining. Rob And I said c New Zealand. Neil Thanks for joining us and goodbye. Rob Goodbye! Should fast food sponsor sport? Where do your tips go? I love my language! Why are people collecting NFTs? Bats: Friend or foe? Is the planet warming up faster?
Is technology harmful to youngsters? Is chimp politics like ours? Are they like us? A future without doctors? Do consumers care about carbon footprint? Are humans a messy species? Is English really English? Astronauts on strike? What makes a good story? There is some evidence that the obsessive pursuit of happiness is associated with a greater risk of depression. In his recent book, The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness , historian Ritchie Robertson argues that the Enlightenment should be understood not as the increase in value of reason itself, but instead as the quest for happiness through reason.
The determining intellectual force of modernity was about happiness and we are still grappling with the limits of that project today. Some values which once were paramount, such as honour or piety, have faded in importance , while emotions like " acedia " our feeling of apathy comes closest have disappeared completely.
Both the language we use to describe our values and emotions and even the feelings themselves are unstable. Modern conceptions of happiness are primarily practical and not philosophical, focusing on what we might call the techniques of happiness. The concern is not what happiness is, but instead on how to get it. We tend to see happiness in medicalised terms as the opposite of sadness or depression, implying that happiness emerges from chemical reactions in the brain. Being happy means having fewer of the chemical reactions that make you sad and more of the reactions that make you happy.
Martha Nussbaum , a prominent virtue ethicist, claims that modern societies take happiness to "be the name of a feeling of contentment or pleasure, and a view that makes happiness the supreme goods is assumed to be, by definition a view that gives supreme value to psychological states".
Self-help books and "positive psychology" promise to unlock that psychological state or happy mood. But philosophers have tended to be sceptical of this view of happiness because our moods are fleeting and their causes uncertain. Instead, they ask a related but wider question: what is the good life? One answer would be a life spent doing things you enjoy and which bring you pleasure.
A life spent experiencing pleasure would, in some ways, be a good life. Every human life, even the most fortunate, is filled with pain. Painful loss, painful disappointments, the physical pain of injury or sickness, and the mental pain of enduring boredom, loneliness, or sadness. Pain is an inevitable consequence of being alive. For the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus BCE , a good life was one in which pain is minimised.
The sustained absence of pain grants us tranquillity of mind, or ataraxia. This notion has something in common with our modern understanding of happiness. To be "at peace with yourself" marks the happy person out from the unhappy one and no one would imagine that a life filled with pain could be a good life. But is the minimisation of pain really the essence of happiness? What if living a good life increases the pain we experience? Studies have shown that having loving attachments correlates with happiness, but we know from experience that love is also the cause of pain.
What if pain is necessary and even desirable? The painful death of parents, children, partners or friends could be obviated by ceasing to care about those people, or excising them from your life completely. But a life without loving attachments is deficient in important ways, even if it might free us from the rending pain of losing those you love. Less dramatically, all the good things in life entail suffering. Writing a novel, running a marathon, or giving birth all cause suffering in pursuit of the final, joyous result.
Epicurus might respond that the inevitability of suffering actually makes ataraxia more appealing. Accepting the inevitable, while trying to minimise its harm, is the only way to live. You can also use pain minimisation as a guide to action. Alice and Neil discuss chocolate chip muffins along with some other tasty vocabulary. Who were the Muses and how did they help the creative process? Neil and Alice discuss how to be more creative. Will we still be speaking in an English we recognise in a thousand years' time?
Alice and Neil make some educated guesses! Why do some weeks just fly by but sometimes minutes can seem like hours? Neil and Alice discuss our perception of time. What will the cities of the future look like, and will we enjoy living in them?
Alice and Neil discuss Neil's attempt at town planning. Why is the disease diabetes on the rise? Alice and Neil talk about the role that diet has to play in this global health problem.
Why do we procrastinate? Rob and Alice discuss why it can be difficult to get on with tasks. Why do we like to impersonate people?
Neil tries out his best impression of Elvis while teaching you some related vocabulary. Alice and Rob consider which study techniques are good and which aren't. Does sleeping with a book under your pillow help? Young entrepreneurs are appearing everywhere. Alice and Rob discuss whether grey hair is best. Why do people often say one thing and do another?
Alice and Rob ask how far hypocrisy is actually part of who we are. Do you have what it takes to go to space? Alice and Rob discuss the challenges of a job thousands of people are keen on. Do you believe men walked on the Moon? Alice and Rob discuss why some people are suspicious about everything. You've decluttered and tidied but could you live life free of stuff?
Alice and Rob discuss why we give objects emotional value. Are you a teetotaler or a drinker? Rob and Alice discuss what risk to your health regular drinking may have.
What does it take to impress the ladies in the 21st century? Neil and Alice discuss knights in shining armour. Is retirement the end of everything or just a door for new opportunities? Alice and Rob talk about aging. Do you always agree with what most people in your group say?
Neil and Sophie discuss staff meetings. Neil and Sophie discuss the health benefits of being able to speak two languages fluently.
And Neil How often do you check your phone? Neil and Sophie discuss how social media is changing the way we interact. Sophie and Neil discover that soil has some surprising qualities and discuss how growing food can be therapeutic too. Sophie and Neil talk about traditional fairy tales for the adult market and teach you some magical vocabulary.
Neil and Sophie discuss the growing industry of team building — from zombie bootcamps to horse training for executives. Neil and Sophie talk about gene editing, designer babies and how many errors Neil might have in his genetic code. How generous are you? Neil and Sophie discuss Mark Zuckerberg and what it takes to be a modern-day philanthropist. Are the days of paying by cash for a latte or a newspaper nearly gone? Alice and Neil discuss Neil's fondness for loose change Tea comes in different forms — milky, sweet or spicy.
Alice and Neil discuss how this Asian leaf conquered the world. Train, car, bicycle Hundreds of millions of us make the same journey day in day out. Take a hike with Alice and Neil and learn new vocabulary. Are food allergies on the increase and if so, why? Neil and Alice talk about the growing fear of food and teach new words.
Are artificial lights and late night TV ruining our sleep? Neil and Alice discuss the issue and teach you related vocabulary. What does it take to be a good interviewer?
Neil and Alice discuss TV chat show hosts and teach you some related vocabulary. How much does appearance really matter?
Neil and Alice discuss fitness and New Year's resolutions. Neil and Alice discuss how some charities are helping those in need. Alice and Finn talk about the passion some people have for danger and the unseen threats we face every day.
Alice and Neil discuss the psychological pressures of going to university. They also teach some related vocabulary. Neil and Alice discuss the long-lasting appeal of this man with a bow and how he has changed over the centuries. Do you know how much your partner earns? Is he or she in debt? Would this make you love them less?
The BBC broadcasts a season of programmes discussing women's issues around the world. Should we all pay for supermarket plastic bags? Neil and Alice take a look at the environmental impact of plastic and teach you some related words. The bicycle is the most popular form of two-wheeled transport in the world, but could we all soon be using hoverboards?
Listen to Neil and Finn's conversation and learn some new words. If you are sitting at a desk or answering the phone, stop for a moment and ask: could a robot or machine do this job better? Neil and Finn discuss the future of our jobs. Neil and Alice discuss what kind of book people like to be seen reading.
Do you like to impress people with a classic book in your hands? Do you dress formally or casually? Do you choose trendy items or old comfortable ones? Rob and Will talk about the meaning of clothes. It's been described as the world's largest and most democratic classical music festival. What an awful sound - cracking your knuckles!
Listen in to Rob and Neil to find out if it's a useful skill or just an annoying habit. Was Charles Darwin the only man with ideas about evolution? Rob and Neil talk about someone else who discovered it first. What are the modern day dilemmas in using a lift? Rob and Neil discuss the awkwardness and irritation of being in one. Should young people be made to vote in elections or should we choose?
We discuss the ideas behind compulsory voting. What do we need our chins for? Rob and Neil discuss how we got them and what our chins say about us. Why do gibbons sing duets and what has this got to do with the evolution of the human language? It's amazing! What part of our body have scientists discovered can heal and help us? Do you chew gum and what do you do with it when you've finished?
Listen to Rob and Finn discussing the history and chemical properties of gum and why it's messing up our streets whilst explaining some related vocabulary.
Food banks provide food to people in the UK who can't afford to buy their own. Rob and Finn discuss this how they work and how they help many of the country's poorest. Listen to Neil and Rob discussing mood swings, risk taking, and why people make fun of teenagers, while they also explore some related vocabulary. How can remote parts of the world get access to the internet? Neil and Catherine discuss a new idea for spreading knowledge.
What makes us angry and why is aggression useful? Neil and Catherine discuss human behaviour. Big bushy beards have become so fashionable that there's now an art exhibition dedicated to them. A London apartment block has front and back entrances for private and social housing - or so-called rich and poor doors.
Does it make sense to you? Listen to a discussion whilst learning some housing-related vocabulary. Fifty years ago, on 18 March , Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov took the first space walk.
Listen to Rob and Neil describing the struggles of that ground-breaking space mission whilst explaining some related vocabulary. Furniture with built-in wireless charging technology - like a coffee table is now being sold. So you just pop your phone on the table, and technology does the rest! Many animals face extinction. But people are realising that they must act now to stop further losses. A scheme to save the Asian elephant in China could provide an answer. How does music make you feel?
Research shows that it actually influences us more than we realise - whether we're at the movies, the supermarket, or down the pub. Coffee is now the most popular drink in the world. But what about the economics and politics of coffee production? It's as complicated as getting the right flavour in your cup. Rob and Neil put on their sunglasses to find out more about this special star and teach some related vocabulary. The UK has become the first country to approve legislation allowing the creation of babies with genetic material from three people.
What are some art galleries banning to protect their paintings? Find out with Neil and Harry. An electronic device under your skin?! Workers in Sweden take part in experiment which allows them to get in and out of their office without a key, ID or password.
He is known throughout the world for his role in defeating Nazi Germany but he also made mistakes. We live in a richer world. But the gap between rich and poor is still very wide in individual countries. How to change this? The price of vaccines has escalated and some poor countries are struggling to prevent children from catching certain life-threatening diseases, says Medecins Sans Frontieres. Will thinking computers be the end of humans?
About 37, tourists are expected to visit Antarctica this season. But should they be going to a region with such a sensitive environment? At a time when more people compete for fewer jobs, are you sure you present your skills and abilities well to a potential employer? Listen to Rob and Neil's conversation and learn some related vocabulary. Going to a party where you don't know anyone? Listen to Rob and Neil's advice and learn some related vocabulary. We use computers for everything nowadays.
Are we forgetting our own abilities - and losing our talent? Listen to Rob and Neil's discussion, and learn some related vocabulary. Smoking in cars with children might be banned in England. Listen to Neil and Rob's chat and learn some related vocabulary. Is bullying just an attempt to give a bad name to what is part of human nature? What would you put in your time capsule? When enemy soldiers sang together in WW1. Are your pictures, documents and videos safe online? Listen to Rob and Finn's chat and learn new vocabulary.
How can science fiction help the world? Rob and Finn discuss a project which aims to inspire through stories of a bright future. Rob and Finn discuss the World Health Organisation's recommendations on e-cigarettes. Is it right to sleep at work? Rob and Finn discuss the benefits of sleeping on the job. Is the way we see famous people a new thing? Learn about the first 'modern celebrity'. You're not alone. Rob and Finn discuss how to deal with boredom and teach some related vocabulary.
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