61. What is the Happiest Country in the World?: 2021 World Happiness Report (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Where is the happiest country in the world? How can we measure happiness? Is happiness a good way to compare countries? Has the ongoing pandemic affected people's happiness all over the world? These questions might seem a little complicated to answer, but fortunately for us the World Happiness Report 2021 was released last week! In this episode we’ll talk about the results of their rankings and discuss their findings on global happiness! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/22/61-what-is-the-happiest-country-in-the-world-2021-world-happiness-report-english-vocabulary-lesson/ https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2021/ Democracy Rankings - http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/03/08/57-is-democracy-dying-freedom-house-2021-report-english-vocabulary-lesson/ Most Languages? - http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/13/42-which-country-has-the-most-languages-english-vocabulary-lesson/ What is the most expensive city? - http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/ CONTACT US!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Vocabulary List Corruption (n) - illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power Political corruption is widespread throughout that country Obsessed (adj) - unable to stop thinking about something; too interest in or worried about something Why are people so obsessed with money? Evaluation (n) - A judgment or calculation of the quality, importance, amount, or value of something Student evaluations of the class will be collected next week Mutual (adj) - (of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other Their partnerships was based on mutual trust, respect, and understanding Stringent (adj) - having a very severe effect, or being extremely limiting We need to introduce more stringent security measures such as identity cards To buffer (v) - to provide protection against harm People’s concerns were buffered by the government’s strong actions Morale (n) - the amount of confidence felt by a person or group of people, especially when in a dangerous or difficult situation A couple of victories would improve the team's morale enormously Frequency (n) - the number of times something happens within a particular period Complaints about the frequency of buses rose in the last year Solidarity (n) - agreement between, and support, for the members of a group The purpose of the speech was to show solidarity with the country’s leaders --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support