And I'm Georgina.

我是喬治娜

That's a big smile on your face, Georgina! You seem happy today!

你臉上的笑容真燦爛，喬治娜！你今天看起來很開心！

I am, Neil.

我是，尼爾

After all, what's the point in seeing the glass half empty?

畢竟，看到半空的杯子有什麼用呢？

Ah, so you're someone who tries to see the glass half full –

啊，所以你是一個人誰試圖看到 玻璃半滿 -

you generally look at things in a positive way.

你一般都是以積極的態度看待事物。

I hope so!

希望如此

It may seem strange to be discussing happiness

討論幸福似乎很奇怪

in the middle of a global pandemic but right now feeling happy is

在全球流行病的中間，但現在感到高興是

more important than ever.

比以往任何時候都更重要。

Well then, it's lucky that happiness is the subject of this

那麼，幸好幸福的主題是這個

programme, Georgina. And while many things seem to be out of our

節目，喬治娜雖然很多事情似乎不在我們的考慮範圍之內

control just now, there are small things we can do to feel better about life…

我們可以做一些小事來改善生活... ...

…to feel less stressed, and maybe even a little happier.

........感到壓力較小，甚至可能更快樂一些。

You're talking like a Dane now, Georgina.

你現在說話像個丹麥人，喬治娜。

Denmark, and in fact all the Nordic countries,

丹麥，其實也是所有北歐國家。

are often listed as among the happiest places in the world.

經常被列為世界上最幸福的地方之一。

You know what would make me happy, Neil?

你知道什麼能讓我開心嗎，尼爾？

– asking me a really good quiz question.

- 問我一個非常好的問答題。

OK. Well, did you know that every year the UN publishes its

好吧，你知道嗎？好吧，你知道嗎，每年聯合國都會公佈其。

Global Happiness Survey revealing the happiest countries in the world?

全球幸福感調查揭祕全球最幸福的國家？

It's based on factors like income, life expectancy and health.

它基於收入、預期壽命和健康等因素。

The Nordic countries often come in the top ten,

北歐國家經常進入前十名。

but which country was rated the happiest in 2020?

但在2020年，哪個國家被評為最幸福的國家？

Was it: a) Iceland?, b) Denmark?, or, c) Finland?

是：a)冰島，b)丹麥，還是，c)芬蘭？

Well, Neil, Denmark is famous for bacon, and nothing makes me happier

尼爾，丹麥的培根很有名，沒有什麼比這更讓我高興了。

than a bacon sandwich, so I'll say b) Denmark.

比培根三明治，所以我說b）丹麥。

I like your thinking, Georgina!

我喜歡你的想法，喬治娜！

We'll find out the answer later, but you're certainly right to say that

我們以後會知道答案，但你說的肯定是對的。

Denmark is considered one of the happiest countries in the world.

丹麥被認為是世界上最幸福的國家之一。

Malene Rydahl, author of the bestselling book, Happy as a Dane,

Malene Rydahl，暢銷書《快樂如丹麥人》的作者。

believes that aspects of Danish culture can help us

相信丹麥文化的各個方面可以幫助我們

improve our chances of happiness.

提高我們獲得幸福的機會。

Here she is explaining what happiness means for her

她在這裡解釋了幸福對她的意義。

to BBC World Service programme, The Conversation.

英國廣播公司世界服務節目 "對話"。

See if you can hear what she thinks:

看看你能不能聽到她的想法。

Well, I think we should be seeking alignment and I think we

好吧，我認為我們應該尋求一致，我認為我們應該。

should practise gratitude and I think that we should be more conscious

我認為，我們應該更有意識地進行感恩

about how we relate to things that happen to us and how much we

關於我們如何與發生在我們身上的事情聯繫起來，以及我們有多

compare ourselves to others… I do think that what we need to focus on

我覺得我們需要關注的是... ...

is the quality of our relationships.

是我們關係的品質。

Did you hear Malene use the word alignment?

你有沒有聽到馬琳用對齊這個詞？

She thinks there should be harmony between my true sense of

她認為應該在我的真正意義上的和諧。

who I am, what I think and how I relate to others.

我是誰，我的想法以及我與他人的關係。

We should be in alignment – or in the correct relation, to those things.

我們應該與這些東西保持一致--或者說正確的關係。

Malene also thinks happiness comes from gratitude –

馬琳也認為幸福來自於感恩------。

feeling grateful and expressing thanks to other people.

感恩，對他人表示感謝。

She recommends finding three things, no matter how small,

她建議找三件事，無論多小。

to be grateful for every day.

要感恩每一天。

Like… getting a good night's sleep, drinking a hot coffee…

比如... 睡個好覺，喝杯熱咖啡... ...

and having this chat with you, Georgina.

和你哈拉，喬治娜。

Thanks, Neil, that's put a smile on my face!

謝謝，尼爾，這讓我臉上露出了笑容！

It may sound strange but doing this every day can really

這聽起來可能很奇怪，但每天這樣做真的可以

boost your happiness levels.

提升你的幸福感水準。

Malene also warns against seeking happiness in external things,

馬琳還警告說，不要在外在事物中尋求幸福。

as you can hear in this chat with BBC World Service's, The Conversation:

你可以在這次與BBC世界服務的對話中聽到。

If you seek happiness and you mistake it for pleasure,

如果你追求幸福，卻誤以為是快樂。

you will be running around like a little hamster in a wheel

你會像一個小倉鼠一樣在輪子裡跑來跑去。

because it's never enough and because you will be very quickly

因為它是永遠不夠的，因為你會很快的。

the victim of the hedonic treadmill… and the hedonic treadmill is…

受害者的享樂跑步機... 和享樂跑步機是... ...

you know, you want something, you think if you're more beautiful, if you

你知道，你想要的東西， 你認為，如果你更美麗，如果你... ...

get more power, if you get more money and fame and then you'll

權力越大，如果你得到更多的錢和名聲，然後你會得到更多的錢和名聲。

finally be happy… and then you get it and you get a small satisfaction.

終於高興了... ...然後你得到了它，你得到了一個小小的滿足。

According to Malene, chasing external pleasures like money and fame

馬琳認為，追逐金錢、名利等外在的快樂。

will leave you feeling like a hamster on a wheel –

會讓你覺得自己像一隻輪子上的倉鼠 ------------------。

like someone who's always busy but never accomplishes anything

忙忙碌碌，一事無成

useful or finishes what they start.

有用或完成他們開始的事情。

She also says it's easy to become a victim of the hedonic treadmill.

她還說，這很容易成為享樂式跑步機的受害者。

This is the idea that humans adapt to whatever level of happiness

這就是人類適應任何幸福程度的想法。

they achieve. As we make more money, meet the perfect boyfriend

他們實現。當我們賺到更多的錢時，遇到完美的男朋友

or whatever we desire, our expectations also increase,

或任何我們想要的東西，我們的期望也會增加。

so we never find the happiness we hoped we would!

所以我們從來沒有找到我們所希望的幸福!

'Money can't buy happiness', as my grandma used to say.

'錢買不到幸福'，我奶奶常說。

Right. In fact, it's probably the quality of our relationships,

對啊事實上，這可能是我們關係的品質。

not external objects, that gives satisfaction –

不以物喜，不以己悲

the pleasure we feel when we achieve something we wanted to.

當我們實現我們想要的東西時，我們感到的快樂。

Lots of useful tips there, Georgina, for feeling as happy as a Dane.

很多有用的建議，喬治娜，讓你感覺像丹麥人一樣快樂。

A Dane, you say, Neil? So I got the correct answer?

一個丹麥人，你說，尼爾？所以我得到了正確的答案？

In my quiz question I asked Georgina which Nordic country was rated

在我的問答題中，我問喬治娜哪個北歐國家被評為

happiest in the UN's 2020 global survey.

在聯合國2020年全球調查中，最幸福。

I guessed, b) Denmark.

我猜，b）丹麥。

But in fact, Georgina, it was… c) Finland.

但事實上，喬治娜，那是... ... c）芬蘭。

I guess their bacon sandwiches are even better!

我想他們的培根三明治會更好吃!

OK, let's recap the vocabulary and start seeing the glass half full –

好了，讓我們來回顧一下詞彙，開始看到玻璃杯半滿--。

looking at things in a positive way.

以積極的態度看待事物。

Happiness might be all about alignment –

幸福也許就是對齊---------------------------。

being in the correct relation to things.

與事物保持正確的關係。

Or gratitude – being grateful and giving thanks.

或者說是感恩--感恩和感謝。

Feeling like a hamster on a wheel means you're always busy doing

感覺自己像一隻輪子上的倉鼠，意味著你總是忙於做

things but without getting satisfaction -

得而復失

the pleasant feeling of achieving something you really wanted to.

實現你真正想要的東西的愉快感覺。

Finally, the reason happiness often escapes us may involve the hedonic

最後，幸福常常逃離我們的原因，可能涉及到享樂主義的

treadmill - the human tendency to return to the same level of

跑步機--人類傾向於回到同一水準。

happiness after something very good or very bad has happened.

好事或壞事發生後的幸福。

That's all for this programme.

這個節目就到此為止。

We hope it's lifted your spirits and given you some useful vocabulary as well.

希望它能讓你精神振奮，也能給你一些有用的詞彙。

Remember to join us again soon for more interesting topics

記得不久後再來參加我們的活動，瞭解更多有趣的話題。

here at 6 Minute English. And if you like topical discussions

這裡是6分鐘英語。如果你喜歡話題性的討論

and want to learn how to use the vocabulary found in headlines,

並想學習如何使用標題中的詞彙。

why not try out our News Review podcast?

為什麼不試試我們的新聞評論播客？

You'll find programmes about many topics that will help to keep you

你會發現許多主題的節目，這將幫助你保持

entertained and learning at the same time.

娛樂和學習的同時。

Don't forget you can download the app for free from the app stores.

別忘了，你可以從應用商店免費下載該應用。

And of course, we are on most social media platforms. Bye for now!

當然，我們也在大多數社交媒體平臺上。暫時再見!

Bye!

再見！