Name: 什麼讓你快樂？6分鐘英語 (What makes you happy? 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2025-11-17T17:10:41.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com hello.

BBCLearningEnglish.com 的 Six Minute English，哈囉。

This is the program where in just six minutes we discuss an interesting topic and teach some related English vocabulary.

這個節目會在六分鐘內討論一個有趣的主題，並教大家一些相關的英文單字。

而和我一起進行這個節目的是 Rob。

嘿，Rob，你看起來真是個快樂的小夥子。

Well, there are many things that can make you feel down in the dumps, A phrase that means unhappy and.

嗯，有很多事情會讓人覺得 down in the dumps，這個詞的意思就是不開心。

But what are the things that keep you feeling happy, cheerful and chirpy?

但又有哪些事情能讓你一直保持 happy、cheerful 又 chirpy 呢？

Oh, many things, like being healthy, having good friends, presenting programs like this with you, Neil?

喔，很多事情啊，像是身體健康、有好朋友、跟你一起主持像這樣的節目，Neil？

But we all have different ideas about what makes us happy.

不過，我們對什麼會讓我們快樂，想法都不太一樣。

And that can vary from country to country and culture to culture.

It's what we're talking about today, concepts of happiness.

這就是我們今天要聊的，幸福的觀念。

Now, Neil, you could make us even happier if you gave us a really good question to answer.

好了，Neil，如果你能給我們一個很棒的問題來回答，我們可以更開心喔。

Happiness is an emotion that actually gets measured.

快樂其實是一種可以被測量的情緒。

The World Happiness Report measures subjective well being, how happy the people are and why.

世界幸福報告會測量主觀幸福感，也就是人們有多快樂以及為什麼。

But do you know, according to a United nations agency report in 2017, which is the happiest country on earth?

不過你知道嗎，根據聯合國機構在2017年的一份報告，地球上最快樂的國家是哪個？

Is it A, Norway, B, Japan, or C, New Zealand?

是A，挪威，B，日本，還是C，紐西蘭？

Well, I think they're all very happy places, but

嗯，我覺得這些地方都很開心，但是

the outdoor life of many New Zealanders must make New Zealand the happiest place.

紐西蘭人熱愛戶外的生活，一定讓紐西蘭成為最快樂的地方。

But now back to our discussion about happiness around the world.

不過現在，我們回到關於世界各地幸福的討論。

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.

研究顯示，雖然在西方文化中，個人愉悅的感受被普遍認為是幸福的定義，但在東亞文化中，幸福則傾向於被視為社會和諧。

And in some parts of Africa and India, it's more about shared experiences and family.

而在非洲和印度的一些地區，幸福更多是關於共享的經驗和家庭。

It's something author and journalist Helen Russell has been looking at.

這是作家兼記者 Helen Russell 一直在研究的內容。

She's even created an atlas of happiness.

她甚至還製作了一份幸福地圖集。

Her research focuses on the positive characteristics of a country's population.

她的研究聚焦於一個國家人口的正面特質。

And guess which country she found to be one of the happiest?

猜猜她發現哪個國家是最幸福的國家之一？

Here she is speaking on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour program.

她當時在 BBC Radio 4 的 Woman's Hour 節目上談論這個話題。

What concept or belief is it that promotes happiness?

是什麼樣的觀念或信念能促進幸福呢？

perhaps older people are better at remembering Wabi sabi, this traditional Japanese concept around celebrating imperfection, which I think is something that so helpful these days, especially for women.

It's this idea that there is a beauty in aging.

It's to be celebrated rather than trying to disguise it or trying to cover up the scars.

If you break a pot, instead of chucking it away, you mend it with gold lacquer.

So the scars, rather than being hidden, are highlighted in pure gold.

或許長輩們更能體會 Wabi sabi，這個日本傳統觀念，強調欣賞不完美，我覺得這對我們現在很有幫助，特別是女性。

We all have laughter lines, and rather than being ashamed of them, they're something to be celebrated.

這是一種認為衰老本身就有一種美。

So in Japan, there is a belief that people should celebrate imperfection.

應該要被慶祝，而不是試圖去掩飾或遮蓋疤痕。

取而代之的是用 kintsugi 來鍍金。

So rather than hiding something that's not perfect, we should celebrate it.

如果一個鍋子破了，不要丟掉，而是用金漆來修補。

Getting old, for example, is not something to be ashamed of.

像是變老，也不是什麼需要感到羞恥的事。

Don't hide your wrinkles or laughter lines.

These are the creases you get as your skin ages or even you get from smiling too much.

這些都是皮膚老化或你笑太多留下的痕跡。

Rather than spending time being ashamed of our faults, we.

與其花時間為我們的缺點感到羞恥，我們。

我們應該接受我們是誰，以及我們是什麼樣的人。

This concept is something that Helen feels is particularly being celebrated by millennials and older people.

Helen 認為千禧世代和長輩們特別在慶祝這個觀念。

And Helen compared this with a process of kintsugi, where the cracks or scars on broken pottery are highlighted with gold lacquer.

Helen 將這比喻為 kintsugi 的過程，也就是將破碎陶器的裂痕或疤痕用金漆來凸顯。

So we should highlight our imperfections.

所以我們應該凸顯我們的不完美。

This concept is something that maybe English people should embrace more because according to Helen Russell's research, they are not a very happy population.

這個觀念也許英國人應該多擁抱，因為根據 Helen Russell 的研究，他們不是一個很幸福的族群。

Here she is speaking on the BB Woman's Hour program.

她在 BB Woman's Hour 節目上這麼說。

Again, what word does she use to describe people like me and you?

再說一次，她用什麼詞來形容像你和我這樣的人？

In England, what we have is jolly, which many of us now associate with this kind of jolly hockey sticks, or as of May, perhaps an upper class thing.

在英國，我們有 "jolly" 這個詞，很多人現在會把它聯想到這種 "jolly hockey sticks" 的感覺，或是到了五月，可能是一種上流社會的用語。

But actually it's something that really plays through a lot of British culture in a way that we may not think of so much.

但實際上，這是一種貫穿許多英國文化的方式，而我們可能沒有那麼常去思考它。

So there's this sense that in a lot of our comedy, in a lot of our approach to life, you just sort of, you get out there, you go for a dog walk, you have a boiled egg and soldiers, and

所以你會感覺到，在我們的許多喜劇裡，在我們許多面對生活的方式裡，你就是走出去，去散步，吃個水煮蛋配吐司，然後

It's not perfect, but it's worked for many Brits for a while.

這並不完美，但對許多英國人來說，這已經奏效一段時間了。

In the past, we would use the phrase jolly hockey sticks, a humorous phrase used to describe upper class schoolgirls.

過去，我們會用 "jolly hockey sticks" 這個詞，這是一個幽默的說法，用來形容上流社會的女學生。

But Helen now thinks jolly describes an attitude that is used as a coping mechanism.

但海倫現在認為 jolly 是一種被用來應對的態度。

That's something someone does to deal with a difficult situation.

這是人們為了應對困難情況而做的事。

We smile, do everyday things like walking the dog and just get on with life.

我們微笑，做著日常的事，像是遛狗，然後繼續過日子。

I guess she means carry on without complaining.

我猜她是指默默承受，不抱怨。

Well, here's something to make you happy.

好啦，這有個能讓你開心的東西。

Rob, the answer to the question I asked you earlier, which was, according to a United nations agency report in 2017, which is the happiest country on earth?

Rob，我剛剛問你的問題的答案，根據 2017 年一份聯合國機構的報告，哪個國家是世界上最快樂的國家？

是 A、挪威，B、日本，還是 C、紐西蘭？

The report has been published for the past five years.

這份報告已經連續發布五年了。

During which the Nordic countries have consistently dominated the top spots.

在這期間，北歐國家一直穩居前幾名。

Okay, now it's time to remind ourselves of some of the vocabulary we've mentioned today.

好了，現在是時候複習一下我們今天提到的幾個詞彙了。

We mentioned the phrase down in the dumps, which is an informal way of describing the feeling of unhappiness, sometimes with no hope.

我們提到了 down in the dumps 這個說法，這是一種非正式的描述，用來形容不開心、有時甚至絕望的感覺。

The next word was imperfection, which is a fault or weakness.

下一個詞是 imperfection，意思是缺點或弱點。

You won't find any imperfections in this program, Rob.

Rob，你絕對找不到這個節目有任何 imperfection 的地方。

To gild something is to cover it in a thin layer of gold.

gild 一個東西，就是用一層薄薄的金箔覆蓋它。

We also heard about the word jolly, which means cheerful and happy.

我們也聽到了 jolly 這個詞，意思是 cheerful and happy。

And being jolly can be used as a coping mechanism.

而且保持 cheerful 可以當作一種應對機制。

這是某人為了應對困難情況而做的事。

If something doesn't go well, you just smile and carry on.

如果事情進展不順，你就笑一笑，繼續前進。

Well, there's no need to do that in this program.

嗯，在這個節目裡沒有這種必要。

Now there's just time to remind you that we have a website with lots more learning English content.

現在是時候提醒你，我們有一個網站，上面有更多學習英文的內容。

The address is bbclearningenglish.com thanks for joining us and goodbye.

網址是 bbclearningenglish.com，謝謝你的加入，再見。