Greed - the desire to accumulate ‘stuff’ for yourself. Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. 👇👇👇
❓❓❓ This week’s question: Which one of history’s greatest leaders said this quote? ’The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not everyone’s greed’.
a) The Dalai Lama
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Martin Luther King
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You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉
Vocabulary:
✔️stuff - (informal) material objects and possessions
✔️take credit (for something) - accept praise and recognition given for doing something good, whether or not you deserve it
✔️the flip of a coin - something based on luck or random chance, such as when flipping a coin into the air to see whether it lands heads-side or tails-side up
✔️pull yourself up by your bootstraps - improve your situation through your own efforts, without help from anyone else
✔️well-off - rich enough to be able to have most of what you want
✔️empathy - ability to experience someone else’s feelings by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation
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