How culture affects sadness - 6 Minute English

How does culture influence the way you feel and show sadness? Neil and Sam will be investigating how the way people express sadness is influenced by their culture, and, as usual, we’ll be learning some new, useful vocabulary as well. ❓❓❓This week’s question Which colour is associated with sadness? Is it: a) yellow? b) blue? or, c) brown? Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary ✔️(to be) down in the dumps feel miserable and depressed ✔️(to be) fed up feel unhappy, bored, or tired, especially of something you have been experiencing for a long time ✔️melancholy intense and thoughtful sadness ✔️grief strong feeling of sadness, especially caused by someone’s death ✔️repressed unable to show your true feelings and emotions ✔️stiff upper lip not showing your feelings when you are upset, even though it is difficult not to [Cover: Getty Images] You can download the transcript and audio for this programme here: 👉 More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ Are you lonely in a crowd? ⭐ Food and mood: ⭐ How to talk to a climate denier ⭐ Doomscrolling: Why do we do it: ⭐ Can AI have a mind of its own: ⭐ Climate change: Are there too many people: ⭐ Songwriting: ⭐ The hidden life of buffets: 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 Visit our website 👉 Follow us on Instagram 👉 Follow us on Twitter 👉 Find us on Facebook 👉 Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish Get our app: Android 👉 iPhone 👉 We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #sadness #6minuteenglish