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Hello
This is six minute english from bbc learning english
I'm new
And i'm am peaper in this program
We're talking about happiness
So what makes you happy al
Oh
It makes happhappy
But i'm with a group of old friends
And we're having a good laugh
How about you a aper atatmake me very happy
Especially if i see a cat on the street
That i don't know
And it lets me give it a little strike
That always makes me happy
That i'm not surprise
That sounds great
So happiness means different things to different people
But what's for sure is that most people would like to be happy
And the small himallane kingdom of button has taken this to a new level with the idea of growth national enginesh english
We'll ll be aring more about grogross national happiness and learning some useful newver cabulary soon
But first people i have a question for you
Of course
It's not just the people of bootaan who want to be happy
In fact
The united nations has even announced an international day of happiness
But when is that is international happiness day
A the twentith of march
B the tweneth of june
Or see the twentieth of november
I'm gonna say the tweneth of june
Because it would be sunny in the uk
Okay
Let's find out
If you're right at the end of the program
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Briefly
Growth national happiness means preserving butt's natural environment and culture through sustainable and eco friendly development
Butta's government moize these goals as more important than growing the economy at any cost for many years
Bootn was close to the sevenside world
The first foreign tourists arrived in nineteen
Seventy four one televiviwas was inintduduced in nineteen
Ninety
Nine
The king of butn wanted to modernize the country
And give it the benefits of modern technology
But without damaging traditional culture
So he invited outside experts to develop the idea of growth national happiness
One expert was doctor half into speaking here to sharmin cosia presenter of bbc world service program
The inquiry
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So his idea was how could we modernize and open our country without losing its cuculture
Its environment and it's very strong social fabric
Because btn was one of the only countries in asia
Who has never colonied
Therefore its cuculture is very intact and vibrant
Mainly put tisculpture
And so the idea was that cross national happiness should be to focus on all governments
Decisions and policies
So the well being in happiness of citizens took into stage
Button has a strong social fabric meaning
There are good relationships within communities and these hold society together unlike other asian countries
Bootan was colcolonied ed it's buddhist culture and traditions are intact
Their complete and unspoiled as a result
The happiness of btt's people took centre stage
It became the most important thing
Btta's emphasis on happiness has been admired around the world
But there have been problems too one is the migration of bttinese workers to india and other countries in search of better pay jobs in opportunities
Something known as the brain drain
So in twenty twenty three
The king of button announced a multiinmillion dollar project called led the minfuler city a new himalan's city built on spiritual and environmental principles all powered by renewable energy originally from button doctor lolowing ugil is the projects director and spoke with sharmin cosia for the bbc world services
The inquiry
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The project is also about reversing boottimes 's indrain the intention is to have locals run this old mind from the city
So in that sense
It's also to attract the bygrants
That have left and in the process of having worked abroad
Gained the extra skills come back to the man from the city and work
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As well as being a futuristic ecocity
The mindfufulness city hopes to stop bootaan's braindrain by attracting work is back home to boot
And these local workers can then use the extra skills that they've learned abroad through upskilling
And upskilling is the process of growth skills are improved through training the idea of growth national happiness might sound unusual
But the interesting to bbutn balancing economic growth with the happiness of its people
Yes
That's true
And it reminds me of your question
Now Yes
I asked what what the date of international happiness of is i said it was the twentith th tune in the summer
In the uk
Now well
Maybe it's the for people in the southern hemisphere
Because it's actually the tweneth of uh nice
And if you got that answer right
Why not try the interactive quiz
Which you'll find on our webcity
Hob c learning english
Dot com
Okay
Let's recap the vocabulary
We've learned starting with modernize to make something more modern for example through introducing technology are countriysocial fabric means the relationships
Which connect a community together
The adjective intact means complete and undadaged
If
If something take centre stage
It becomes more important than anything else a brain drain happens
When large numbers of educated and skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another country
Where they can hand more money and finally up skilling means
Improving worker skills through training and experience
Once again are six minutes
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