BBC: Is happiness genetic? -2

Yes. Danes love simple conforts. A warm cosy room, some drinks, some candles and a fire, and they are happy. Maybe, that's the secret. 

Well, the secret to my happiness right now is finding out if I was right in the quiz. 

Oh, yes! I asked: Where did the UK place in the World Happiness Report 2017

a) in the top 10    b) between 11th and 20th      or    c) after 21st

I said c) after 21st. 

And I'm afraid you're wrong my friend. We placed b)  between 11th and 20th. We were actually 19th. 

Well, let's make our listeners happy by going through the vocabulary. 

OK, first we had dominate. If you dominate something or someone, you control it. It's quite an aggressive word. You wouldn't use it for people much. But give us an example, Neil. 

You can talk about a team dominating play in a sport. Next we had subjective. If something is subjective it is based on personal experience, beliefs or feelings rather that facts, which are objective. What type of things are subjective, Dan?

Oh, it's our opinions of art, muscic, jokes, food. You know, I like sausages and ice-cream but no one else does!

That's because it's disgusting!

Then, we had component. A component is part of something that makes up a larger whole. Televisions and computers have many components in them. 

And a person can be an essential component in a team, like a goal-keeper in football. After that was inoculation. An inoculation is a form of disease protection. It is a synonym of ...Dan?

Vaccination. I went on holiday last year and had to have my inoculations updated. Then we had content. If you are content, you are satisfied and want nothing. What makes you content, Neil?

A warm sunny day in my garden with a good book.  And finally we had cosiness. Cosiness comes from cosy, which means 'warm, comfortable and safe'. Where's cosy for you, Dan?

Oh, easy. On a frrezing cold day. it's tucked up in bed with a nice cup of tea.