6 Minute English / The country that measures happiness

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Neil.

And I m Pippa. In this programme we re talking about happiness.

So, what makes you happy, Neil?

It makes me happy when I m with a group of old friends and we re having a good laugh. How about you, Pippa?

Cats make 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 stroke. That always makes me happy.

I m not surprised. 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 Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has taken this to a new level with the idea of Gross National Happiness, or GNH.

We ll be hearing more about Gross National Happiness and learning some useful new vocabulary soon, but first Pippa, I have a question for you. Of course, it s not just the people of Bhutan 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 20th of March?b) the 20th of June?c) the 20th of November?