每日短语

The best of both worlds (两全齐美)

It means that you get the advantages of two very different things at the same time.

Eg1: Working part-time means I get the best of both worlds: time to study and steady income.

每日名言

Don’t let anyone tell you different

不要让任何人否定你的与众不同

每日短文

These are the 10 happiest and unhappiest countries in the world in 2019

The 2019 World Happiness Report has been released（常用短语）, and it reveals the countries whose residents say they are the happiest and least happy（最开心和最不开心）. The 10 happiest countries are: 

1)Finland 2)Denmark 3)Norway 4)Iceland 5)Netherlands 6)Switzerland 7)Sweden 8)New Zealand 9)Canada 10)Austria

And the 10 least happy countries are (with 1 being the least happy):

1)South Sudan 2)Central African Republic 3)Afghanistan 4)Tanzania 5)Rwanda 6)Yemen 7)Malawi 8)Syria 9)Botswana 10)Haiti

The United States placed 19th on the list of （第19名）happiest countries—down one spot from the last year（对比去年下降了一名）. The world happiness report ranks 156 ranks countries based on a three-year average of surveys taken by Gallup. Factors survey participants are asked to consider include their country’s GDP, social support from friends and family, healthy life expectancy*健康的预期寿命）, freedom to make life choices, generosity（慷慨的）, perceived corruption（腐败度）, and recent emotions, reports Bloomberg. Another factor in the rankings is the effect technology is having on people’s happiness. It found that teens who spent more time with digital devices were less happy.

The major bummer（最不愉快的） about this year’s list? When you factor in population growth, world happiness has fallen in recent years, the report’s authors found. “The world is a rapidly changing place. How communities interact with each other whether in schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, or on social media has profound effects（深刻影响） on world happiness,” said professor John Helliwell, co-editor of the 2019 report.