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?
a) yellow?
b) blue?
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
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