Would you have the kind of reaction you can see in this picture if you were suddenly given a lot of money? It might seem greedy to want all this cash, but for some people there is nothing better than holding a wodge of notes. For them, life with money is much easier. Paying bills, eating in fancy restaurants, buying expensive luxury items – these are all things you can do if you have the money. You don't have to worry about paying the rent every month. Each time you need to replace something in your home, like a washing machine – no problem, you can pay for it. Money does make life easier in some ways.
But money does not always equal happiness in every situation. There are places in the world where people don't have much money, but they are still happy. They make do with what they have and don't need money to buy expensive things. And in the past, money wasn't seen as the key to happiness. For example, parents wouldn’t buy expensive toys for their children. Instead, the children were content to play with things they found, like sticks and stones in the garden.
Today in the developed world however, money might be central to our happiness. Having to pay more and more for things means we place more and more value on each coin and note in our pockets. So, the amount we earn in our jobs becomes crucial to our opinions about happiness. When we earn more, we feel happier. When countries become wealthier, there is usually improvement in education, lower child mortality, and longer life expectancy. The problem with this is that there is only so much of these things that money can buy. Things can't keep on getting better continuously.
And is there a point at which money can make us decidedly unhappy? For example, high-paid jobs often come with a lot of stress. There is only so much pressure you can take before you might need to quit the rat race, however good the pay is. Not to mention that it is very difficult, maybe almost impossible, to define what happiness actually is.
Did you work out which was the best summary?
It was: Money helps us do a lot of things but it can't make our lives get better forever.
credits to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-3/session-3In this session we look at the words all, each, every, both, either and neither. We call them quantifiers: words that give us information about the number or amount of something. Other examples of quantifiers are some, more, less, most, enough and several. We're looking at what happens when they're followed by nouns.
So first, let's examine all, each and every. You'll know they mean the whole number of something in a group. But what are the differences?
How did you do? I hope you got them all right! Here are the answers again, for your reference.
1) All or All the is followed by a plural or uncountable noun. Every and each are followed by a singular noun.
All the students have their own rooms.
All the information about accommodation is on our website.
Every student has their own room.
Each student has their own room.
2) Every and each can often be used in the same place, but we prefer every when we are thinking about the whole number in a group, and each when we are thinking about the members of the group as individuals.
Every room has Wi-Fi. Each one has a different view.
3) To emphasise the individual members of a group, use every not each.
I was too late to apply for accommodation. Every room in the building is already taken.
4) For only two things, we can use each but not every.
The university has two student dormitories, with about 1,000 students in each building.
5) All and each but not every can be followed by of + a plural noun or pronoun. Notice that each of with a plural noun or pronoun is followed by a singular verb.
All of the students have a phone in the room.
Each of them has a phone in their room.
1) We use both (of), neither (of) and either (of) to talk about two people or things. Both means this one AND the other one. Neither means NOT this one AND NOT the other one. Either means this one OR the other one. Either is used mainly in questions and negative sentences.
Both of the men are wearing black ties.
Both men are reading newspapers.
Neither man is wearing a pink t-shirt.
Neither of the men has blond hair.
I don't think either man is going to get the job.
She didn't choose either of them for the job.
2) We often use these patterns: both… and..., neither… nor..., and either… or...
He plays both the violin and the guitar.
Neither me nor my brother are married.
Should I wear either this shirt or that one?