English Rewind - Weekender: affluenza สาธารณะ

? What kind of illness is affluenza? How can you catch it, what are its effects and is it treatable? The answers to these questions may surprise you! Learn more while you improve your English vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening with this archive episode of the BBC Learning English programme Weekender. Is affluenza a problem in your country? Tell us in the comments ???

Useful vocabulary:
✔️ affluenza - a word invented by Oliver James to describe unhappiness caused by an obsession with money, appearances and fame
✔️ to be affluent - to have lots of money, nice houses or expensive things
✔️ influenza - a kind of illness, like a cold, that people can get from other people
✔️ possessions - the things you have or own
✔️ appearances - what people look like; how people are seen by others
✔️ childcare - an arrangement where someone is responsible for looking after children
✔️ your status - how important or powerful you are seen to be

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of Weekender was first published on the BBC Learning English website in June 2007.

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