Do you get jealous easily? - 6 Minute English

Do you get jealous if one of your friends gives more attention to someone else? Do you keep checking if your partner becomes too friendly with someone? Sam and Neil hear experts talking about jealousy and envy. And, as usual, they teach you vocabulary along the way.

❓❓❓This week's question
The expression ‘the green-eyed monster’ comes from a speech in one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, but which one?
a) Romeo and Juliet
b) Hamlet
c) Othello
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
✔️the green-eyed monster
(British English) jealousy or envy

✔️significant other
wife, husband or other romantic partner who you are in a long-term relationship with

✔️flirting
behaving as if you are sexually attracted to someone but playfully rather than with serious intentions

✔️envy
wanting to have the possessions or qualities that someone else has

✔️pill
medicine in the form of small tablet which you swallow

✔️cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
type of therapy which helps people deal with their emotional and behavioural problems by changing the way they think about them

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