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Neil

Hello. This is 6 Minute English. I'm Neil.

Georgina

And I'm Georgina.

Neil

Today we’re focussing on the topic of mental health at work.

Georgina

Yes, it’s an issue that can be difficult to see. If someone has an injury, like a broken leg or a serious medical issue, it’s obvious, and we can understand what’s happening. With mental health issues, though, there’s no physical sign and people who are experiencing difficulties maybe don’t get the same understanding as people who have medical problems.

Neil

It’s a topic that has been getting more publicity recently, particularly as members of the British royal family have been talking about it. Also, awareness is raised through events such as World Mental Health Day. And that is the topic of today’s quiz. World Mental Health Day is held every year on October 10th. It aims to raise awareness of mental health issues and their effects on people’s lives. In what year was it first held? Was it...

A: 1992

B: 2002

C: 2012

What do you think, Georgina?

Georgina

I don’t know – I think it will be older than 2012, but as old as 1992? I don’t know. I’m going to go with 2002

Neil

OK. I’ll have the answer later in the programme and we’ll see if you’re right. Mental health problems are very difficult personally for those who suffer from them, and they also have an impact on businesses. Paul Farmer is head of the mental health awareness charity Mind. He spoke on the BBC World Service Business Daily programme about this. How much does he says it costs businesses in the UK?

Paul Farmer, CEO Mind?

We know that the cost of?failing to address?mental health in business is?colossal. In the UK, it costs between 33 and 42 billion pounds a year, about $50 billion dollars, and round about 300,000 people fall out of work every year as a result of poor mental health. So that’s a huge cost to workplaces and to individuals. Behind those numbers, though, are the lives of talented, able,?contributors?who often just slide away from the workplace because they don’t get the right help and support for their mental health.

Neil

What figures did Paul Farmer give there?

Georgina

He gave the figure of about between 33 and ￡42 billion – which is about $50 billion dollars.

Neil

That’s a lot of money!

Georgina

It is – in fact he called it?colossal. This adjective means huge – really, really big. This is the cost to business he says of?failing to address?the mental health issue.

Neil

Failing to address?means ignoring or not dealing with the problems. It leads to staff leaving work, and he says these people are?contributors, they give something to the business in terms of their skill and experience.

Georgina

And because of mental health issues, which could be?addressed?but aren’t, those?contributors?are being lost to the business. So it costs companies more money to recruit and train new staff, and you can’t always replace the experience that is lost.

Neil

Let’s listen again.

Paul Farmer, CEO Mind

We know that the cost of?failing to address?mental health in business is?colossal. In the UK, it costs between 33 and 42 billion pounds a year, about $50 billion dollars, and round about 300,000 people fall out of work every year as a result of poor mental health. So that’s a huge cost to workplaces and to individuals. Behind those numbers, though, are the lives of talented, able,?contributors?who often just slide away from the workplace because they don’t get the right help and support for their mental health.

Neil

In recent years it seems as if there has been more understanding of mental health issues, not just in the workplace but in society as a whole. Geoff McDonald is a campaigner for the organisation Minds at Work. He also spoke on the Business Daily programme about one way that things were getting a little better.

Geoff McDonald, Minds at Work?

I think what’s really changed is people telling their stories, and the more stories that we tell it kind of begins?to normalise?this. Every single story that we tell is like sending a lifeboat out into the ocean and the millions and millions of people who are?suffering in silence, do you know what they do? They?cling on to?that lifeboat and they realise they’re not alone and they might just be normal.

Neil

So, because more people are talking about this issue, it begins?to normalise?it. This means it becomes ‘normal’. It’s not unusual, strange or hidden.

Georgina

There are people who?suffer in silence?– they keep to themselves and hide their problems from others, but because there is more publicity about this topic, they can begin to feel that they are not alone and they don’t have to?suffer in silence.

Neil

People sharing their stories are like lifeboats for those who do?suffer in silence. In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

Right, we’re going to another look at today’s vocabulary, but first let’s have the answer to today’s quiz. When was the first World Mental Health Day? Was it...

A: 1992

B: 2002

C: 2012

Georgina, what did you say?

Georgina

I thought 2002.

Neil

It was actually earlier - 1992. Now, a review of our vocabulary.

Georgina

Failing to address?is a phrase that means ignoring a problem or not trying to help with a problem.

Neil

Something?colossal?is very, very big.

Georgina

A?contributor?is someone who has something to give, who is a positive benefit to, in this case, a business.

Neil

Then we have the verb?to normalise, meaning to make something normal.

Georgina

Someone who?suffers in silence, doesn’t talk about their problems and may hide them from others.

Neil

And finally, if you?cling on to something, you hold on to it tightly, you don’t want to let it go. And that’s all from us from this programme. We look forward to your company again soon. In the meantime find us online, on social media and on the BBC Learning English app.

Georgina

Bye!

Vocabulary

failing to address

not dealing with, not helping with

colossal

huge, very big

contributor

someone who has something positive to give

to normalise

to make normal

to suffer in silence

to have a problem but not discuss it or share it

to cling onto?(something)

to hold on tight to something

雙語(yǔ)版Transcript

Hello.?This is 6 Minute English.?I'm Neil.

大家好，這里是六分鐘英語(yǔ)，我是尼爾。

And I'm Georgina.

我是喬治娜。

In this program we're focusing on the topic of mental health at work.

在本期節(jié)目中，我們將關(guān)注工作中的心理健康這個(gè)話題。

Yes, it's an issue that can be difficult to see.

是的，這是一個(gè)很難發(fā)現(xiàn)的問題。

If someone has an injury, like a broken leg or a serious medicalissue,?it's obvious, and we can understand what's happening.

如果有人受傷了，像是斷了一條腿或嚴(yán)重的醫(yī)療問題，那很顯而易見，而且我們可以了解發(fā)生了什么。

With mental health issues, though, there's no physical sign and people whoare experiencing difficulties maybe don't get the same understanding as peoplewho have medical problems.

然而心理健康問題沒有體征，而且那些正在經(jīng)歷心理健康難題的人可能無(wú)法得到與有醫(yī)療問題的人同樣的理解。

It's a topic that has been getting more publicityrecently,?particularly as members of the British royal family have beentalking about it.

這個(gè)話題最近得到了更多的關(guān)注，特別是英國(guó)皇室成員一直在談?wù)撨@個(gè)話題。

Also, awareness is raised through events such as World Mental Health Day.

同樣，通過如世界心理健康日這樣的活動(dòng)人們對(duì)它的認(rèn)識(shí)得到提高。

And that is the topic of our quiz.

這就是我們今天測(cè)試問題的主題。

World Mental Health Day is held every year on October 10th.

每年的10月10日為世界心理健康日。

It aims to raise awareness of mental health issues and their effects onpeople's lives.

它旨在提高人們對(duì)心理健康問題及其對(duì)人們生活影響的認(rèn)識(shí)。

In what year was it first held?

它首次舉辦是在哪一年？

Was it. . .?A: 1992, B: 2002 or C: 2012?

是A：?1992年，B：2002年，還是C：2012年？

What do you think, Georgina?

你覺得呢，喬治娜？

I don't know – I think it will be older than 2012, but as old as1992??I don't know.?I'm going to go with 2002.

我不知道，我想它會(huì)比2012年更靠前，但會(huì)久遠(yuǎn)到1992年嗎？我不知道。我選2002年。

OK.?I'll have the answer later in the programme and we'll see ifyou're right.

好的。稍后我將在節(jié)目中揭曉答案，看看你的答案是否正確。

Mental health problems are very difficult personally for those who sufferfrom them,?and they also have an impact on businesses.

心理健康問題對(duì)那些遭受該問題的人來(lái)說是非常困難的，而且它們對(duì)企業(yè)也有影響。

Paul Farmer is head of the mental health awareness charity Mind.

保羅·法默是心理健康認(rèn)知慈善機(jī)構(gòu)Mind的負(fù)責(zé)人。

He spoke on the BBC World Service Business Daily programme about this.

他在BBC全球服務(wù)節(jié)目Business Daily中談到了這一點(diǎn)。

How much does he says it costs businesses in the UK?

他說該問題讓英國(guó)企業(yè)付出了多大代價(jià)？

We know that the cost of failing to address mental health in business iscolossal.

我們知道在商業(yè)領(lǐng)域中未能解決心理健康問題所付出的代價(jià)是巨大的。

In the UK, it costs between 33 and 42 billion pounds a year, about $50billion dollars,?and round about 300,000 people fall out of work everyyear as a result of poor mental health.

在英國(guó)，它每年要花費(fèi)330億到420億英鎊，約合500億美元，而且每年約有30萬(wàn)人因心理健康問題而失業(yè)。

So that's a huge cost to workplaces and to individuals.

所以這對(duì)職場(chǎng)和個(gè)人來(lái)說都是巨大的成本。

Behind those numbers, though, are the lives of talented, able,contributors?who often just?slide away from the workplace because theydon't get the right help and support for their mental health.

然而這些數(shù)字的背后是那些有才能、有能力的貢獻(xiàn)者的生活，他們經(jīng)常離職，因?yàn)樗麄兊貌坏结槍?duì)其心理健康的正確幫助和支持。

What figures did Paul Farmer give there?

保羅·法默給出了什么數(shù)字？

He gave the figure of about between 33 and ￡42 billion – which is about$50 billion dollars.

他給出的數(shù)字大約在330億到420億英鎊之間，也就是大約500億美元。

That's a lot of money!

那是很多錢！

It is – in fact he called it colossal.

是的——事實(shí)上他稱之為"巨大的"。

This adjective means huge – really, really big.

這個(gè)形容詞的意思是巨大的——真的，真的很大。

This is the cost to business he says of failing to address the mentalhealth issue.

他說這就是企業(yè)未能解決心理健康問題所付出的代價(jià)。

Failing to address means ignoring or not dealing with the problems.

未能解決指的是忽視或未處理問題。

It leads to staff leaving work, and he says these people arecontributors,?they give something to the business in terms of their skilland experience.

這導(dǎo)致員工離職，而且他說這些人是貢獻(xiàn)者，在技能和經(jīng)驗(yàn)方面，他們?yōu)槠髽I(yè)做出貢獻(xiàn)。

And because of mental health issues,?which could be addressed butaren't,?those contributors are being lost to the business.

由于心理健康問題，這些本可以得到解決的問題卻沒有解決，那些貢獻(xiàn)者正在丟掉工作。

So it costs companies more money to recruit and train new staff,?andyou can't always replace the experience that is lost.

因此，公司要花更多的錢來(lái)招聘和培訓(xùn)新員工，而且你不能總是替換那些失去的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

Let's listen again.

讓我們?cè)俾犚槐椤?/p>

We know that the cost of failing to address mental health in business iscolossal.

我們知道在商業(yè)領(lǐng)域中未能解決心理健康問題所付出的代價(jià)是巨大的。

In the UK, it costs between 33 and 42 billion pounds a year, about $50 billiondollars,?and round about 300,000 people fall out of work every year as aresult of poor mental health.

在英國(guó)，它每年要花費(fèi)330億到420億英鎊，約合500億美元，而且每年約有30萬(wàn)人因心理健康問題而失業(yè)。

So that's a huge cost to workplaces and to individuals.

所以這對(duì)職場(chǎng)和個(gè)人來(lái)說都是巨大的成本。

Behind those numbers, though, are the lives of talented, able,contributors?who often just slide away from the workplace because theydon't get the right help and support for their mental health.

然而這些數(shù)字的背后是那些有才能、有能力的貢獻(xiàn)者的生活，他們經(jīng)常離職，因?yàn)樗麄兊貌坏结槍?duì)其心理健康的正確幫助和支持。

In recent years it seems as if there has been more understanding of mentalhealth?issues,?not just in the workplace but in society as a whole.

近年來(lái)人們似乎對(duì)心理健康問題有了更多的了解，不僅是在工作場(chǎng)所，也是就整個(gè)社會(huì)而言。

Geoff McDonald is a campaigner for the organisation Minds at Work.

杰夫·麥克唐納是Minds at Work組織的一名活動(dòng)人士。

He spoke on the Business Daily programme about one way that things weregetting a little better.

他在Business Daily節(jié)目中談到了情況正在好轉(zhuǎn)的一個(gè)方面。

I think what's really changed is people telling their stories,?andthe more stories that we tell it kind of begins to normalise this.

我認(rèn)為真正發(fā)生改變的是人們?cè)谥v述他們的故事，我們講述的故事越多，這就變得越正常。

Every single story that we tell is like sending a lifeboat out into theocean and the millions and millions of people who are suffering insilence,?do you know what they do?

我們講的每一個(gè)故事就像是大海里的一艘救生艇，上百萬(wàn)人默默承受著痛苦，你知道他們?cè)谧鍪裁磫幔?/span>

They cling on to that lifeboat and they realise they're not alone and theymight just be normal.

他們緊緊抓住救命船，而且他們意識(shí)到自己并不孤單，他們可能是正常的。

So, because more people are talking about this issue, it begins tonormalise it.

因此，由于越來(lái)越多的人在談?wù)撨@個(gè)問題，它開始正?；?/p>

This means it becomes 'normal'.?It's not unusual, strange or hidden.

這意味著它變得"正常"。并非是不尋常的，奇怪的或者要遮掩的。

There are people who suffer in silence – they keep to themselves and hidetheir problems from others,?but because there is more publicity about thistopic,?they can begin to feel that they are not alone and they don't haveto suffer in silence.

有些人默默承受著痛苦——他們不把問題和別人說，遮掩起來(lái)不讓別人知道，但因為公眾越來(lái)越關(guān)注這個(gè)話題，他們開始覺得自己并不孤獨(dú)，他們不一定要默默承受。

People sharing their stories are like lifeboats for those who do suffer insilence.

對(duì)那些默默承受痛苦的人來(lái)說，分享他們的故事就像是他們的救命船。

In this metaphor they can cling onto the lifeboats.

在這個(gè)比喻中，他們可以緊緊抓住他們的救命船。

Right, we're going to another look at our vocabulary,?but first let'shave the answer to today's quiz.

好的，我們要看看今天的詞匯了，但是首先讓我們來(lái)揭曉今天測(cè)試問題的答案。

When was the first World Mental Health Day?

第一個(gè)世界心理健康日是什么時(shí)候？

Was it. . .?A: 1992 B: 2002 or C: 2012?

是……A：1992年，?B：2002年，還是C：2012年？

Georgina, what did you say?

喬治娜，你說是什么？

I thought it was 2002.

我覺得是2002年。

It was actually earlier - 1992. Now, a review of our vocabulary.

它實(shí)際上要早一點(diǎn)——1992年?，F(xiàn)在，復(fù)習(xí)一下我們的詞匯。

Failing to address is a phrase that means ignoring a problem or not tryingto help with a problem.

"未能解決"是一個(gè)短語(yǔ)，意思是忽略問題或不試圖幫助解決問題。

Something colossal is very, very big.

某物是巨大的就是非常非常大的。

A contributor is someone who has something to give,?who is a positivebenefit to, in this case,?a business.

貢獻(xiàn)者是指有東西可以給予的人，在這里指的是對(duì)企業(yè)有正面效益的人。

Then we have the verb to normalise, meaning to make something normal.

然后我們學(xué)了動(dòng)詞"正?；?#34;，意思是使某事物變得正常。

Someone who suffers in silence, doesn't talk about their problems and mayhide them from others.

那些默默忍受的人，不談?wù)撍麄兊膯栴}，而且還可能把問題遮掩起來(lái)不讓別人知道。

And finally, if you cling on to something, you hold on to it tightly, youdon't want to let it go.

最后，如果你緊緊抓住某樣?xùn)|西不放，你就會(huì)緊緊地抓住它，不想撒手。

And that's all from us from this programme.

以上就是本期節(jié)目的全部?jī)?nèi)容。

We look forward to your company again soon.

我們期待你的下次參與。

Bye!

拜