Is loneliness in our genes

6 Minute English

语言学习

2016-10-13

6 分钟
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  • Oh, six minutes English.

  • From bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to Six Minute English, I'm Sophie.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • How was your weekend, Neil?

  • Well, not great.

  • I hadn't got anything planned, so I didn't see anyone for two days.

  • And to be honest, I felt very lonely.

  • There was a real physical feeling in the pit of my stomach.

  • Well, poor Neil, you do sound really down in the dumps,

  • and that means unhappy.

  • Well, the subject of today's show is loneliness.

  • And loneliness is sometimes described as a social pain,

  • a pain that tells us that we're isolated or lacking contact with others,

  • which motivates us to seek out companionship.

  • I had no idea that feeling lonely had a biological explanation.

  • How does being sociable help us as a species then, Sophie?

  • It's all about cooperation or working together to get something done.

  • For example, finding food.