国际幸福日主题讲座
International Happiness Day Theme Lecture
当地时间3月20日，是联合国确定的第七个“国际幸福日”，南安普敦华人协会在中心举办了国际幸福日主题讲座活动。此次讲座的主讲人是资深媒体人、幸福课讲师洪彬女士。
On March 20th, local time, it was the seventh “International Day of Happiness” determined by the United Nations. The Southampton Chinese Association held a lecture on the theme of International Happiness Day at the center. The seminar speaker was a senior media person, Happiness class lecturer Ms. Hongbin.
2012年6月28日，联合国193个成员国一致同意联大66/281决议，宣布每年3月20日为国际幸福日。会议确认幸福和福祉是全世界人类生活中的普世目标和愿望，具有现实意义，在公共政策目标中对此予以承认具有重要意义。决议还邀请所有会员国、联合国系统各组织、国际和区域组织以及包括非政府组织和个人在内的民间社会以适当方式为“国际幸福日”举办活动，包括举办教育和公共宣传活动。
On June 28, 2012, the 193 member states of the United Nations unanimously agreed to the UN General Assembly resolution 66/281, announcing March 20th as the International Day of Happiness. The meeting confirmed that happiness and well-being are universal goals and aspirations in human life throughout the world, and have practical significance. It is of great significance to recognize this in public policy goals. The resolution also invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, international and regional organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to organize events for International Happiness Day in an appropriate manner, including educational and public awareness events.
本次讲座以“你幸福吗”开场，洪彬女士以英文做主题演讲，安迪以风趣幽默的香港话进行诠释， 洪彬女士首先介绍了庆祝国际幸福日的意义，世界幸福报告中相关国家和地区的排名情况，接着，她从科学的角度讲解了提升个人幸福感的方法，并结合自身研究实例分析了提升个人幸福感对自身以及他人的重要意义。整个讲座深入浅出，现场气氛活跃。
This lecture started with “Are you happy?” Ms. Hongbin gave her first keynote speech in English. Andy did the translation using the Hong Kong dialect in a humorous way. Ms. Hongbin then introduced the significance of celebrating International Happiness Day, the relevant countries in the World Happiness Report, the ranking of the region, then, from a scientific point of view to explain the ways to enhance personal well-being, and combined with their own research examples to analyze the importance of personal happiness to themselves and others. The whole lecture was very simple and the atmosphere was lively.
