Intermediate 36: Porque el optimismo nos parece simplón

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Why does the pessimist always sound like the smartest person in the room? Rob and Lis dig into an El País article on exactly that, and a tiger in the jungle that spells trouble for positive thinking. Lis puts Rob on the spot: are the English really the gloomy ones? Then she admits she felt far more optimistic before she lived in England, and reveals what topped her hope back up.

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días de días · perros viejos · anclado · entre comillas

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Bonus: Rob says pessimists "no creen que pueden tener resultados". What should he have said? The answer's in the notes.