Quality of life meaning in English

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Definition

(France offers a great) quality of life: (France offers great) things or services for people's wellbeing, health, or happiness idiom

Examples

  • "Jonas : Well, the quality of life in Scandinavia is excellent, but we are especially proud of our welfare system. Each Scandinavian country provides excellent health care for its inhabitants."
Exercise 1
Jonas Jensen lists several advantages of living in Scandinavian countries. What are they?

Choose all the advantages mentioned. There may be more than 1!
Jonas Jensen lists several advantages of living in Scandinavian countries. What are they?

Choose all the advantages mentioned. There may be more than 1!
This is not one of the advantages listed by Jonas in this broadcast. Jonas jokes about the length of Scandinavian summers by telling Brent that they last only one day.
This is one of the advantages of living in Scandinavian countries, according to correspondent Jonas Jensen. Jonas mentions both that Scandinavian countries provide quality "health care" (medical treatment) for their inhabitants, and that their "social welfare" system is excellent. "Social Welfare" describes services provided by the government for their citizens. In many socialist countries, social welfare includes health care (affordable medical care for all citizens).
This is one of the advantages of living in Scandinavian countries, according to correspondent Jonas Jensen. "Quality of life" refers to the aspects of daily life which contribute to the happiness of a group of people. For example: low crime rates, health care, human rights and freedoms. Typically, democratic countries with high average incomes and high employment rates tend to have a higher "quality of life".
This is not one of the advantages listed by Jonas in this broadcast. Jonas actually tells us that high income taxes are the "trade-off" or "counter effect" of having a high quality of life and socialized health care.

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