电大英语II(2)历届试题及答案(16)

Most of us compare ourselves with anyone we think is happier - a relative, a close friend or, often, someone we even hardly know. I once met a young man who struck me as particularly successful and happy. He spoke of his love for his beautiful wife and their daughters, and of his joy at being a TV talk-show host. I remember thinking he was one of the lucky few for whom everything goes effortlessly right. Once we talked about the Internet, he is grateful for its existence. He told

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me, because he could look up information on diabetes (糖尿病) - the terrible disease that made his wife suffer and could possibly be passed down to his lovely children. When I heard this, I felt like a fool for taking it for granted that nothing unhappy existed in his life.

This made me think a lot and I soon drew one of the most significant conclusions about happiness: there is little relation between the situations of people's lives and how happy they are. We all know people who are richer and have an easier life than others, yet they are essentially unhappy. And we know people who have suffered a great deal but generally remain happy. Unhappiness is like looking at something and fixing on even the smallest fault. As a bald man told me, \

It is hard for us to give up the image of \perfect. \nothing is perfect , anyone can be unhappy. It takes no courage or effort to be unhappy. True happiness lies in struggling to be happy.

“你是最幸福的人在世界上？”当被问到这个问题时，大多数人会说不。他们不'吨认为自己是最幸福的他们周围的人。他们指出，他们的邻居之一，是比他们的任何人都更幸福，“弗兰克博士有自己的职业生涯，他的妻子是最美丽的，受过良好教育的女士在社区，不，我不'吨觉得我比快乐医生弗兰克。至少我的职业生涯是不是成功他。“

一个亲戚，一个亲密的朋友，或者经常有人，我们甚至几乎不知道 - 我们大多数人与任何人，我们认为是比较快乐自己。我曾经遇到过一个年轻人谁给我的印象特别成功和快乐。他谈到他的爱，他美丽的妻子和他们的女儿，他的喜悦，在成为一个电视谈话节目主持人。我记得我在想他是少数幸运的事事顺心费力正确的。当我们谈到了互联网，他很感激它的存在。他告诉我，因为他可以仰视糖尿病（糖尿病）的信息 - 可怕的疾病，让妻子受苦，也可能会被传递给他的可爱的孩子们。当我听到这句话，我觉得自己像个傻瓜，

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