第一篇
I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells happiness. But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If hes honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole nights sleep or a three-day vacation. I dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
1.Which of the following is true?
A.Fun creates long-lasting satisfaction.
B.Fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness.
C.Happiness is enduring whereas fun is short-lived.
D.Fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness.
2.To the author, Hollywood stars all have an important role to play that is to __.
A.rite memoir after memoir about their happiness.
B.tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun.
C.teach people how to enjoy their lives.
D.bring happiness to the public instead of going to glamorous parties.
3.In the authors opinion, marriage___.
A.affords greater fun.
B.leads to raising children.
C.indicates commitment.
D.ends in pain.
4.Couples having infant children___.
A.are lucky since they can have a whole nights sleep.
B.find fun in tucking them into bed at night.
C.find more time to play and joke with them.
D.derive happiness from their endeavor.
5.If one get the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will__.
A.stop playing games and joking with others.
B.make the best use of his time increasing happiness.
C.give a free hand to money.
D.keep himself with his family.
第一篇答案:CBCDB
国际英语资讯:Chinese firm helps train Indonesian students in drilling machine operation
娱乐英语资讯:Warner Bros. Entertainment chief to step down amid sex scandal
体坛英语资讯:Preview: Europe a factor in Premier League weekend games
国务院总理李克强记者会双语要点
体坛英语资讯:Adams, Stokes lead Xinjiang to crush Sichuan 126-90
国际英语资讯:British business leaders call for taking no-deal option off table
国际英语资讯:China-themed books by British authors launched at London Book Fair
国际英语资讯:Italys major tourism training and orientation fair kicks off in Rome
国际英语资讯:5.0-magnitude quake hits 42km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea -- USGS
国际英语资讯:Sudan extends condolences to Ethiopia over plane crash
国际英语资讯:Spotlight: British Parliament rejects no-deal Brexit
国内英语资讯:Chinese FM talks about issues of mutual concern with French counterpart on phone
国际英语资讯:Competition, cooperation needed in energy development, environment protection: U.S. energy s
维密式身材不再吃香,原来女生没有那么热衷暴瘦
国际英语资讯:Electricity restored in almost all Venezuela: minister
国际英语资讯:UN chief saddened by loss of life in Indonesia due to natural disasters
体坛英语资讯:Solaris future still in the air despite Real Madrid win
体坛英语资讯:Atletico Paranaense, Penarol coast to victory in Copa Libertadores
国际英语资讯:Iraqi PM vows no return to war policies
国际英语资讯:Feature: Greece to protect its signature brands of agricultural and food products
体坛英语资讯:Chinas aces Wu, Fan won slivers at short track speed skating worlds
国内英语资讯:Large indoor ski resort to open in southern China
“大白兔冰淇淋”在美火爆,奶糖原料被抢光,冠生园:没授权啊
国际英语资讯:Spotlight: U.S. grounds all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft as pressure mounts
国际英语资讯:Russia says ready to resume parliamentary contacts with U.S.
体坛英语资讯:Beijing take Chinese Womens Volleyball Super League crown
国内英语资讯:Beijingers plant over 200 mln trees in 40 years
体坛英语资讯:Chen dashes Tais hat-trick hope at All England Open
国际英语资讯:Nigerian president expresses sadness over Lagos school building collapse
国际英语资讯:British PMs Brexit deal rejected by parliament again
| 不限 |
| 英语教案 |
| 英语课件 |
| 英语试题 |
| 不限 |
| 不限 |
| 上册 |
| 下册 |
| 不限 |