1. It served me right for putting a_______question to someone who has joked his way through life. But Ian’s _______reminded me that when we think about _______， we usually think of something extraordinary， a pinnacle of sheer delight—and those pinnacles seem to get rarer the we get.

2. My_______defines happy as“lucky”or“fortunate”， but I think a better definition of happiness is“the capacity for enjoyment.”The more we can enjoy_______we have， the we are.

佳句翻譯

1. 我們四處追逐幸福，幸福其實就在我們身邊。

2. 對一個孩子來說，幸福有著夢幻般的色彩。

3. 我們去追求幸福，并將它同財富和成功聯系起來，而沒有意識到擁有它的人并不一定更幸福。

短語應用

1. It depends on what you mean.

depend on：依賴；依靠；信賴

2. Love， popularity and whether that zit will clear up before prom night.

clear up：把……收拾整齊；治療；處理；消除

抵達快樂之境

Ten Ways to Happiness

佚名 / Anonymous

How many ways are there to reach the state of being happy？

1. Happiness is not an aim， but a journey. If you seek for pleasure in the course of the journey， the course will become a destination， and what’s more， it will be a prolonged， boundlessly beneficial destination for all your life.

2. The happy place is this place， and the happy moment is this moment. Remain standing here， seize the present moment， and you will be happy.

3. Happiness is mental before it is physical.In order to be physically happy to the full， you must first feel at ease and be free of worry. It is better to eat without meat than to have a load on your mind.

4. Happiness is the opposite of unhappiness； the decline of the one means the growth of the other. Release yourself from the unhappy mood and you will be happy.

5. Happiness is a matter of five cakes of bread and two fishes； the more you give out， the more you will get back. Share your happiness with others and you will enjoy it most.

6. If your heart’s desire is easily satisfied， your happiness will soon come to an end. In order that your happiness may last， you have to leave some of your desires unfulfilled.

7. When you are happy， you feel contented. You should also feel contented， when you are unhappy. Be always full of zest and happiness will become an inveterate habit.

8. Happiness is a very strange thing. It will not turn up when you beckon it， call it， and solicit it. But when you feign complete indifference， it will fawn upon you， lean close to you and live with you. In dealing with happiness， you should adopt the strategy of leaving it at large the better to apprehend it.

9. Happiness is drifting from place to place. It is unwise as well as futile to try to retain it. You have got to keep on making new happiness， so that one happiness follows in the wake of another.

10. The greatest happiness you can gain is realizing that you are not necessarily in need of it.

有多少種方法可以達到快樂的境界呢？

1. 快樂不是終點，而是一次旅程。如果你在旅程中尋找快樂，那過程就變成終點，而且是你生命中受益匪淺、意義深遠的終點。

2. 快樂的地方就在此處，快樂的時刻就在此時。停留在此處，并抓住此刻，你就是快樂的。

3. 快樂首先體現在精神上，而后是身體上。為了使身體上的快樂更加豐盈，你必須做到氣定神閑，毫無煩擾。寧可吃飯的時候無肉，也不要讓心中滿是負擔。

4. 快樂與憂愁是相互對立的，此消彼長。從憂愁中解脫出來，才能享受到快樂。

5. 快樂是用5塊餅釣2條魚，付出的越多，得到的越多。與他人分享你的快樂，你會更快樂。

6. 如果你心里的愿望很容易就得到滿足，那快樂也會很快結束。為了能延長你的快樂，就必須有未完成的愿望。

7. 當你快樂時，你會感到滿足；不開心時，也要保持心情舒暢。經常充滿熱情，快樂就會成為長久的習慣。

8. 快樂是一種非常奇怪的東西，當你召喚它、呼喊它、懇求它時，它卻不出來；當你假裝不關心它時，它又來討好你、依偎著你、不離開你。與快樂打交道，你需要“欲擒故縱”。

9. 快樂四處飄蕩，試圖抓住它，是愚昧又無用的。你需要制造新的快樂，以使快樂接連不斷。

10. 你能獲得的最大快樂，就是意識到快樂并不是你的必需。

記憶填空

1. Happiness is_______before it is physical．In order to be physically happy to the full， you must feel at ease and be free of worry．It is_______to eat without meat than to have a load on your mind．

2. _______is a very strange thing．It will not turn up_______you beckon it， call it， and solicit it．But when you feign complete indifference， it will fawn upon you， lean _______to you and live with you．In dealing_______ happiness， you should adopt the strategy of leaving it at large the better to apprehend it．

佳句翻譯

1. 如果你在旅程中尋找快樂，那過程就變成終點，而且是你生命中受益匪淺、意義深遠的終點。

2. 當你快樂時，你會感到滿足；不開心時，也要保持心情舒暢。

3. 你能獲得的最大快樂，就是意識到快樂并不是你的必需。

短語應用

1. If you seek for pleasure in the course of the journey...

seek for：尋求；探求

2. ... you must first feel at ease and be free of worry．

at ease：安逸；自由自在

收集幸福

Happiness Is All Around Us

佚名 / Anonymous

Life is like a winding path surrounded by flowers， butterflies， and delicious fruit， but many of us spend much time looking for happiness around the next corner. We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our feet.

In our desire to reach the “pot of gold”， complete and lasting happiness， we all want to fill our lives. We ignore anything which doesn’t seem worthy of such a large ambition， or which can’t give us the whole thing all at once.

Happiness is all around us， but it often comes in small grains. When we gather it grain by grain， we soon have a basketful.

What small pieces of happiness surround me right now？

生活就像一條被鮮花、蝴蝶和鮮果簇擁的曲折小徑，我們沒有必要繞彎路去別處找尋幸福，幸福就在我們腳下。

我們都期望得到那只“金罐子”，那里承載著全部持久的幸福，我們想用這些去充實自己的生活，卻忽視了那些看似無益于實現遠大抱負或不能使成功一蹴而就之事。

幸福就在我們身邊，只是它總是一點一滴地出現。只要我們收集每一個顆粒，不久便會集滿一籃。

此刻，那些圍繞在我周圍的點點滴滴的幸福又是什么樣的呢？

記憶填空

1. Life is like a winding path surrounded by_______， butterflies， and delicious _______， but many of us_______much time looking for happiness around the next_______. We do not bend to enjoy the happiness which is ours for the taking just at our _______.

2. In our_______to reach the“pot of gold”， complete and lasting happiness， we all want to fill our lives. We_______anything which doesn’t seem worthy of such a large ambition， or which can’t give us the whole thing all at_______.

佳句翻譯

1. 幸福就在我們身邊，只是它總是一點一滴地出現。

2. 只要我們收集每一個顆粒，不久便會集滿一籃。

3. 此刻，那些圍繞在我周圍的點點滴滴的幸福又是什么樣的呢？

短語應用

1. ...but many of us spend much time looking for happiness around the next corner.

around the corner：在附近；即將來臨

2. ...or which can’t give us the whole thing all at once.

at once：立刻，馬上

我自逍遙

The Joy of Living

佚名 / Anonymous