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關(guān)于幸福感(happiness)的話題
1) Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? People who do not have to work because they have enough money arebarely happy.(抽象類(lèi)，快樂(lè)與錢(qián)) 2007.11.3
因?yàn)橛泻芏噱X(qián)所以不用工作的人們，很少有開(kāi)心的。
2) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are happier when they finisha challenging or difficult job than when they complete an easy task.(抽象類(lèi)，快樂(lè)與工作) 2008.1.18
人們完成了一項(xiàng)更加困難的工作比完成一項(xiàng)簡(jiǎn)單的任務(wù)更加開(kāi)心。
3) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? To remain happy and optimistic whenyou fail is more important than achieving success.
(抽象類(lèi)，成功的因素) 2009.3.21
當(dāng)你失敗時(shí)候保持開(kāi)心和樂(lè)觀比獲得成功更加重要。
4) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People would be happier with fewerpossessions.(抽象類(lèi)，快樂(lè)的因素) 2009.12.19
人們擁有越少越開(kāi)心。
5) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In order to makeourselves happy, weshould learn how to make others happy first.(抽象類(lèi)，快樂(lè)的因素) 2010.3.27
為了讓我們自己開(kāi)心，得先學(xué)會(huì)讓別人開(kāi)心。
6) Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The world ischanging quickly. People are less happy than before.(抽象類(lèi)，快樂(lè)的因素) 2011.1.29
世界變化很快，人們沒(méi)有以前開(kāi)心了。
這6道題目前兩道題目的開(kāi)心是比較具體的，至少是放在某種情境下的開(kāi)心，而后幾題的開(kāi)心就更加抽象了，所以要破題，我們首先得搞清楚什么叫做幸福感，老外是如何定義幸福感的(從維基百科上看看大神們是如何定義開(kāi)心的)。
Psychologist Martin Seligman asserts that happiness is not solely derivedfrom external, momentary pleasures, and providesthe acronym PERMA to summarize Positive Psychology's correlational findings:humans seem happiest when they have
1. Pleasure (tasty food, warm baths, etc.)
People with enough money to make ends meet are happier than people who arepoor, but beyond that more money doesn’t make much difference.,
2. Engagement (or flow, the absorption of an enjoyed yet challenging activity),
3. Relationships (social ties have turned out to be extremely reliable indicator ofhappiness),
4. Meaning (a perceived quest or belonging to something bigger), and
5. Accomplishments (having realized tangible goals).
6. Giving (A Harvard Business School study found that "spending money on othersactually makes us happier than spending it on ourselves".
綜上所述，我們會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)幸福感不僅僅來(lái)源于外在的快感，如好吃的食物，溫暖的淋浴，更多的來(lái)源于具有挑戰(zhàn)性的活動(dòng)，社交生活或者人際關(guān)系，有意義的生活，以及獲得成功之后的成就感，從這幾點(diǎn)看我們很快會(huì)判斷出剛才幾個(gè)題目老外的傾向性，如第一題，第二題。第五題：因?yàn)橛泻芏噱X(qián)所以不用工作的人們，很少有開(kāi)心的，或是人們完成了一項(xiàng)更加困難的工作比完成一項(xiàng)簡(jiǎn)單的任務(wù)更加開(kāi)心。的確是這樣，因?yàn)樾腋８谐艘率匙⌒械馁|(zhì)量可能和金錢(qián)有關(guān)，其他關(guān)系都不大，也就是有了很多錢(qián)，人們也不一定開(kāi)心，而相反，做一件具有挑戰(zhàn)性的工作卻能帶來(lái)幸福感，并且在工作的過(guò)程中形成相對(duì)穩(wěn)定的人際關(guān)系，以及在工作中獲得的成就感和社會(huì)歸屬感與幸福關(guān)系更加密切，并且是直接導(dǎo)致一個(gè)人開(kāi)不開(kāi)心的因素，所以這幾道題目都偏向于同意會(huì)好寫(xiě)很多，并且更加符合常理。
而對(duì)于第三道題目，當(dāng)你失敗的時(shí)候保持樂(lè)觀和開(kāi)心更重要，這個(gè)老外又是如何解釋的呢?先來(lái)看看這一段：
Failure is the big “F” word that everyone fears. It doesn’t have to be ascary concept, though. Ultimately, it depends on your attitude to failure. Ifyou see failure as not being perfect, you’re going to be permanently miserable.A more realistic idea of failure is not giving up. If you haven’t given up, youhaven’t failed. See failure as a learning curve, a trial and error process. Seefailure as your friend – it’s no big deal unless you allow it to be.
如果因?yàn)槭×四憔褪趩适?，那么你就?huì)放棄，而放棄了那么你就離成功越來(lái)越遠(yuǎn)了，而一個(gè)人人生中是不可能一直成功的，總有失敗的時(shí)候，所以態(tài)度更加重要，失敗了之后的不放棄，樂(lè)觀和保持心情愉悅這才是比獲得成功更重要的品質(zhì)。
而對(duì)于第四個(gè)題目和第六題，同學(xué)們就更加難判斷了，因?yàn)橐话愕某ＷR(shí)好像是我們現(xiàn)在擁有的越多，會(huì)越開(kāi)心，比如說(shuō)房子，車(chē)子，女朋友，多多益善，但是為什么老外會(huì)出這樣的題目呢?
我們來(lái)看兩段背景段落：
According to a survey by the Simplicity Institute, an organization thatsurveyed 2,500 people across various countries who self-identified themselvesas living with fewer possessions, 87 percent of respondents indicated they werehappier now than when they owned more possessions.
This may sound contrary to everything we’ve been told growing up. But when we begin to consider the benefits of living with less(less debt, less stress, less cleaning), it begins to make sense why thesestatistics would hold true. Happiness is not found in owning as manypossessions as possible; it’s found living life consistent with your greatestpassions.
原來(lái)他們認(rèn)為的是擁有的越多遇到的困難和壓力越大(現(xiàn)在的問(wèn)題越來(lái)越多)，所以會(huì)有這樣的想法，但是又考慮到幸福感的來(lái)源是更多挑戰(zhàn)的工作，這個(gè)題目?jī)擅娑汲闪?，就看大家如何去辯論了。
記住關(guān)于幸福感的一些詞匯：Gratitude, Serenity, Joy, Interest, Hope, Pride, Amusement,Inspiration, Awe, Love。
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