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attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others. If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature
of happiness.
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness. 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 deep, long-lasting emotion.
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help
us relax, temporally 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. They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes,
everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir (回忆录) after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness
hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he
is 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 whenever they want and sleep as late as they want. Couples with babies are
lucky to get a whole night" s sleep. I don"t 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 truly 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 frees us from envy: we now
understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always
having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
B. Success and satisfaction.
C. Marriage and commitment.
D. Entertainment and responsibility.
B. long - standing fun may lead to happiness
C. fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting
D. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
B. It means commitment.
C. It affords greater fun.
D. It leads to raising children.
B. won" t place too much value on money
C. will seek for freedom
D. won"t devote himself to his family
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that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we
have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and
favorable environments in which to
express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.For some people, simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is
considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his
simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of
achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society. On the other hand, it seems that
even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable
and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own goals of success. Because not all
ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has
self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one"s goals at too low a level of achievement.
A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own
professional success: "You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in
traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park, or riding the
subway downtown," The counselor added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for
success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like, and to which you have given your
best effort."
B. ability and environment
C. goals and determination
D. goals and environment
B. Only the person who achieves great goals can be regarded as a successful man.
C. Living a simple life and enjoying peace is for some people a success.
D. A shepherd is someone who takes care of sheep.
B. success means achieving great goals
C. we should have high goals
D. success means trying one"s best at what one really likes
B. how to achieve success
C. how to set goals
D. the importance of goals
In the United States you will find yourself being urged from every page of every newspaper and every
television station to buy all kinds of goods.
Not only is there a wide range of prices for goods in America, there is also a wide range in the quality
of goods offered for sale. Unlike some countries,
Americans generally pay the price of a product without question, instead of trying to get a lower price
by bargaining. However, there are many "sales" in the United States, during which time stores will lower
their normal prices. This may all be very confusing to visitors. How are you going to know how to "get
your money"s worth" when you shop? Perhaps the best advice is: Don"t hurry. Visit various stores and
determine the quality of goods. Read the advertisements so that you can compare prices.
There is a great variety of shops in the United States, ranging from very large stores called "department stores" to very small shops. There are "discount houses" offering goods at low prices, and "dime stores"
specializing in a wide range of inexpensive items.
Most department stores in large cities carry better quality products at higher prices. However, they
offer the shoppers great convenience since they contain such a wide variety of products.
If convenience isn"t as important to you as price, you may want to shop in discount houses. These
stores have nearly as great a variety of goods as department stores, but offer lower prices. They can do
so for several reasons. They don"t offer the same services to buyers that department stores do; there may
be fewer sales people; and the store probably doesn"t deliver purchases.
Another popular shop is the "dime store". No longer selling many things for five or ten cents, these
stores got their name in the last century when it was decided that a small profit on a great quantity of
goods would be better than a large profit on fewer sales. Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of
inexpensive items and today, prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars.
B. the life of Americans.
C. American stores.
D. the business of Americans.
a. They have fewer employees.
b. They have larger quantities of goods.
c. They offer fewer services.
d. They don"t provide delivery service.
B. a b d
C. a c d
D. b c d
B. They make big profits by selling some goods.
C. They provide goods with a price lower than 50 cents.
D. They provide goods ranging from bargains to expensive ones.
B. In a science report.
C. In a geography book.
D. In a travel magazine.
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How do successful people think? What helps them to make success? To find out the answers, an
American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people in America. 1
Be responsible for yourself
Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. 2 You"re saying, "You
have more control over my life than I do."
Live life "on purpose"
Almost all successful people live life "on purpose"- they are doing what they believe they should and
want to do. When you live your life on purpose, you"ll try your best to do your job or study as well as
you can. You love what you do and you can find pleasure in what you do.
Write a plan
It is very difficult trying to get what you want without a good plan. 3 A good plan is like a map
to you. Without this "map", you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the "map"
you"ll enjoy the "trip" and get what you want in the shortest possible time.
Be willing to pay the price
Nothing great is easy to get. So you must be ready to work hard - even harder than you have ever
done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won"t get anything valuable.
Never give up
4 When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than
failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.
5
Once an American writer was writing a novel. He could not have a good ending for his book until one
nightwhen he had a very good idea. He was so excited that he made a phone call to one of his best friends. "I"ve got a perfect idea," he said, "I"ll put it down later and show it to you." But he never did, because
he died that night. His book was left without a perfect ending. So remember, do what you can right away. Never delay at all.
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