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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 he‘s 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 night‘s sleep or a three-day vacation. 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 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 author‘s 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 night‘s 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
我住在陆地的迪斯尼,好莱坞和全年的太阳。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑的地方要比其他人更幸福。如果是这样,你就误解了幸福的本质。
许多聪明的人仍然视幸福为乐趣。事实上,娱乐与幸福很少、甚至毫无共同之处。有趣的是我们在一个行为期间经历。幸福是我们在一个行为之后经历的。它是更深刻、更持久的情感。
去一趟游乐园或球赛,看电影或电视,是有趣的活动可以帮助我们放松,暂时忘记我们的问题甚至放声大笑。但是,这一切并不能带来幸福,因为其正面效应当乐趣结束时。
我常常这样想,如果好莱坞影星还有一角色能充当的话,那就是向我们昭示幸福与娱乐毫无关系。这些富有,美丽的人有常数访问迷人的聚会,高档汽车、昂贵的宅第——这一切似乎意味着“幸福”。但接二连三的事例显示,这些闪光耀眼名人的不快藏在他们所有的乐趣:抑郁、酗酒,吸毒,婚姻破裂,无人管教的孩子以及寂寞的深渊。
问一个单身汉他为什么抵制婚姻即使他发现约会变得不那么令人满意。如果他是诚实的,他会告诉你他害怕做出承诺。关于承诺实际上是相当的痛苦。单独的一生中充满了快乐,冒险和刺激。婚姻有如此的时刻,但它们不是它最明显的特点。
同样,夫妻选择不要孩子的人决定赞成无痛的乐趣在痛苦的幸福。他们可以过他们想要出去吃饭和睡眠直到他们想要的。有未成年孩子的夫妇们有幸能得到一个整晚的睡眠或三天的假期。我不知道有哪个父母会选择“娱乐”这个词来形容抚养孩子。
理解并接受真正的幸福和快乐无关是一个实现了最大程度的自由我们会来。它解放了时间:现在我们能将更多的时间投入到活动,可以真正增加我们幸福。它解放了金钱:购买新车或那些华丽的衣服将不会增加我们的幸福现在看上去无意义。和它解放了我们从嫉妒:我们现在知道这些丰富而富有魅力的人,我们是那么肯定是快乐的,因为他们总是有那么多乐趣也许根本就不开心。