幸福感英语（BBC随身英语Conceptsof）
幸福感英语
How are you feeling today? Our emotions can vary considerably depending on many factors, including our health, wealth, relationships and where we live. But sometimes we need to take a step back and think about what happiness really means and how we can find it.
你今天感觉怎么样?我们的情绪会有很大的不同，这取决于很多因素，包括我们的健康、财富、人际关系和我们居住的地方。但有时我们需要后退一步，思考幸福的真正含义以及我们如何才能找到它。
Maybe we should take a leaf out of Finland's book – last year the UN's World Happiness Report found the country to be the happiest place on Earth. The report looked at 'subjective well-being'. That's how happy people feel they are and why - based on factors such as, economic strength, social support, life expectancy, freedom of choice, generosity, and perceived corruption.
也许我们应该向芬兰学习——去年联合国的《世界幸福报告》发现芬兰是地球上最幸福的国家之一。该报告关注的是“主观幸福感”。就是人们感觉自己有多幸福以及为什么幸福——基于诸如经济实力、社会支持、预期寿命、选择自由、慷慨和感知到的腐败等因素。
This is just one way of measuring happiness. Research has also suggested that while personal feelings of pleasure are the accepted definition of happiness in Western cultures, East Asian cultures tend to see happiness as social harmony, and in some parts of Africa and India it's more about shared experiences and family.
这只是衡量幸福的一种方式。研究还表明，在西方文化中，个人感受的快乐是公认的幸福定义，而东亚文化倾向于将幸福视为社会和谐，而在非洲和印度的一些地区，幸福更多的是与分享经验和家庭相联系的。
Author and journalist Helen Russell has been looking at the positive characteristics of a country's population to see what makes them happy and found Japan to be one of the most content. She told the BBC that this was due to their concept of wabi-sabi – "this traditional Japanese concept around celebrating imperfection… it's this idea that there is a beauty in ageing, it's to be celebrated rather than trying to disguise it." So, basically, we should be happy with who we are and in our faults and individuality. That's something to put a smile on our faces!
作家兼记者海伦·拉塞尔一直在研究一个国家的人的积极特征，想看看什么能让他们快乐，结果发现日本是最让人快乐的国家之一。她告诉BBC，这是由于他们的侘一观——“这是日本传统的赞美不完美的观念……这是一种衰老的美，是值得庆祝的，而不是试图掩盖它。”所以，基本上，我们应该为自己感到高兴，为自己的缺点和个性感到高兴。这是让我们微笑的事情!
But if you're feeling down in the dumps because your home country doesn't have a happiness concept to follow, consider some self-help ideas that the BBC programme Hacking Happiness has been looking into. These include being virtuous, finding something to be passionate about, enjoying the here and now and being altruistic – helping others.
但如果你情绪低落是因为你的祖国没有一个幸福的概念可以遵循，考虑一下BBC节目Hacking happiness正在研究的一些自助的想法。这包括保持美德，找到自己热爱的事情，享受当下，无私助人。
However, our pursuit of happiness could make us miserable as we try to meet society’s expectations and goals, making us anxious and stressed. Also, having too little experience of negative emotions can make us less adept at facing new challenges.
然而，当我们试图满足社会的期望和目标时，我们对幸福的追求可能会使我们痛苦，使我们焦虑和有压力。此外，负面情绪体验过少会让我们在面对新挑战时不那么熟练。
词汇表take a leaf out of someone's book 效仿（某人/物），向…学习well-being 幸福generosity 慷慨，宽宏大量pleasure 欢乐social harmony 社会和谐content 满足的concept 观念imperfection 缺点，弱点ageing 变老，衰老fault 弱点，缺点individuality 个人特征，特质down in the dumps 情绪低落，郁闷、不高兴virtuous 品德高尚的to be passionate about 对…喜爱的、充满激情的altruistic 利他的miserable 痛苦的anxious 焦虑的，不安的adept 游刃有余的
测验与练习1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. Which organisation found Finland to be the happiest country on Earth in 2018?
2. According to some research, what provides most happiness in East Asian cultures?
3. According to a traditional Japanese concept of happiness, why is ageing a good thing?
4. True or false? Anxiety and stress can actually make us happy.
5. Which word used in the article is a synonym for 'celebrate'?
2. 请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. I can't believe my brother's _________ - he's paid for us all to go on holiday to France.pleasure generosity well-being imperfection
2. You should __________ out of your sister's book. She does all her homework on time and then she can go out and enjoy herself!leaf taker taken a leaf take a leaf take a book
3. I've always tried to lead a ________ life by not drinking alcohol or smoking.miserable virtuous adept well-being
4. It's no surprise he's feeling __________ - he's lost his job and can't find another one.dumped down at the dump dumped and down down in the dumps
5. It's great to have her working in customer services because she's very _________ at dealing with complaints!adept anxious altruistic miserable
答案
1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. Which organisation found Finland to be the happiest country on Earth in 2018?The United Nations' (UN) World Happiness Report found the country to be the happiest place on Earth.
2. According to some research, what provides most happiness in East Asian cultures?Research found East Asian cultures tend to think of happiness as social harmony.
3. According to a traditional Japanese concept of happiness, why is ageing a good thing?Wabi-sabi is a concept that celebrates ageing because having imperfections is a good and natural thing.
4.True or false? Anxiety and stress can actually make us happy.False. Our pursuit of happiness could make us miserable as we try to meet society’s expectations and goals, making us anxious and stressed.
5. Which word used in the article is a synonym for 'celebrate'?Rejoice. It means to celebrate something in a happy way. ("We should be happy with who we are and rejoice in our faults and individuality.")
2. 请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。
1. I can't believe my brother's generosity - he's paid for us all to go on holiday to France.
2. You should take a leaf out of your sister's book. She does all her homework on time and then she can go out and enjoy herself!
3. I've always tried to lead a virtuous life by not drinking alcohol or smoking.
4. It's no surprise he's feeling down in the dumps - he's lost his job and can't find another one.
5. It's great to have her working in customer services because she's very adept at dealing with complaints!
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