王强英语美文 22-The Happy Door
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：王强英语美文
The Happy door
Happiness is like a pebble 1 dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples 2. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being 3, since we find beggars, invalids 4 and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend 5. But staying happy is an accomplishment 6, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable 7 and embittered 8. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling 9 people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged 10 with grateful friends.
- The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋，想去孵它。
- The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
- The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
- The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
- He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
- My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。
- The invention will confer a benefit on all invalids. 这项发明将有助于所有的残疾人。
- H?tel National Des Invalids is a majestic building with a golden hemispherical housetop. 荣军院是有着半球形镀金屋顶的宏伟建筑。
- The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
- The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。
- The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
- Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
- It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
- Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。
- These injustices embittered her even more. 不公平使她更加受苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The artist was embittered by public neglect. 大众的忽视于那位艺术家更加难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》