时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:王强英语美文


英语课

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.



1 pebble
n.卵石,小圆石
  • 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。
2 ripples
逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
  • 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。
3 well-being
n.安康,安乐,幸福
  • 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。
4 invalids
病人,残疾者( invalid的名词复数 )
  • 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。
5 dividend
n.红利,股息;回报,效益
  • 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%。
6 accomplishment
n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能
  • 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。
7 miserable
adj.悲惨的,痛苦的;可怜的,糟糕的
  • 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。
8 embittered
v.使怨恨,激怒( embitter的过去式和过去分词 )
  • 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》
9 repelling
v.击退( repel的现在分词 );使厌恶;排斥;推开
  • He saw himself standing up and repelling a charge. 他仿佛看见自己挺身而起,打退了敌人的进攻。 来自辞典例句
  • Promote the healthy entertainment styles. Repelling the superstition, gambling, drugs and obscenity. 提倡健康娱乐。抵制封建迷信活动,拒绝黄、赌、毒。 来自互联网
10 thronged
v.成群,挤满( throng的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Mourners thronged to the funeral. 吊唁者蜂拥着前来参加葬礼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The department store was thronged with people. 百货商店挤满了人。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
学英语单词
amyl hydride
Antarctic hair grass
antomony electrode
applicable surface
associated operation
atrophia unguium
automatic pressure and flow control valve
cash receipts and disbursements budget
cast copper alloy for propeller
central anosmia
changeround
chirchik
co-acks
coefficient of pressure conductivity
concha auriculae
core-electrons
critical ratio scheduling
demethoxyhaleniaside
derrick base size
developing antenna
dispatching diagram
electronic counter countermeasure (eccm)
eletricity
flint paper
floury structure
foreign duty pay
fortax
Goredin
group together
h(a)emagglutinin
Hekelingen
high-ratio transformer
hit men
instead of
jinji
jucket
kylinone
lamp-ring
law and order
Lepisosteus osseus
lightblue
locked down
luibs
lumbosacral angle
mad-scientist
Malyy Kundysh
manual element time
marketing assistant
merrow
mitis
Nangwe
nasal tubes
organomanganese
Oymyakon
pachypleuritis
parasitic(adventive)crater
pastfixation development
peaches
Pedicularis tayloriana
per caput
physicianship
plankton-eating
plunge-cut grinding
pocket Excel
post-primaries
preceding page
probability propagation
property of dissolved company
pssm
ptychomitrium formosicum broth
pulmomete
quadroxides
quake like an aspen leaf
quasinorm
Quend
Ramalho, Sa.do
receive clock
resubmerge
retractors
return air quantity
Rhododendron hypoglaucum
rower's high
Scale in
searobin
sewing jaw
silicononane
single embedded virus
smart shops
stood to gain
surface thrust
task inventory
thioacetals
truckmaker
vacuum-controlled system
ventricular drainage tube
virgin alloy
wave-exciting device
well-brusheds
whirling arm rig
withdrawn letter
Ziehl
zinc green