英语专业晨读美文-哲理篇 13 The Happy Door
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：英语专业晨读美文
[00:01.11]The Happy Door
[00:03.40]Happiness is like a pebble 1
[00:06.91] dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples 2.
[00:11.72]As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
[00:15.87]There is no exact definition of the word happiness.
[00:18.50]Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons.
[00:22.33]The key is not wealth or physical well-being 3,
[00:25.50] since we find beggars, invalids 4 and so-called failures,
[00:29.22] who are extremely happy.
[00:31.40]Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend 5.
[00:34.58]But staying happy is an accomplishment 6,
[00:37.20]a triumph of soul and character.
[00:39.61] It is not selfish to strive for it.
[00:42.13]It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
[00:46.50]Being unhappy is like an infectious disease.
[00:50.44]It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer.
[00:53.61] He soon finds himself alone, miserable 7 and embittered 8.
[00:58.20] There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem,
[01:01.81] at first glance, ridiculous;
[01:03.89]if you don't feel happy, pretend to be! It works.
[01:08.37] Before long you will find that instead of repelling 9 people,
[01:12.09]you attract them. You discover
[01:14.17]how deeply rewarding it is to be the center
[01:17.23]of wider and wider circles of good will.
[01:20.18]Then the make-believe becomes a reality.
[01:23.02]You possess the secret of peace of mind,
[01:25.87] and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
[01:29.26]Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit,
[01:34.73]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》