2007年中国矿业大学(北京)考博英语真题及答案(翻译)

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After I gave a talk on the subject of happiness, a woman in the audience stood up and said, “I wish my husband had come.” “Much as I loved him,” she explained, “it wasn’t easy being married to someone so unhappy.” This woman enabled me to put into words what I had been searching for—altruistic, as well as the personal, reasons for taking happiness seriously. I told her that each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, and our friends to be as happy as we can.

I was not a particularly happy child, and like most teenagers, I took pleasure in my anguish. One day, however, it occurred to me that I was taking the easy way out. Anyone could be unhappy; it took no courage and effort. True achievement lay in struggling to be happy. The notion that we have to work at happiness comes as news to many people. We assume it's a feeling that comes as a result of good things that just happen to us, things over which we have little or no control. But the opposite is true: happiness is largely under our control. It is a battle to be fought and not a feeling to be awaited. To achieve a happy life, it's necessary to overcome some stumbling blocks.

We all know people who have had a relatively easy life yet are essentially unhappy. And we know people who have suffered a great deal but generally remain happy. The first secret is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it’s truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

试题答案：

在我做了一场以快乐为主题的报告之后，一位女士听众站起来说：“要是我丈夫也能来听报告就好了。”她解释说：“虽然我很爱他，可是同一个不快乐的人做夫妻真不是件容易的事情。”这位女士用语言表达出了我一直在探索的一个道理——认真对待快乐，即可利己，也有利于他人。我告诉她，为了我们的配偶、孩子和朋友，我们每个人都应尽可能快乐。

以前，我像大多数十几岁的少年一样，并不是一个特别快乐的孩子，经常在苦中求乐。然而，有一天，我突然意识到，我是在贪图省事。任何人都可以不开心，这不需要勇气和努力。真正的成就在于努力奋斗去获得快乐。对许多人来说，我们必须努力去正确快乐这一概念是一件新鲜事。我们以为，快乐是一种感觉，是我们碰到好事的结果，我们很难掌控它。然而事实恰好相反，在很大程度上我们可以控制快乐。这是一场需要为之拼搏，而不是坐等。为了实现快乐的人生，我们需要克服一些障碍。

众所周知，生活相对简单的人基本上并不快乐。而有一些人，他们经历了巨大的痛苦却往往仍然是快乐的。第一大秘诀就是感恩。所有快乐的人都怀有感恩的心。没有感恩之心的人不可能快乐。我们往往认为，不快乐会导致人们抱怨。但事实却是抱怨让人变得不快乐。

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