新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第32篇：快乐之门

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[00:00.33]32. The happy door 快乐之门
[00:09.60]Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. 快乐就像一块为了激起阵阵涟漪而丢进池塘的小石头。
[00:17.99]As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.  正好史蒂文森所说，快乐是一种责任。
[00:22.10]There is no exact definition of the word happiness. 快乐这个词并没有确切的定义，
[00:27.11]Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. 快乐的人快乐的理由多种多样。
[00:31.90]The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.  快乐的关键并不是财富或身体健康，因为我们发现有些乞丐，残疾人和所谓的失败者也都非常快乐。
[00:42.62]Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. 快乐是一种意外的收获，但保持快乐却是一种成就，一种灵性的胜利。
[00:52.61]It is not selfish to strive for it. 努力追寻快乐并不自私，
[00:56.17]It is, indeed, a duty to others and us.  实际上，这是我们对自己和他人应尽的责任。
[01:01.28]Being unhappy is like an infectious disease. It causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. 不快乐就像传染病，它使得人们都躲避不快乐的人。
[01:10.36]He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. 不快乐的人很快就会发现自己处于孤独，悲惨，痛苦的境地。
[01:16.92]There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous; if you don't feel happy, pretend to be!然而，有一种简单得看似荒谬的治病良方：如果你不快乐，就假装你很快乐！
[01:28.49]It works. 这很有效。
[01:31.43]Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. 不久你就会发现，别人不再躲着你了，相反，你开始吸引别人了。
[01:36.63]You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.  你会发觉，做一块能激起好意涟漪的小石头有多么值得。
[01:44.44]Then the make-believe becomes a reality. 然后假装就变成了现实。
[01:48.80]You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.  你拥有了使心灵平静的秘密，会因帮助他人而忘我。
[01:56.26]Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.  一旦你认识到快乐是一种责任并使快乐成为习惯，通向不可思议的乐园的大门就会向你敞开，那里满是感激你的朋友。

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第32篇：快乐之门