大家好，欢迎进入新一期《视听音画》。这几天股市仿佛在跌，从你身边走过的人中，有谁不在说工作、薪水和房子的呢？我们很多人都不快乐，没钱的找钱，有钱的消遣，但快乐似乎已渐离我们的眼角与嘴边。现在的日子里你快乐吗？

练习1.猜词：根据文中空缺词的中文意思猜出英文原词。(奖励50）
练习2.翻译：把标有下划线的句子翻成中文。（奖励50）
练习3.问答：Do you have a dream of becoming a wealthy person some day? What will you do first and foremost once you are rich? (within 100 words) （奖励80）

Nov. 7th 2007
Many of us dream of having thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on anything we desire. We buy lottery tickets, enter________（竞赛） or spend hours building a business or playing the stock market. We’re sure when we have plenty of money, we will be happy. But will we?

While having some money does have an ________ （冲击，影响）on our level of happiness, having a lot of money does not. People in the United States whose income goes from US$20,000 a year to US$50,000 a year are more likely to be happy.

But after US$50,000, happiness does not increase as salaries go up. Why is that? It’s because we are never satisfied. “We always think if we just had a little more money, we’d be happier,” says Catherine Sanderson, a ________ （心理学）professor at Amherst College. “But when we get there, we’re not.”

“The more you make, the more you want. The more you have, the less it brings you joy,” says Daniel Gilbert, a psychology professor at Harvard. “We incorrectly ________ （假定）we’ll get more pleasure from more, and we don’t.”

Nov. 8th 2007

The things money can buy don’t make you happy either. A lot of research suggests that you won’t find the “good life” buying expensive “toys.” You finally buy that BMW you’ve always wanted and it soon loses its ________（吸引力）. Then, instead of wondering if a new car is what really makes you happy, you decide you just need a different new car. It’s an endless cycle.

To really be happy, you need to understand what makes you happy in the first place. One secret of happiness: people. _________（民意调查） have found that people need people. Those who have five or more close friends are 50 percent more likely to describe themselves as “very happy.” Good relationships have a far greater effect on happiness than large raises in salary. Andrew Oswald is an ________ （经济学家） at England’s University of Warwick. He says, “If you’re looking for happiness in life, find the right husband or wife rather than trying to double your salary.”

So _______ （投资）your time and energy in people. The payoff is much bigger in terms of happiness!

More information

1） Lottery ticket(n) 彩票
2） Stock market(n)股市
3） Payoff(n) 回报

11月7号的视频

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8号的视频

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