英语名篇诵读 追求幸福

（单词翻译）

The Pursuit of Happiness

追求幸福

Lyan Peters(里扬·彼得斯)

We... have turned happiness into one more thing we “gotta have”. We're so self-conscious

about our “right” to it that it's making us miserable¹. So we chase it and equate² it with wealth

and success, without noticing that people who have those things aren't necessarily happier.

While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as ever. Happiness

isn't about what happens to us — it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack³

注 of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback⁴ as a challenge. It's not wishing

for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess.

我们……把幸福当成了另一件我们“必须”拥有的事情。我们因太在意对幸福的“权

利”而感到非常痛苦。正因为此，我们追求幸福，把它与财富和成功相提并论。而没有注意

到，腰缠万贯、身居高位的人未必幸福。

虽然幸福对于我们过于复杂，但幸福之道永远如一。幸福不在于什么事情发生在我们

身上，而在于我们如何去看待发生在我们身上的事情。它是从每个不利中找到有利的一

面、把每个挫折都看作挑战的诀窍。幸福不是希望得到我们未曾拥有过的东西，而是享受

已经拥有的东西。