英语专业晨读美文-哲理篇 1 Be Happy

[00:01.40]Be Happy!
[00:05.44]"The days that make us happy make us wise."—John Masefield
[00:12.33]When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me.
[00:17.47]What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much,
[00:21.73] I had always assumed that the opposite was true.
[00:24.47]But his sober assurance was arresting.
[00:27.12] I could not forget it. Finally,
[00:29.41]I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that
[00:32.48]here was a profound observation.
[00:35.32] The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception,
[00:39.36] not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom¹,
[00:43.74] and without the blind spots caused by fear.
[00:46.48]Active happiness—not mere² satisfaction or contentment—often comes suddenly,
[00:52.06]like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud.
[00:55.11] Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it.
[00:58.61] The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter;
[01:02.23]the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable.
[01:06.60] Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision.
[01:11.41]Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you.
[01:16.23] Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes³,
[01:20.38] your vision is cut short as though by a wall.
[01:23.45]Happy, the wall crumbles⁴.
[01:25.96]The long vista⁵ is there for the seeing.
[01:29.02]The ground at your feet, the world about you—people,
[01:32.52]thoughts, emotions, pressures—are now fitted into the larger scene.
[01:37.77] Everything assumes a fairer proportion.
[01:40.40]And here is the beginning of wisdom.

1 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

2 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

3 woes   

困境( woe的名词复数 )； 悲伤； 我好苦哇； 某人就要倒霉

参考例句：

• Thanks for listening to my woes. 谢谢您听我诉说不幸的遭遇。
• She has cried the blues about its financial woes. 对于经济的困难她叫苦不迭。

4 crumbles   

酥皮水果甜点( crumble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
• This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。

5 vista   

n.远景，深景，展望，回想

参考例句：

• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。