快乐的真谛
Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an everwidening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well- being, since we find beggars, invalids and so-called failures, who are extremely happy.
1.pebble['pebl]:n.鹅卵石
2.pool [pu:1]:n.水坑
3.motion ['moufn]:n.动机;意象
4.ripple['ripl]:v使泛起涟漪
5.duty['dju:ti]:n.责任;义务
6. definition [,definfn]:n.定义;释义
7. beggar ['bege(r)]:n.乞丐
8.invalid [m'valid]:n病人;残疾者
【译文】
快乐就像一块为了激起阵阵涟漪而丢进池塘的小石头。正好史蒂文森所说，快乐是一种责任。快乐这个词并没有确切的定义，快乐的人快乐的理由多种多样。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。
