四级We all have our own ideas about what would bring our parents happiness.

对于什么能给父母带来幸福，我们都有自己的想法。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研But it is really happiness that's linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities explain why firms there spend more on R and D?

但真正与投资相关的是幸福感，或者幸福城市的其他因素能解释为什么那里的企业在研发上花费更多吗？

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级But economists who study the relationship between money and happiness have consistently found that, above a certain income, the two do not reliably correlate.

但是研究金钱和幸福之间关系的经济学家一致发现，在一定的收入水平以上，两者之间并不存在可靠的相关性。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in a mental and spiritual way, which was identified by these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.

我不认为我们花了足够多的时间去努力实现一种平静，一种精神和精神上的满足，这被这些人认为是幸福和快乐的最高形式。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级This was found across measures like self-esteem, life satisfaction, happiness and satisfaction with individual domains like job, neighborhood, or friends.

这是通过测量自尊、生活满意度、幸福感以及对工作、邻居或朋友等个人领域的满意度发现的。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研So they compared U.S. cities' average happiness measured by Gallup Polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.

因此，他们将盖洛普民意调查所测量的美国城市平均幸福感与这些地区上市公司的投资活动进行了比较。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级As long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans.

只要机器人能增加人类的幸福，减少痛苦，创造时间阅读世界级的新闻，我们就应该成为他们的粉丝。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

考研They link between happiness and investment generally held even after accounting for these things.

即使考虑到这些因素，幸福感和投资之间的联系仍然普遍存在。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级However, merely having contact with children does not guarantee happiness in old age.

然而，仅仅与孩子接触并不能保证老年时的幸福。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研All of which would, of course, have a positive effect on our happiness levels.

当然，所有这些都会对我们的幸福水平产生积极影响。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Too often we believe that, a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have little lasting impact on our happiness levels.

我们常常相信，一份新工作、更大的房子或更好的汽车将是让我们最终满足的灵丹妙药，但现实是，这些东西对我们的幸福水平几乎没有持久的影响。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness.

母亲们为孩子投入的情感、身体和精神能量可能是永无止境的，但孩子也是巨大快乐和幸福的源泉。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研The relationship was also stronger in places where happiness was spread more equally.

在幸福感传播更加平等的地方，这种关系也更加牢固。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级For one experiment, researchers developed an app to analyze the relationship between daydreaming and happiness.

在一个实验中，研究人员开发了一个应用程序来分析白日梦和幸福感之间的关系。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans, Soupios says.

苏皮奥斯说，对于古代伊壁鸠鲁人来说，这是最高和最令人向往的快乐和幸福。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级"This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans," Soupios says.

苏皮奥斯说：“对于古代伊壁鸠鲁人来说，这是最高和最令人向往的快乐和幸福。”。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Sure enough, firms'investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were headquartered.

果不其然，公司的投资和研发强度与总部所在地区的幸福感相关。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic ( ' , 官僚的) mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

作为回应，我提出了一个简单的建议：我们的许多问题——课堂出勤率、教育成功率、学生幸福感和幸福感——都可以通过减少官僚主义（“，官僚的) 机制和会议，而是雇佣一支优秀的教师队伍。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

作为回应，我提出了一个简单的建议：我们的许多问题——课堂出勤率、教育成功率、学生幸福感和幸福感——可以通过减少官僚机制和会议，而不是雇佣一支优秀的教师队伍来改善。

2016年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

老年人建议我们要重新定义幸福感，而不是把孩子看作是一种过去的紧张状态，而不是把它看作是一种可以瞬间衡量的快乐。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors attribute to "less codified decision making process" and the possible presence of "younger and less experienced managers who are more likely to b

对于年轻的公司来说，幸福感和投资之间的相关性特别强，作者将其归因于“不太规范的决策过程”和可能存在的“更年轻、经验更少、更有可能

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级TV might make you less happy, but this is not what seems to be driving the recent declines in young people's average happiness.

电视可能会让你不那么快乐，但这并不是最近年轻人平均幸福感下降的原因。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研That's because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking necessary for making investments for the future.

这是因为幸福感与为未来投资所需的长期思维联系在一起。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense

老年人并不是断定孩子让父母高兴或痛苦，而是认为我们需要重新定义幸福：而不是把它看作是一种可以时时刻刻的快乐衡量的东西，我们应该把快乐看成过去式。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级We may instead find ourselves feeling guilty about the time we didn't spend watching our children grow all with our loved ones, or travelling or on the cultural or leisure suits that bring us happiness.

相反，我们可能会发现自己感到内疚，因为我们没有花时间看着自己的孩子和我们所爱的人一起成长，没有旅行，没有穿上能带给我们幸福的文化或休闲服。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones.

金钱未必能买到幸福，但富裕国家的人通常比贫穷国家的人更幸福。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The researchers wanted to know if the optimism and inclination for risk-taking that comes with happiness would change the way companies invested.

研究人员想知道，幸福感带来的乐观和冒险倾向是否会改变公司的投资方式。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级It is a sign of happiness and confidence.

这是幸福和自信的标志。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Few political libraries are without a copy of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein.

很少有政治图书馆没有理查德·泰勒（Richard Thaler）和卡斯·桑斯坦（Cass Sunstein）的《推动：改善关于健康、财富和幸福的决定》（Nudge:Improved Decision on Health，Wealth and Happiness）一书。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Few political libraries are without a copy of Nudge : Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein.

很少有政治图书馆没有理查德·泰勒（Richard Thaler）和卡斯·桑斯坦（Cass Sunstein）的《推动：改善关于健康、财富和幸福的决定》（Nudge:Improved Decision on Health，Wealth and Happiness）一书。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners, a nice elderly couple, we felt the warmth and happiness of the marriage within that home.

我们穿过房间，与主人交谈，他们是一对很好的老年夫妇，我们在家里感受到了婚姻的温暖和幸福。

2015年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

六级It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk（僧侣）David Steindl-Rast describes as "that kind of happiness that doesn't depend on what happens.

它实际上是比单纯的快乐更深的东西：它是快乐，是僧侣所追求的(僧侣）大卫·斯坦德·拉斯特（David Steindl Rast）将这种幸福描述为“不依赖于发生了什么的幸福”。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级The derived happiness from the constructive work.

幸福源于建设性的工作。

2013年6月听力原文

考研Too much happiness can be destructive.

太多的幸福可能是毁灭性的。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The next morning, however, their happiness disappeared.

然而，第二天早上，他们的幸福感消失了。

2015年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

四级It is essential to our well-being, our health, our happiness.

它对我们的幸福、健康和幸福至关重要。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness.

此外，这些损失使我们成熟，并最终推动我们走向未来的成长和幸福的机会。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研And in that, once more, we need to look to the example of our children, to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural byproduct of the way they live.

在这方面，我们需要再次以我们的孩子为榜样，对他们来说，幸福不是目标，而是他们生活方式的自然副产品。

2016年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Just lengthening that second stage of full-time work may secure the financial assets needed for a 100-year life, but such persistent work will inevitably exhaust precious intangible assets such as productive skills, vitality, happiness, and friendship.

只要延长全职工作的第二阶段，就可能获得100年寿命所需的金融资产，但这种坚持不懈的工作将不可避免地耗尽宝贵的无形资产，如生产技能、活力、幸福和友谊。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness For at least the last decade, the happiness craze has been building.

意义比幸福更健康

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级“If anything, pure happiness is linked to not helping others in need.

“如果说有什么不同的话，那就是纯粹的幸福与不帮助需要帮助的人有关。

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级The new PNAS study also sheds light on the difference between meaning and happiness, but on the biological level.

PNAS的这项新研究也揭示了意义和幸福之间的差异，但在生物学层面上。

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级The researchers measured happiness by asking subjects questions like “How often did you feel happy? '

研究人员通过向受试者提问来测量幸福感，比如“你多久感到幸福一次？”

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级” The more strongly people endorsed these measures of “hedonic (享乐主义的）well-being，” or pleasure, the higher they scored on happiness.

人们越是强烈地支持这些“享乐”的措施(享乐主义的）幸福感”或快乐，他们在幸福感上的得分就越高。

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级“It’s not the amount of hedonic happiness that’s a problem.

“问题不在于快乐的数量。

2014年12月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

六级Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness?

为什么越来越多的财富不能带来越来越多的幸福？

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级Statistical indicators of happiness have not risen with incomes.

幸福感的统计指标并没有随着收入的增加而增加。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness.

我们只是重申了一个古老的真理：追求富裕并不总是以幸福告终。

2007年6月英语六级真题

六级It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk (僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.

它实际上是一种比单纯的幸福更深的东西：它是快乐，僧侣(僧侣) 大卫·斯坦德尔·拉斯特将其描述为“那种不取决于发生了什么的幸福。

2012年12月英语六级真题

四级The fridge’s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant.

冰箱对环境的影响是显而易见的，而它对人类幸福的贡献却微不足道。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child’s own happiness.

总的来说，实施的控制代表了父母的需求和社区的价值观，也代表了孩子自己的幸福。

1998年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness, if fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness.

人们坚信充满乐趣、没有痛苦的生活等于幸福，这种方式实际上减少了他们获得真正幸福的机会，如果乐趣和快乐等于幸福，那么痛苦一定等于不快乐。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

但事实上，恰恰相反：通往幸福的事情往往会带来一些痛苦。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.

因此，许多人避免了那些真正快乐的源泉。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations.

理解并接受真正的幸福与乐趣无关是最解放的认识之一。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness.

它解放了时间：现在我们可以把更多的时间花在真正能增加我们幸福感的活动上。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless.

它解放了金钱：买新车或那些对增加我们的幸福感毫无帮助的花哨衣服现在似乎毫无意义。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happiness, or fun.

质疑大学教育的价值似乎有点像质疑幸福或乐趣的价值。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第3套)

四级“This was the highest and most desirable form of pleasure and happiness for the ancient Epicureans,” Soupios says.

苏皮奥斯说：“这是古代伊壁鸠鲁派最崇高、最令人向往的快乐和幸福形式。”。

2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in mental and spiritual way, which was identified by these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.

我不认为我们花了足够的时间试图集中精力实现一种平静，一种精神和精神上的满足，这被这些人视为幸福和快乐的最高形式。

2016 年 6 月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套）

四级I offer a simple proposition in response: Many of our problems—class attendance, educational success, student happiness and well-being—might be improved by cutting down the bureaucratic（官僚的）mechanisms and meetings and instead hiring an army of good teachers.

作为回应，我提出了一个简单的建议：我们的许多问题——上课率、教育成功、学生幸福感和幸福感——都可以通过减少官僚主义来改善(官僚的）机制和会议，而不是雇佣一支优秀的教师队伍。

2016年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研Apart from women’s own happiness, the needs of the community must be considered.

除了妇女自身的幸福之外，还必须考虑社会的需要。

1988年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself.

相反，我们对美国公民有一定的概念，如果他不能胜任地评估自己的生计和幸福是如何受到自己之外的事物的影响，那么这个角色就是不完整的。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研But somewhere from the 19th century onward, more artists began seeing happiness as meaningless, phony or, worst of all, boring, as we went from Wordsworth’s daffodils to Baudelaire’s flowers of evil.

但从19世纪开始，随着我们从华兹华斯的水仙花到波德莱尔的邪恶之花，越来越多的艺术家开始将幸福视为无意义的、虚假的，或者最糟糕的是，无聊的。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen so much misery.

你可以说，艺术变得更加怀疑幸福，因为现代已经看到了太多的痛苦。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.

事实上，原因可能恰恰相反：当今世界上有太多该死的幸福。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness?

毕竟，一种几乎完全致力于描绘幸福的现代表达形式是什么？

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.

反快乐艺术的兴起几乎完全遵循了大众媒体的出现，随之而来的是一种商业文化，在这种文化中，快乐不仅仅是一种理想，而是一种意识形态。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研And since these messages have an agenda—to lure us to open our wallets—they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.

由于这些信息有一个目的——引诱我们打开钱包——它们让幸福的概念看起来不可靠。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研But what we forget—what our economy depends on us forgetting—is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain.

但我们忘记了——我们的经济取决于我们忘记了什么——幸福不仅仅是没有痛苦的快乐。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.

今天，在轻松幸福的承诺的包围下，我们需要艺术来告诉我们，就像宗教曾经做过的那样，Memento mori：记住你会死，一切都会结束，幸福不在于否认这一点，而在于与之共存。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题

考研” Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.

“达尔文确信，失去这些品味不仅是幸福感的丧失，而且可能会损害智力，更可能损害道德品质。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题