生活英語聽力文章：幸福是一種選擇
Happiness is a Choice
幸福是一種選擇。
Although it may be tempting to dismiss a call to happiness during this time of worldwide struggle and strife as overly optimistic or too simplistic, let me tell you now that I believe this is the perfect time for a reminder that when it comes to happiness, all of us have a choice.
盡管可以將在全球斗爭和沖突中過于樂觀或過于簡單的態(tài)度看做幸福，現(xiàn)在讓我告訴你,我相信這是一個(gè)完美的時(shí)間提醒人們那就是當(dāng)談到幸福時(shí),我們都有一個(gè)選擇。
In fact, choosing to be happy is one of the very few essential decisions that we get to keep regardless of age, stage of life, or present situation. It’s a decision that can’t be taken away, and no one else can make it for you.
事實(shí)上,選擇快樂是為數(shù)不多的重要決策,無論我們的年齡大小、人生階段還是現(xiàn)狀如何。這是一個(gè)決定，不能帶走更沒有其他人可以代替你。
Each one of us gets to choose, every single moment of every day, whether or not we decide to be happy.
每個(gè)人都可以選擇,每一天中的每一時(shí)刻我們是否幸福。
It Pays to Be Happy
快樂是值得擁有的!
When we choose to be happy, the rewards are truly great. First and foremost, happy people are more likable and desirable to be around. Isn’t it amazing how we’re drawn to people with sunny dispositions? One of the many consequences of this phenomenon of human nature is that happy people regularly benefit from the enthusiastic help and cooperation of others.
當(dāng)我們選擇快樂時(shí)，回報(bào)是真實(shí)美好的。首要的是，快樂的人更可愛，更值得擁有。是不是我們用陽光般的性格與別人交流會(huì)更吸引人?在人的多種性格中，有一種現(xiàn)象是，快樂的人經(jīng)常受益于別人的熱心幫助和合作。
Secondly, happy people consistently report an improved quality of life. They enjoy life and everything in it more than people who aren’t happy.
其次,快樂的人總是生活質(zhì)量的改善報(bào)告。他們享受生活,一切都比不快樂的人美好。
I can personally attest to the connection between happiness and improved quality of life. Many years ago, I decided that I would be intentional about choosing to be happy. I didn’t just say I wanted to be happy, I found out what I needed to do to make happiness a daily reality for me.
我可以親自證明幸福之間的聯(lián)系并改善生活質(zhì)量。許多年以前，我決定有意識(shí)的選擇幸福。我沒說我想要幸福,我發(fā)現(xiàn)我需要做些什么來讓幸福成為我日常生活中的一部分。
Nine Choices Happy People Make
九種選擇快樂的方法!
In their book, How We Choose to Be Happy: The 9 Choices of Extremely Happy People, authors Rick Foster and Greg Hicks present the results of interviews with happy people all over the world, from all walks of life. They found and wrote about nine specific choices commonly made by happy people. As you can see, most of these are things we already know about, and may even already practice.
在他們的書中,我們?nèi)绾芜x擇幸福：作者里克·福斯特和格雷格·希克斯選擇了九種及其快樂的人進(jìn)行采訪,結(jié)果是，世界各地的人的快樂來自各行各業(yè)。
The key, as I discussed in What is Easy to Do is Not Easy to Do, is to use your personal initiative to do the little things that are easy to do, and do them consistently. Here’s the list of choices that Foster and Hicks came up with:
關(guān)鍵的是，當(dāng)我們討論什么事容易去做，什么事不容易去做，通常是按照自己的計(jì)劃去做容易做的小事情，并堅(jiān)持去做。這是福斯特和?？怂惯x擇并提出的列表:
1. Intend to Be Happy. This is the fully conscious decision to choose happiness over unhappiness. Check out Learn to Enjoy What You Don’t Enjoy.
1.想要幸福。這是全意識(shí)決定選擇快樂而不是痛苦。通過學(xué)著去做我們不喜歡的事情。
2. Be Accountable. You make the choice to assume full personal responsibility for your actions, thoughts and feelings, as well as to refuse to blame others for your own unhappiness. It is also the practice of seeing ourselves as having control over our own lives, rather than being at the receiving end of circumstances.
3. Discover Your Needs. This is the ongoing process of identifying for ourselves what makes us truly happy. You may want to review my post Was Napoleon Hill Wrong?
2.具有責(zé)任感。你要選擇承擔(dān)個(gè)人的行為責(zé)任,想法和感受,以及拒絕把自己的不幸歸咎于別人。學(xué)著去控制我們的生活，學(xué)會(huì)自我欣賞,而不是接受極端環(huán)境。 3.發(fā)現(xiàn)你所需要的。這是一個(gè)持續(xù)鑒別什么才是讓我們真正幸福的過程。你可能想要審查我的文章是拿破侖·希爾的嗎?
4. Centralize Your Goals. Creating a dream list is the happy person’s non-negotiable insistence on making that which creates happiness a central activity in life.
4.把精力集中在你的目標(biāo)上?？鞓返娜丝偸莿?chuàng)建一個(gè)不可轉(zhuǎn)讓的堅(jiān)持夢想的計(jì)劃,這是創(chuàng)造幸福人生的核心活動(dòng)。
5. Turn Problems into Opportunities. Recasting is to change the form of something. Look at experiences in positive ways and change your problems into challenges.
5.把問題轉(zhuǎn)化為機(jī)遇。重鑄是改變的形式。學(xué)著積累積極經(jīng)驗(yàn)的方式,來改變你的問題使其轉(zhuǎn)化為挑戰(zhàn)。
6. Explore Options. Make the decision to approach life by being open to any new possibilities and take a flexible approach to life’s journey.
6.探索選項(xiàng).生活方式的決定被開放給任何新的可能性,采取靈活的方式和生命的旅程。
7. Express Appreciation. Communicating gratitude and giving thanks to the people around you daily brings happiness. For more on this valuable point read my post on The Power of Showing Your Appreciation
7.表達(dá)感激。每天溝通感激和感恩可以給你周圍的人帶來幸福。在讀到我所公布的最有價(jià)值的一點(diǎn)是展示你感激力量。
8. Share Unselfishly. The art of giving is the act of sharing one’s self with friends, community and the world at large without the expectation of a ‘return on investment.’
8.無私的分享。把自己的行為分享給朋友，社會(huì)和全世界，即使得不到任何回報(bào)，但是這是一種藝術(shù)。
9. Be Truthful at All Times. Make a contract with yourself and design a means by which to check your thoughts and actions against your own internal, personal code. For more thoughts on the value of truthfulness, check out my blog: Being Honest With Ourselves
9.使所有的時(shí)間都變得真實(shí)。制定自己的約定并設(shè)計(jì)的一種方法,來檢查你的內(nèi)在思想和行為與個(gè)人準(zhǔn)則是否相反。更多的想法真實(shí)的價(jià)值,看看我的博客:誠實(shí)面對(duì)自己。
Though I’m fortunate that I have experienced a rewarding career and professional life, it’s not my achievements that are to be credited for my happiness and the outstanding quality of life I now enjoy. Rather, it’s the little decisions I consistently make each day—just like these—that continue to help me in my choice to be happy.
不過我很幸運(yùn),我曾經(jīng)歷過這樣一個(gè)有益的事業(yè)和職業(yè)生活，這并不是要將我的成就要?dú)w功于我我現(xiàn)在喜歡的幸福的，優(yōu)質(zhì)的生活。相反,我始終每天做著像這樣小的決定，并一直幫助我選擇幸福。
If you’ve never considered happiness as a choice before now, let me say again that I don’t think there has ever been a better time than now to begin choosing happiness. Will you commit to being intentional about making one of the choices listed above each day for the next nine days? I hope you will.
在此之前，如果你從沒有考慮過幸福是一種選擇，讓我再說一次，我并不認(rèn)為曾經(jīng)有過比現(xiàn)在選擇幸福更美好的時(shí)光了。你會(huì)承諾在接下來的九天中每天都去故意選擇以上的一種方法嗎?我相信你會(huì)的.
