Thewaypeopleholdtothebeliefthatafun-filled,painfreelife...
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The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever gaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness, then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true — more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very source of true happiness. They fear the pain unavoidably brought by such things — marriage, raising children, professional achievements and self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a promise. For a promise is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has moments, but they are not its most distinguished features.
Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or three-day vacation. I don’t know parents who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that truly increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that expensive mobile phone or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
1.What the author is mainly trying to tell us is .
A.a happy life means life full of fun and without pain
B.happiness often goes hand in hand with pain
C.it is important to avoid pain in order to be happy
D.one must know how to gain happiness
2.According to the author, the bachelor resists marriage mainly because .
A.he is unwilling to take on family responsibilities
B.he fears it will put an end to all his fun and adventure
C.he believes that dating will be more cheerful
D.he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
3.Raising children, in the author’s opinion, is .
A.a desperate attempt B.a thankless job
C.a rewarding task D.a painfree life
4.To understand what true happiness is, one must .
A.have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime
B.make every effort to liberate oneself from time and money
C.put up with pain under all circumstances
D.be able to distinguish happiness from fun
【回答】
BACD
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