Recently,CCTV journalists have approachecd pedestrians with their cameras,held a microphone to their mouth and asked a simple questiom :“Are you haapy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard.Even Mo Yan who recently won a Nobel Prize,responded by saying:“I don’t know”.
While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions,we ask:What exactly is happiness ?And how do you measure it?
In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence,Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to“Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.Last year,235 years on,China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation:“Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.”At last year’s National People’s Congress,officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12th five-year plan. www.szxlm,com
US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness:Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth describes happiness as “a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”,according to US broadcasting network PBS.This may sound straight forward enough,but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness.
Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source.It also means different things to different people.For some,happiness can be as simple as having enough cash.
Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types:daily experiences of hedonic(享乐的)well-being;and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole.The former refers to the quality of living,whereas the latter is about overall happiness,including life gods and achievement.Happiness can cross both dimensions.
Li Jun,a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic,says:“Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’ s a simple yet profound topic .”
Chen Shangyuan,21,a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,said his idea of happiness always evolves.“At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,”he said.“It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate.”
Then there is the question of measuring happiness.Does it depend on how many friends we have,or whether we own the latest smart phone? Is it even quantifiable?
Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives.Since 1972,Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been,replaced by a Gross National Happiness index.It is calculated according to the peoples’sense of being well-governed,their relationship with the environment,their satisfaction with economic development,and their sense of national belonging.
In 2009,US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”.But is well-being more easily measured?
28.From what Thomas Jefferson and Wen Jiabao mentioned in the passage,we know_______.
A.people’s happiness is determined by great people
B. people’s happiness is an important target for the development of a country
C.people in all countries have the right to ask the government for a happy life
D. People both in China and America are living a happy life
29.According to the passage,the writer may most likely agree that_____.
A.CCTV journalists are concerned about people’s happiness out of sympathy.
B.the question has led to heated discussions about who are the happiest people in China,
C.Bhutan’s new index shows that people there are the happiest in the world
D.it is not easy for us to decide what determines people’s happiness
30.What does the underlined word“elusive”in the sixth paragraph mean?
A.Available. B.Easy to get. C.Hard to understand.D.Accessible.
31.The best title of the passage is____
A.Are You Happy? B.The Measurement of Happiness
C.GDP and Happiness D.The Secret of Happiness
BDCA
政治经济类文章的概念:
要做好这类阅读,平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事,掌握一定背景知识,对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解,还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章,要抓住文章的核心,即文章整体和各段主要在说什么,也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题:
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁,语言鲜活,但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多,长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容,读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉,经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花,文章看完,一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨,同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章,我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式,我们可采取“顺读法”,以便抓关键语句,领会文章主旨;而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式,我们则可以采取“逆读法”,先读试题,再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急,因为你觉得难,其他人也一定是同感。在高考前,我们就要有这种心理准备,高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过,我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读,以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干:
根据英语中五种基本句型结构,把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来,其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干,句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句:
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句,在理解时,如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解,然后把大意拼凑起来,整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句:
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成,句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词,只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系,再把各层分句的意思加以连贯,整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词:
如果一个句子看完,一点句意的感觉也没有,下下策就是抓住句中的关键词,通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
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