Some people believe that personal happiness is directly related to economic success. Others believe there are other factors. Discuss the two sides and give your opinion.
對幸福的追求一直都是人類世世代代的夢想，盡管人類一直困惑于幸福的真諦。幸福是什么？幸福和經(jīng)濟的成功有密切聯(lián)系嗎？個人經(jīng)濟上的成功能夠直接帶來幸福嗎？就個人而言，我不認(rèn)為經(jīng)濟上的成功是人類幸福的前提。
The pursuit of happiness has long been the dream of generations of human beings. They have always been puzzled by the essence of happiness. What is happiness? Is it closely related to one’s economic success? Will one’s financial success lead to happiness directly? Personally, I don’t agree that one’s economic success is the only prerequisite of one’s happiness in life.
幸福有很多種。俗話說得好，“一個人的美食可能是另一個人的毒藥”。幸?？赡芤馕吨蔀橐粋€成功的受人尊敬的領(lǐng)袖，或是一份穩(wěn)定舒適的大型跨國公司的工作，又或是市區(qū)的大房子、一套漂亮的家具等等。然而，幸福也可以是一個和諧平靜的家庭，或是一個體貼熱情的朋友，或者只是一個微笑、一個手勢、一個暗示。事實上，幸福可以是你能夠想到的任何事情。至少，我們可以有兩種幸福：精神幸福和物質(zhì)幸福。
Happiness may fall into different categories. An old saying goes like this: “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”. Happiness may mean being a successful and respected leader of a company, or a stable and comfortable job in a large international company, or a big flat downtown, a fantastic set of furniture, etc. However, happiness can also be a harmonious and peaceful family, or a hospitable and considerate friend, or just a smile, a gesture, a hint. In fact, happiness may be composed of anything you could ever think of. At least, we may have two types of happiness: spiritual happiness and materialistic happiness.
一方面，一個人的物質(zhì)幸福依賴于經(jīng)濟上的成功，盡管不是完全依賴。沒有穩(wěn)定的經(jīng)濟后盾，很難想象如何過上輕松簡單的生活，更不用說富庶奢侈的生活了。如果買不起房子、車，甚至是一本書，任何人提到這種生活都會害怕。當(dāng)然，有一些人只要基本的生活需求得到滿足就可以立刻感到很幸福。但是我們?nèi)匀槐仨毘姓J(rèn)，這些人也需要某種意義上的經(jīng)濟成功。
對幸福的追求一直都是人類世世代代的夢想，盡管人類一直困惑于幸福的真諦。幸福是什么？幸福和經(jīng)濟的成功有密切聯(lián)系嗎？個人經(jīng)濟上的成功能夠直接帶來幸福嗎？就個人而言，我不認(rèn)為經(jīng)濟上的成功是人類幸福的前提。
The pursuit of happiness has long been the dream of generations of human beings. They have always been puzzled by the essence of happiness. What is happiness? Is it closely related to one’s economic success? Will one’s financial success lead to happiness directly? Personally, I don’t agree that one’s economic success is the only prerequisite of one’s happiness in life.
幸福有很多種。俗話說得好，“一個人的美食可能是另一個人的毒藥”。幸?？赡芤馕吨蔀橐粋€成功的受人尊敬的領(lǐng)袖，或是一份穩(wěn)定舒適的大型跨國公司的工作，又或是市區(qū)的大房子、一套漂亮的家具等等。然而，幸福也可以是一個和諧平靜的家庭，或是一個體貼熱情的朋友，或者只是一個微笑、一個手勢、一個暗示。事實上，幸福可以是你能夠想到的任何事情。至少，我們可以有兩種幸福：精神幸福和物質(zhì)幸福。
Happiness may fall into different categories. An old saying goes like this: “One man’s meat is another man’s poison”. Happiness may mean being a successful and respected leader of a company, or a stable and comfortable job in a large international company, or a big flat downtown, a fantastic set of furniture, etc. However, happiness can also be a harmonious and peaceful family, or a hospitable and considerate friend, or just a smile, a gesture, a hint. In fact, happiness may be composed of anything you could ever think of. At least, we may have two types of happiness: spiritual happiness and materialistic happiness.
一方面，一個人的物質(zhì)幸福依賴于經(jīng)濟上的成功，盡管不是完全依賴。沒有穩(wěn)定的經(jīng)濟后盾，很難想象如何過上輕松簡單的生活，更不用說富庶奢侈的生活了。如果買不起房子、車，甚至是一本書，任何人提到這種生活都會害怕。當(dāng)然，有一些人只要基本的生活需求得到滿足就可以立刻感到很幸福。但是我們?nèi)匀槐仨毘姓J(rèn)，這些人也需要某種意義上的經(jīng)濟成功。