The secret of happiness

江蘇鹽城市射陽縣陳洋中學 于 榮

人類早已進入太空時代，早就可以坐太空船去月球，卻無法探索別人內心的宇宙。但是我們可以努力做到探索自己的內心、真正了解自己。只要一個人愿意反思，那么他對自己內心的探索是沒有盡頭的。怎樣才能獲得幸福呢?看來答案只有自己知道。今天的文章藏著跟幸福有關的秘密,讓我們一起來閱讀吧。

掃碼聽測

Ⅰ.判斷正誤

聽下面一段錄音并閱讀3個簡短的陳述，根據錄音內容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內容。考查重點是學生對意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section,you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage,decide whether each of the statement is correct(A),incorrect(B)or not mentioned(C).

1.People are longing for health,power and fame. A B C 2.The author thinks that the peace of mind is the sum of mortal goods. A B C 3.The wise elder is very contented with the author's list. A B C

Ⅱ.根據錄音內容填空

一邊聽錄音一邊閱讀以下文字材料，這些文字材料不是錄音的全部內容，而是以提綱、摘要、筆記、圖表等形式再現的錄音的主要內容，需要補全的內容一般是錄音中的關鍵信息。注意每空一詞。

The secret of happiness

1.I undertook to________ __________a catalogue of the acknowledged “goods” of life.

2.I write health,love,__________,talent,power,riches,and__________on the list.

3.I proudly showed my list to a（n）__________ __________.

4.My friend wrote down three syllables on my list,that is,__________ __________ __________.

5.The wise man said that__________is commonplace,__________not rare.

文本解說

當作者還是個年輕人時，他給自己列了一份人生幸福的清單，上面寫著財富、美麗、權利等。當他將這份清單交給一個智者時，智者用鉛筆劃掉了他的表格，寫下了三個字：心之靜。

“On my head pour only the sweet waters of serenity（平靜）.Give me the gift of the Untroubled Mind.”Once,as a young man full of exuberant（精力充沛的）fancy,Iundertookto draw up a catalogueoftheacknowledged“goods” of life.As other men sometimes tabulate（列成表格） lists of properties they own or would like to own,I set down my inventory（清單） of earthly desires：health,love,beauty,talent,power,riches,and fame.

When my inventory wascompleted I proudly showed it to a wise elder who had been the mentor（導師）and spiritual model of my youth.Perhaps I was trying to impress him with my precocious（早熟的）wisdom.Anyway,I handed him the list. “This,” I told him confidently, “is the sum of mortal goods.Could a man possess them all,he would be as a god.”

At the corners of my friend's old eyes,I saw wrinkles ofamusementgathering in a patient net.“An excellent list,” he said,pondering（沉思） itthoughtfully.“Well digested in content and set down in not-unreasonable order.But it appears,my young friend,that you have omitted（忽略）the most important element of all.You have forgotten the one ingredient,lacking which each possession becomes a hideous（令人厭惡的） torment（折磨）.”

“And what,” I asked,peppering my voice with truculence （刻 薄 ）, “is that missing ingredient?”

With a pencil stub（殘端）he crossed out my entire schedule.

Then,having demolished （推 翻 ）my adolescent dream structure at a single stroke,he wrote down three syllables（音節）：peace of mind.

“This is the gift that God reserves for His special protégés（門徒）,” he said. “Talent and beauty He gives to many.Wealth is commonplace,fame not rare.But peace of mind—that is his final guerdon（獎賞） of approval,the fondest insignia（象征）of his love.He bestows（授予）it charily.”

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.fancy n.想象的事物;想象（力）

2.undertake v.承擔;允諾

3.acknowledge v.承認；感謝；致意

4.amusement n.消遣活動；娛樂；愉悅

5.thoughtfully adv.沉思地；體貼地

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above.

1.To my__________he couldn't get the door open.

2.He__________to finish the job by Friday.

3.Do you__________going out this evening.

4.She refused to__________the need for reform.

5.It is very__________of you to send the flowers.