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维普资讯 第9卷 第6期 基础英语教育 Vo1．9，No．6 2007年l2月 JournalofBasicEnghshEducation Dec．．2007 美文赏析 W hatIsHappiness nCiardi The rightto pursue happiness is issued to whichtheywouldberequiredtogrow tirde ofbyhte Americanswith theirbirth certificates，butno one timehtenextyera’smodelswerereleased． seemsquitesurewhichwayitrna ．Itmaybeweare Orlook atany ofthe women’smagazines． issued a hunting license but offered no game． Th ere， as Bernard DeVoto。 once pointed out， Jonathna Swift seemedtothinksowhenheattacked advertisingbeginsas poetry in therfontpagesnad theidea ofhappinessas “the possession ofbe ing endsas pharmacopoeianadtherapyinthebackpages． well—deceived，’’thefelicityofbeing ‘a‘foolamong Th epoetryofthefrontmatteristhedrema ofperfect knaves”．ForSwiftsaw societyasVnaiyt Faid．me beauty．Thisisthe baby skin thatmustbe hers． lnadoffalsegoals． Th ese，theflawlessteeth．This，theperfumedbreath Itis，ofcourse，un—Am ericna tohtinkinterms shemustexhale．This，thesixteen—yera—oldfigureshe offoolsnadknaves．W edo，however，seem tobe mustdisplayatforty，atfifty，atsixty，nadforever． dedicatde totheideaofbuyingourwaytohappiness． Once past the vaguely uplifting fiction nad WeshallallhavemadeittoHeavenwhenwepossess featurearticles，thereaderfindstheohterfaceofhte enough． drema in theback matter．Thisisthe harnessinto And atthe same time hte forcesofAm ericna whichMothermuststrapherselfin orderto display commercialism rae hugely dedicated to making us thatperfectfigure．Th ese，thechinsrtapsshemust deliberatelyunhappy．Adver