综合英语happiness ppt.pptVIP

Pre-reading question: 1、What’s the author’s answer to the question ” What is happiness”? According to the author ,happiness lies in the idea of becoming , in the meaningful pursuit of what is life-engaging and life-revealing. 2、What’s the author’s purpose of writing? To attempt a definition of happiness by setting some extremes to the idea and then working in toward the middle. Part One(1-2):The author points out that when we are not sure what happiness is ,we tend to be misled by the idea that we can buy our way to it. Part Two(3-7):The author offers a number of examples to show how this misconception of happiness gives rise to the “happiness-market” in a highly commercialized society(The United States) Part Three(8-9):The author suggests striking a balance between what Thoreau called the low levels and the high levels. Part Four(10):The author gives his understanding of happiness ,in the light of the Founding Fathers’ belief that it is “in the idea of becoming”. Know more about……. 1、The right to pursue happiness: It is stated in the United States Declaration of Independence : We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 人人生而平等，他们拥有造物主赋予的不可剥夺的权利，他们包括生命权，自由权和追求幸福的权利。 2、Vanity Fair : Originates from John Bunyan’s (翰.班扬）Pilgrim’s Progress(天路历程）（本书讲述了一个坚韧的基督教徒为寻求永生而踏上荆棘遍布的长旅，充满危险，诱惑与灾难的尘世被他一步步抛弃，只为负罪的灵魂在高天之上得到迎接），Where there was a town fair held in a village called Vanity. Then , William Thackeray used it for the title of his novel ,which satirizes society in the early 19th England(故事主角是一个机灵乖巧的漂亮姑娘，她尝试过贫穷的滋味，一心要掌握自己的命运，摆脱困境。她不择手段，凭谄媚奉承，走小道钻后门，飞上高枝。作为陪衬的人物是她同窗女友，一个富商的女儿，她懦弱温柔，驯顺地随命运播弄，从贫贱到富裕的道路不平稳，富家女的命运亦多坎坷，两人此起彼落的遭遇，构成了引人关怀又动人情感的故事 3、A holly man of India : In 2003,a holly man in India was reported to have spent 10 days without eating or drinking under constant observation. 印度，随处的修行者 Different people