happiness2010.pptVIP

Happiness Robert Coles If you are asked to find a sentence or a phrase that embodies the thesis of the article, which one is it? Is happiness a subjective term or an objective thing that can be measured? Is there a clear definition of happiness? Vocabulary Inalienable in-alien-able 不可剥夺的 inalienable rights (the right to life, the right to liberty and the right to the pursuit of happiness) alienate 疏远 p1 The occurrence of an event 某一事件的发生p2 By virtue of 由于。。 By virtue of divine grace 由于上天的恩赐 p2 Acknowledge 承认 认可 p2 A series of fortuitous events 一系列偶然（幸运）事件 fortunate fortune 运气 p2 Contingent 不确定的 视情况而定的 the arrival time is contingent on the weather The unfathomable workings of an inscrutable universe 一个不可预测的世界令人难以捉摸的运作 p3 Ambitious rationalists 抱负远大的理性论者(founding fathers) p3 Elusive e-lus-ive 难懂的 难捉摸的 conclusive p4 Avowal 声明 vow誓约 wedding vow p4 Truculent: cruel, ferocious 野蛮 好斗 残酷的 intrusion truc trus: push Inscrutable: difficult to understand, hard to define scrutiny n. 仔细审阅 scrutinize v. Surrender to sur-render 投降 p4 Accumulate ac-cumul-ate 积累 cumul(top) culmination 顶点 p8 Stoic 斯多葛派人士 坚忍克己的 p11 Puritan 清教徒 p11 Incarnation 化身 赋与肉身 in-carn-ation carnivore肉食 carnival 狂欢 p11 Content 满足的 contents目录 be content with one’s current conditions p13 Tactful 机智的 tactics 战术 p14 Virtue 美德 virtuous 有品德的 Self-transcendence 自我超越 trans-cend-ence 超越 descend ascend Egoistic 自我的 ego 自我 egoism p14 Hostile 敌对的 be hostile to sb Stumble upon 偶尔发现 fall upon 遭遇 Cultural notes The founding fathers 美国国父 George Washington; Alexander Hamilton; Benjamin Franklin… p1 Don Quixote by Cervantes 1547-1616)塞万提斯的堂吉诃德 p1 George Eliot 艾略特（1819-1880）a female English novelist; The Mill on the Floss 弗洛斯河上的磨坊 T.S. Eliot 1888-1965 an American poet the Wasteland 荒原 Thomas Hardy 哈代 1840-1928 English novelist and poet Tess of the D’Urbervilles《德伯家的苔丝》 p1 D H Lawrence 1885-1930 DH劳伦斯English author Lady Chatterley’s Lover查特莱夫人的情人 p1 eroti