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Unit 13  HYPERLINK /post.176643.html A Simple Truth about Happiness  HYPERLINK mailto:Tsinghua2012gs@163.com Tsinghua2012gs@163.com 123456 批改网 Tell a lie / tell an untruth True --- truth Don’t clinton me. to the point point out Make a point Get to the point Take your point If you’re waiting for it, you’ve missed the point (dont understand) Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends to be as happy as we can be. Anyone could be unhappy; it took no courage or effort. True achievement lay in struggling to be happy. Make every effort -- take pains try to do --- manage to pass the exam--- struggle to succeed For financial problems, his family struggled for years to send him to university. at home --- at work Work at improving your writing = try hard to achieve The fact that 同位语从句The idea that The concept that we have to work at happiness comes as news to many people. We assume it’s a feeling that comes as a result of good things that just happen to us, things over which we have little or no control. assume = suppose assumption = hypothesis Get ../ bring .. under control get control over sth. in control lose control Out of / beyond / outside ones control Close friend? acquaintance? stranger?rival ? enemy ACHIEVE High achiever ? achievement ? sense of achievement But the opposite is true: happiness is largely under our control. It is a battle to be waged and not a feeling to be awaited. To achieve a happier life, it’s necessary to overcome some obstacles, three of which are: compare, comparison 比较 contrast, in contrast 对照Comparison with others Most of us compare ourselves with anyone we think is happier --- a relative, an acquaintance or, often, someone we barely know. I once met a young man who struck me as particularly successful and happy. He spoke of his love for his beautiful wife and their daughters, and of his joy at being a radio talk-show hosts in a city he loved. I remember thinking that he was one of thos