新编大学英语阅读部分第四册Unit1-2.docVIP

Unit 1 Happiness After-Class Reading PASSAGE I You Cant Buy Happiness Everyone wants to be happy, but exactly what is happiness and how can one obtain it? Philosophers have been arguing about the matter for centuries and have not been able to reach an agreement; yet everyone knows happiness when they experience it or when it is denied to them. Websters New Collegiate Dictionary defines happiness as a state of contentment, but we know that different people experience contentment in different ways. Many people have felt that if they were rich they could buy happiness for themselves; howev