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王长喜-六级考试标准阅读160 篇 第一篇 (Unit one Passage 1) I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a glamorous,fun-filled place are happier than others.Ifso,you have somemistaken ideas about the natureof happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experienceafteran act.Itis a deeper,moreabiding emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness,becausetheir positive effectsendwhenthe funends. I have often thoughtthat if Hollywood starshave a role to play,it is toteach usthat happinesshas nothing todo with fun.Theserich, beautifulindividuals have constant accessto glamorousparties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction,brokenmarriages, troubled children and profoundloneliness. Ask a bachelor why he resistsmarriage even though he finds dating to be lessand less satisfying. If he’s honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in factquite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments,but theyare notits mostdistinguishing features. Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness.They can dine out ever they want and sleep as late as they want.Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parentwhowould choosethe wordfuntodescribe raising children. Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the m