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乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。——《孟子》

Unit1TheHiddenSideofHappiness

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1Hurricanes,housefires,cancer,whitewaterraftingaccidents,planecrashes,vicious

attacksindarkalleyways.Nobodyasksforanyofit.Buttotheirsurprise,manypeoplefindthat

enduringsuchaharrowingordealultimatelychangesthemforthebetter.Theirrefrainmightgo

1飓风、房屋失火、癌症、激流漂筏失事、坠机、昏暗小巷遭歹徒袭击，没人想找上这些

事儿。但出人意料的是，很多人发现遭受这样一次痛苦的磨难最终会使他们向好的方面转变。他

们可能都会这样说:“我希望这事没发生，但因为它我变得更完美了。”

2Welovetohearthestoriesofpeoplewhohavebeentransformedbytheirtribulations,

perhapsbecausetheytestifytoabonafidetypeofpsychologicaltruth,onethatsometimes

getslostamidendlessreportsofdisaster:Thereseemstobeabuilt-inhumancapacityto

flourishunderthemostdifficultcircumstances.Positiveresponsestoprofoundlydisturbing

experiencesarenotlimitedtothetoughestorthebravest.Infact,roughlyhalfthepeoplewho

strugglewithadversitysaythattheirlivessubsequentlyinsomewaysimproved.

2我们都爱听人们经历苦难后发生转变的故事，可能是因为这些故事证实了一条真正的心

理学上的真理，这条真理有时会湮没在无数关于灾难的报道中:在最困难的境况中，人所具有的

一种内在的奋发向上的能力会进发出来。对那些令人极度恐慌的经历作出?积极回应的并不仅限

于最坚强或最勇敢的人。实际上，大约半数与逆境抗争过的人都说他们的生活从此在某些方面有

了改善。

3Thisandotherpromisingfindingsaboutthelife-changingeffectsofcrisesarethe

provinceofthenewscienceofpost-traumaticgrowth.Thisfledglingfieldhasalreadyproved

thetruthofwhatoncepassedasbromide:Whatdoesntkillyoucanactuallymakeyou

stronger.Post-traumaticstressisfarfromtheonlypossibleoutcome.Inthewakeofeventhe

mostterrifyingexperiences,onlyasmallproportionofadultsbe