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2006年

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①Manythingsmakepeoplethinkartistsareweird.②Buttheweirdestmayhis:

artists’onlyjobistoexploreemotions,andyettheychoosetofocusontheones

thatfeelbad.

①许多事情使人们认为家是怪人。②而最怪异的可能是：家唯一的工作

就是探索，但他们却将焦点投向的。

①Thiswasn’talwaysso.②Theearliestformsofart,likepaintingandmusic,are

thosebestsuitedforexpressingjoy.③Butsomewherefromthe19thcentury

onward,moreartistsbeganseeinghappinessasmeaningless,phonyor,worstofall,

boring,aswewentfromWordsworth’sdaffodilstoBaudelaire’sflowersofevil.

①情况并不总是如此。①最早的形式，如绘画和音乐，是最适合表达欢乐的。

③但是从19世纪的某个时候开始，当我们从的《水仙花》转向波德莱

尔的《恶之花》时，越来越多的家开始把快乐看作是毫无意义的、虚伪的甚

至是令人厌倦的东西。

①Youcouldarguethatartbecamemoreskepticalofhappinessbecausemodern

timeshaveseensomuchmisery.②Butit’snotasiliertimesdidn’tknow

perpetualwar,disasterandthemassacreofinnocents.③Thereason,infact,maybe

justtheopposite:thereistoomuchdamnhappinessintheworldtoday.

①你可能认为对快乐产生越来越多的怀疑是因为现代社会经历了太多的痛

苦。②但是这并不是说以前的时代就没有经历过连年的、和滥杀。

③事实上，可能正好相反：如今的世界上有太多的快乐了。

①Afterall,whatistheonemodernformofexpressionalmostcompletelydedicated

todepictinghappiness?②Advertising.③Theriseofanti-happyartalmostexactly

trackstheemergenceofmassmedia,andwithit,acommercialcultureinwhich

happinessisnotjustanidealbutanideology.

①Peopleinearliererasweresurroundedbyremindersofmisery.②Theyworked

untilexhausted,livedwithfewprotectionsanddiedyoung.③IntheWest,before

masscommunicationandliteracy,themostpowerfulmassmediumwasthechurch,

whichremindedworshippersthattheirsoulswereindangerand