誰是世界上最幸福的人英語美文欣賞
Who Are the Happiest People?
誰是世界上最幸福的人
只有傻瓜才不考慮別人的利益。拋棄自己國家的傳統來創造更好的社會是一種錯誤的方式。一個民族失去了自己的神話,就失去了自我。
[1]They live on a windswept island surrounded by glaciersand volcanoes. What makes them so content?
[1]他們生活在海風吹拂的'小島上,被冰川和火山所環繞著。是什麼使他們如此滿足?
[2]In a poll of 18 nations, The Gallup Organization discovered that Icelanders are the happiest people alive. All 267,809 of them. Eighty-two percent are satisfied with their personal lives. The United States ranked fifth at 72 percent; Japan came in seventh with 42 percent.
[2]美國的蓋洛普民意測驗組織對世界上18個國家的民意測驗表明:冰島人是世界上最快樂的人。參加測試的人數為26.78萬人。82%的冰島人表示滿意自己的生活;美國表示滿意自己生活的人數為72%,排列第五位;日本排列第七位,人數比率為42%。
[3]Some people would say that happy Iceland is a statistical fluke. This is a country so small, an ordinary citizen can make an appointment to see the president.
[3]有人會說:快樂的冰島僅僅是統計上的巧合。這個國家如此之小,普通的公民也能受到總統的接見。
[4]True, Iceland is no utopia. Icelanders are big boozers, with a fishing tradition of binge drinking. Almost a third of the births are out of wedlock. But that’s what makes the Gallup study so interesting. Icelanders have problems like the rest of us, yet they are happy with their lot. So what gives?
[4]確實,冰島並非天堂,冰島有傳統的打魚豪飲的習慣,酒鬼很多,近三分之一的孩子沒有父親。然而,正因為如此,蓋洛普的這項研究才顯得更加有趣。因為,像我們一樣,冰島人有許多問題,但是,他們卻安命樂天。這究竟是為什麼呢?
[5]Consider Thorir Hlynur Thorisson, 28. For his vacation, he spent a month working 16-hour days, seven days a week, as a fishing guide. It was “heaven on earth,” he says. Then after a single night off, he was back at his regular job—on a fishing boat, working six hours on, six hours off, around the clock.
[5]讓我們來看一看,一個名叫索赫·赫利納·索雷遜的28歲的冰島人是怎樣看待生活的。索雷遜在一個月的假期中,為自己找了一份捕漁嚮導的工作,他一週工作7天,每天工作16個小時,他把這種生活稱作“人間的天堂”。假期結束後,他只休息了一個晚上,又接著正常工作起來——在一艘輪船上,每天6小時工作、6小時休息地輪流當班。
[6]We would call Hlynur a workaholic, but so are most of his compatriots. It pays off. With a per-capita gross domestic product of $19,905 (the U.S. figure is $27,541), Icelanders are among the wealthiest people on earth. Their tax dollars buy them excellent education and medical care. Iceland has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world, and almost the highest longevity.
-
2023年實用的愛情的情感句子集合45條
你聚魄成你,你畫魂成我,聚愛成血淚,續寫骨子裡的愛種情緣,鴛鴦共悽,人世的炊煙悲哀,烽火硝煙。以下是小編幫大家整理的愛情的情感句子45條,供大家參考借鑑,希望可以幫助到有需要的朋友。1、我依然愛你,卻再也無法相信你。2、我再嗜血再瘋癲都只是因為愛你。3、別在雞蛋...
-
精選哲理的句子錦集60條
待人接物,多一些善意,總歸不會吃大虧。人都渴望一種安全的交情,善良也是一種交友資本。能微笑就儘量多微笑,誰知哪個人會因這微笑陽光了一天的心情。能和善就儘量和善些,人與人的交接,不知哪一眼就是訣別。陽光之心態,也不過就是在不可預料的世事中,書寫下溫柔相待。下...
-
2023年形容閨蜜的句子合集41條
下輩子做個男的,娶我這輩子最疼愛的閨蜜。下面是小編為大家收集的形容閨蜜的句子41條,供大家參考借鑑,希望可以幫助到有需要的朋友。1、我們穿一樣的衣服,我們喜歡同一個明星,我們有一樣的夢想。2、這麼多年,一個人的孤獨,從來無感。卻不曾在[20XX]年,閨蜜們陸續有了...
-
有關青春正能量語錄35條
年輕是我們唯一擁有權利去編織的夢想的時光。以下是小編整理的青春正能量語錄35條,希望大家喜歡。1、生沒有白走的路,沒有過不去的坎兒,美好是經驗,糟糕是經歷,僅此而已。2、人生就象是一條長河,一路上會遇到各種艱難險阻,任何一條河都不可能直通大海。在通往成功的...