【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 l but less famous restaurant. park or museum.11. Finally,be adventurous! Some of the best tilings that a city has 10 offer can be found by mistake. II you39。re not afraid to get lost,you39。ll see moreand you39。ll have a better time! Money Buy Happiness 金錢(qián)能買(mǎi)到快樂(lè)？ of us dream of having thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on anything we desire. We buy lottery tickets,enter contests or spend hours building a business or playing the stock market. We39。re sure when we have plenty of money,we will be happy. But will we?。我們會(huì)買(mǎi)樂(lè)透彩券、參加比賽或付出很多時(shí)間發(fā)展事業(yè)或投資股市。我們深信一旦我們有很多錢(qián)，就會(huì)很開(kāi)心，但真的會(huì)嗎？ having some money does have an impact on our level of happiness,having a lot of money docs not. People in the United States whose ine goes from US$20,000 a year to US$50,000 a year are more likely to be happy.“一些”錢(qián)的確會(huì)影響我們的快樂(lè)程度，擁有“很多”錢(qián)則不然。在美國(guó)，年薪為2萬(wàn)~5萬(wàn)美元的人比較可能感到快樂(lè)。 after ,happiness does not increase as salaries go up. Why is that? It39。s because we are never satisfied. We always think if we just had a little more money,we39。d be happier, says Catherine Sanderson,a psychology professor at Amherst College. But when we get there,we39。re not.，快樂(lè)程度會(huì)不隨著薪水增多而升高。此話(huà)怎講？原因是我們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)滿(mǎn)足。安默斯特學(xué)院心理學(xué)教授凱薩琳珊德森說(shuō)：“我們總是以為只要我們的錢(qián)再多一點(diǎn)，我們就會(huì)比較快樂(lè)，但是當(dāng)我們走到那一步，我們卻不快樂(lè)?！?.39。The more you make,the more you want. The more you have,the less it brings you joy, says Daniel Gilbert,a psychology professor at Harvard. We incorrectly assume we39。ll get more pleasure from more,and we don39。t.4.“你賺得越多，欲望就越多。你擁有的越多，得到的喜悅就越少?！惫鸫髮W(xué)心理學(xué)教授丹尼爾吉爾勃特說(shuō)：“我們誤以為我們會(huì)因?yàn)閾碛性蕉喽鞓?lè)，其實(shí)不會(huì)?！?things money can buy don39。t make you happy either. A lot of research suggests that you won39。t find the good life buying expensive toys. You finally buy that BMW you39。ve always wanted and it soon loses its appeal. Then,instead of wondering if a new car is what really makes you happy,you decide you just need a different new car. It39。s an endless cycle.。很多研究顯示你不會(huì)因?yàn)橘I(mǎi)了昂貴的“玩具”而得到“美滿(mǎn)人生”。你終于買(mǎi)的夢(mèng)寐以求的寶馬汽車(chē)，它很快就喪失了吸引力，然后你不思考一部新車(chē)是否真能令你快樂(lè)，你認(rèn)定自己只要再買(mǎi)一部新車(chē)就好了，這種循環(huán)沒(méi)完沒(méi)了。 really be happy,you need to understand what makes you happy in the first place. One secret of happiness: people. Surveys have found that people need people. Those who have five or more close friends are 50 percent more likely to describe themselves as very happy. Good relationships have a far greater effect on happiness than large raises in salary. Andrew Oswald is an economist at England39。s University of Warwick. He says,If you39。re looking for happiness in life,find the right husband or wife rather than trying to double your salary.，首先你必須了解什么讓你快樂(lè)?？鞓?lè)的一個(gè)秘訣在于人。一些調(diào)查報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn)人與人彼此需要。擁有五個(gè)或更多親密朋友的人自認(rèn)“非?？鞓?lè)”的機(jī)會(huì)高出他人50%。美滿(mǎn)的人際關(guān)系對(duì)能否快樂(lè)的影響程度遠(yuǎn)勝于薪水大幅調(diào)升。安德魯奧斯瓦德是英國(guó)華威大學(xué)的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，他說(shuō)：“如果你在尋覓幸福人生，找一個(gè)合適的配偶吧，而不是想辦法賺兩倍的薪水?！?invest your time and energy in people. The payoff is much bigger in terms of happiness!，就快樂(lè)而言，回報(bào)會(huì)更大！ Americans View Love 美國(guó)人的愛(ài)情觀 old song says that love makes the world go around. If you watch Americans on Valentine39。s Day,you can believe whole country breaks out with little red hearts. Lovestruck people give cards,flowers and candy to their sweethearts. You might call it an annual celebration of love.有一首老歌中唱道“愛(ài)讓世界轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)”。如果你看到美國(guó)人是如何慶祝情人節(jié)的，你便會(huì)相信這句話(huà)。這一天在美國(guó)不論你走到哪里都能看到一顆顆小紅心。墜入愛(ài)河中的人向自己的心上人贈(zèng)送卡片、鮮花和糖果。你可以將情人節(jié)稱(chēng)之為一年一度的愛(ài)的慶賀日。2. The American concept of love and romance begins with people date in several first they might have group dates with several boys and girls together. Later,they start going on single datesjust one boy and one a boy and a girl will go to a they will go to a party at a friend39。s they might go out to eat.。年輕人有幾種約會(huì)方式。最開(kāi)始，他們可能是好幾個(gè)男孩和女孩都參加的集體約會(huì)。之后，他們單獨(dú)出去約會(huì)――只有一男一女。有時(shí)他們會(huì)去看電影，也可能一起去參加朋友的聚會(huì)，或一起出去吃飯。 two couple go out together,it39。s called double dating. A friend might even arrange a blind date for you with someone you don39。t know. That doesn39。t mean you keep your eyes closed the whole evening! You just don39。t know who your partner will be until the time of the date. If someone asks you out on any kind of date,and you don39。t want to go,you may politely say,No,thanks.，這叫做雙重約會(huì)。一個(gè)朋友還可能為你和陌生人安排一個(gè)“蒙眼約會(huì)”。那并不是說(shuō)你整個(gè)晚上都緊閉雙目。只是在約會(huì)之前你并不知道你的約會(huì)對(duì)象是誰(shuí)。如果有人請(qǐng)你出去約會(huì)，不管是哪種約會(huì)，假若你不想去，你都可以禮貌地說(shuō)聲“不，謝謝!”4. Americans view dating differently from people in other culture. American young people see a date as a time just to have don39。t always have a romantic interest in mind. Someone may go out with one person this week,and another person the a while,a boy and a girl may decide they want to go steady. This means they think of each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. It also means they don39。t want to date anyone else. Romance is beginning to bloom.對(duì)于約會(huì)，美國(guó)人與別的文化國(guó)度的人有不同的看法。美國(guó)的年輕人把約會(huì)看成是玩得開(kāi)心的時(shí)間，并不一定就抱著浪漫的念頭。有的人可能這星期與一個(gè)人出去，下星期又與另外一個(gè)人出去。經(jīng)過(guò)一段時(shí)間后，一個(gè)男孩和一個(gè)女孩可能決定保持穩(wěn)定的關(guān)系。這意味著他們把彼此看成“男朋友和女朋友”，這也意味著他們不想與別的人約會(huì)。浪漫之花開(kāi)始綻放。5. Romantic love is very much a part of American culture. Movies,TV shows and books in America all picture people falling in love. Americans know no romance is perfect,but still they try to find the ideal person. Actually,love is a pan of every culture,not just American culture. People all over the world search for happiness in a loving relationship. Maybe love does make the world go around.浪漫愛(ài)情是美國(guó)文化的重要組成部分。美國(guó)的電影、電視和書(shū)籍都描繪人們?nèi)绾螇嬋霅?ài)河。美國(guó)人知道沒(méi)有哪段愛(ài)情是完美的，但他們還是努力去尋找自己的意中人。事實(shí)上，愛(ài)不僅僅是美國(guó)文化，而是每種文化的組成部分。全世界的人們都在愛(ài)中尋求幸福。也許確實(shí)是愛(ài)使世界轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)。 Alternative 碳基替代燃料 recent years have seen substantial reductions in noxious pollutants from individual motor vehicles, the number of such vehicles has been steadily increasing. Consequently, more than 100 cities in the United States still have levels of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and ozone (generated by photochemical reactions with hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust) that exceed legally established limits. There is a growing realization that the only effective way to achieve further reductions in vehicle emissionsshort of a massive shift away from the private automobile is to replace conventional diesel fuel and gasoline with cleanerburning fuels such as pressed natural gas. liquefied petroleum gas, eth