情景作文：人生哲理▲▲▲
Directions:
For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on Happiness by referring to the saying “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
预测范文
As an old saying goes, “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” Why is difficult to define, or rather discover and achieve happiness? I maintain the major determinant lies in a person’s attitudes.
There is little correlation between the circumstance of people’s lives and how happy they are. Instead, happiness lies in the struggle to be happy. To demonstrate, people sometimes go to extremes, and frantically pursue money, power, high social status, and so on, which are all symbols of success—but never of happiness. Perhaps if they shifted their life goal from ultimate success to unswerving efforts and to confidence that they will be successful one day they would be a great deal happier.
Besides defining it, how do I achieve happiness? There is little doubt that various people have diverse ways of going about this task. As for me, the most significant secret is realizing that happiness is a by-product of something else. The most obvious sources are those pursuits that give our lives a purpose. These can be anything from playing tennis to studying insects. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are likely to experience.
参考译文
正如古语所说：“幸福并非没有问题出现，而在于有解决问题的能力”。为何很难定义、发现和获得幸福呢?我认为最重要的因素在于一个人的态度。
人们的生活环境和他们的幸福之间没什么关系。相反，幸福在于追求幸福的奋斗之中。例如，人们有时候会走极端，疯狂追求金钱、权利、很高的社会地位等。这些都是成功的象征，但并非幸福的象征。如果他们把人生目标从终 极成功转向不懈的努力，并相信未来他们必将成功，他们将会更加幸福。
除了定义幸福之外，我如何来获取幸福呢?毫无疑问，不同的人对于实现这一目标有着迥然不同的方式。对我而言，最 大的秘诀就是认识到幸福只是其他事情的一种副产品。最明显的来源就是给予我们目标的那些追求。这些追求可以是从打网球到研究昆虫的任何事情。我们越有激情，就越有可能感受到幸福。
亮点词汇
achieve happiness 获得幸福
major determinant 主要因素
lie in在于
circumstance 环境
instead 相反
struggle 奋斗
to demonstrate 例如
frantically 疯狂地
social status社会地位
symbol 象征
life goal 人生目标
ultimate success 终 极成功
unswerving 坚定不移的
confidence 自信
successful 成功的
go about this task 完成任务
as for me 就我而言
significant 重要的
by-product 副产品
pursuit 追求
insect 昆虫
passion 激情
be likely to 可能
experience 体会;经验
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