中国石化专业技术人员英语学习参考VIP专享

第一部分 通用英语 Part One English for General Purposes UNIT 1 How to be Happy如何获得幸福 Exercises A. Translate the following sentences into English. 1．吵闹的邻居的确对我们家庭不和(domestic upset)有很大影响。 2．在职场上，如果一个同事对我们表示威吓的话，会造成难以言表的抑郁情绪(unwretchedness)。 3．我们不可能适应这种敌对关系，这种不良的人际关系会损害身心健康。 4．如果这种坏情绪长时间留在人们的心里，会让人陷入无法解决的恶性心理困境。 5．我们不应当回避这些问题，而是要正确面对它们。 B. Read the text and translate it into Chinese. There are many benefits to being happy. Happier people tend to be healthier, live longer and eam more. They also tend to volunteer more, be better at relationships and smile more of what psychologists call “Duchenne" or genuine smiles. What is less well understood is why happiness is contagious. According to James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis, authors of the international bestseller Connected, people surrounded by many happy friends, family members and neighbours who are central to their social network become significantly happier in the future. More specificallyi they say we will become 25 per cent happier with our life if a friend who lives within a mile of us becomes significantly happier with his or her life. Similar effects are seen in co-resident spouses (8 per cent happier); siblings who live within a mile of each other (14 per cent); and next-door neighbours (34 per cent). What this implies is that the magnitude of happiness spread seems to depend more on frequent social contact (due to physical proximity) than on deep social connections. Alas, for some reason this doesn't translate to the workplace. So, why is happiness contagious? One reason may be that happy people share their good fortune wi...