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今天的這段對(duì)話,在討論積極心理學(xué),
積極心理學(xué)為什么是最近幾年哈佛最受歡迎的課?"成功的不幸福”是什么意思
來(lái)聽(tīng)今天的講解:
A: Hey, Han, how about sitting in on a class at Harvard?
嘿,韓,去哈佛旁聽(tīng)一節(jié)課怎么樣?
B: I’d love to, but can we?
太愿意了,但我們可以去嗎?
A: Li can help us.
李可以幫忙啊。
B: Why didn’t I think of such a good idea? I’m bursting to visit a class at Harvard. Do you have any idea about which class we’re going to visit?
我怎么沒(méi)想到這個(gè)好主意呢,我迫不及待想去哈佛聽(tīng)課了。去聽(tīng)什么課,你有想法嗎?
A: Positive Psychology.
積極心理學(xué)。
B: What? Psychology? Oh, no, I don’t like it. Although it may sound interesting, it’ll make me think too much about the negative side of our Life, you know, like depression, pessimism, anxiety, fear, anger, and other painful emotions. No, I won’t go.
什么?心理學(xué)?哦,不,我不喜歡。雖然心理學(xué)聽(tīng)起來(lái)可能有點(diǎn)意思,可會(huì)讓我想到太多生活里負(fù)面的東西,你知道,比如抑郁、悲觀、焦慮、恐懼、生氣以及其他痛苦的情緒。我不要去。
A: I’m not that stupid to push myself to think about depressive things. This one is different, it teaches happiness, focusing mostly on love, relationships, well-being, etc.
我才沒(méi)那么傻讓自己想這些壓抑的事情。這門(mén)課不一樣,是教幸福的,側(cè)重于愛(ài)、人與人之間的關(guān)系、康樂(lè)等。
B: Are you kidding? I’ve never heard such things as happiness course at any school. Can happiness be taught?
你開(kāi)玩笑吧,我可從沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)哪個(gè)學(xué)校有幸福這門(mén)課。幸??梢越虇??
A: Yes. Come on, Han, it’s the most popular course at Harvard in recent years.
可以啊。好啦,韓,這可是最近幾年哈佛最受歡迎的課了。
B: Don’t play tricks with me, I will not go.
別給我?;恿耍也粫?huì)去的。
A: Trust me. Or you can ask Li, he doesn’t tell lies.
相信我,要不你可以問(wèn)問(wèn)李,他不會(huì)撒謊的。
B: 'Well, I guess you’re right.
好吧,我想李不會(huì)撒謊的。
(Han gives a call to Li)
(韓給李打電話)
C: Hello, Han,you should be in class now.
你好,韓,你現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該在上課吧。
B: No, it’s break now, Li, I want to verify something. Is positive psychology the most popular course in your university?
沒(méi)有,現(xiàn)在是課間休息。李,我想證實(shí)一些事。積極心理學(xué)是你們學(xué)校最受歡迎的課嗎?
C: It is said so. A lot of students believe that Positive Psych is the one class that every student needs to take. Why do you ask that?
據(jù)說(shuō)是。很多同學(xué)都說(shuō)積極心理學(xué)是每個(gè)學(xué)生都需要上的一門(mén)課。你問(wèn)這干嗎?
B: John and I are planning to sit in on a class at Harvard. He wants me to go with him to listen to this course.
約翰和我打算去哈佛聽(tīng)課,他想讓我陪他一起聽(tīng)這門(mén)課。幸福的方法
C: Welcome, it’s definitely worth listening to.
歡迎,覺(jué)得值得一聽(tīng)。
B: But I’m afraid of becoming depressed after listening something too depressive.
但我擔(dān)心聽(tīng)過(guò)一些比較壓抑的事情之后,我會(huì)變得郁悶。
C: You won’t This course is different from traditional psychological courses. It teaches you the basic of being happy, how to live a happy, fulfilling, and flourishing life.
不會(huì)的。這門(mén)課和傳統(tǒng)的心理學(xué)課不一樣,它會(huì)敎你幸福的基本要領(lǐng),如何過(guò)一個(gè)幸福、充實(shí)、向上的生活。
B: It’s really a course about happiness?
真的是一門(mén)幸福課?
C: Right. You know, a lot of students feel unhappy now because the burdens and stresses they feel are very heavy. But a lot of students say they become happier after taking the course. The course even change their lives.
對(duì),你知道,現(xiàn)在很多學(xué)生都感到不快樂(lè),因?yàn)樗麄兏械截?fù)擔(dān)太重、壓力太大。很多學(xué)生說(shuō)上了這門(mén)課后,感覺(jué)快樂(lè)了許多,這門(mén)課甚至改變了他們的人生。
B: Miraculous. I never thought so many students feel unhappy and cares so much about happiness. I thought the most popular course may be business or economics. Is this course so important?
這么神奇,我沒(méi)想到這么多學(xué)生感到不快樂(lè),這么關(guān)心幸不幸福。我以為最受歡迎的可是商務(wù)或經(jīng)濟(jì)。這門(mén)課真這么重要?
C: People want to be rich. Yet, more people want to be happy than to be rich.
人們想變得富有,但比起這個(gè),更多人想得到幸福。
B: Who’s the teacher? Why did he come up with this idea of teaching happiness?
老師是誰(shuí)?他怎么想到教幸福課呢?
C: Ben-Shahar. He said he had spent close to 30 years of his life being successfully unhappy.
本-沙哈爾。他說(shuō)自己過(guò)了近30年的成功的不幸福生活?
B: What does "successfully unhappy” mean?
"成功的不幸福”是什么意思?
C: I’m not sure. I guess he is a successful man, but an unhappy man. He graduated from Harvard, and was active and excellent, and achieved a lot, but these achievements didn’t make him happy.
不知道,我猜他是個(gè)成功的人,但并不幸福。他畢業(yè)于哈佛,很活躍、出色,取得了不少成就,但這些成就沒(méi)讓他感到幸福。
B:Sometimes success doesn’t necessarily mean happiness.
有時(shí)候成功并不一定意味著幸福。
C:Maybe he,s too hard on himself. He wanted to find answers, so he began to study how to be happy. He often told deeply personal stories to illustrate points.
也許他會(huì)自己要求太嚴(yán)了。他想尋找答案,所以可以研究如何幸福。他經(jīng)常用自己的故事當(dāng)作事例說(shuō)明。
B:It seems that I might as well go. John, I decide to go.
看來(lái)我還是去吧。約翰,我決定去了。
A:Great! You won’t regret it.
太好了,你不會(huì)后悔的。