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MADRID — What is it that makes people happy? Youth, health, a good job, good looks, a flashy car? No...
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MADRID — What is it that makes people happy? Youth, health, a good job, good looks, a flashy car? None of these things, Spanish experts say.
The concept of happiness is coming under increasingly close examination in Spain. As the nation rises to the club of the world’s wealthiest countries, people are discovering that material things do not bring happiness.
“Most people use money as a measure of human value,” says Jesus Yn-fante, author of a book on Spain’s 300 biggest fortunes. “Expensive products are regarded as the best. The rich are admired simply for being rich,” Yn-fante said. Yet psychologists (心理学家) warn that happiness cannot be bought. They advise people to look for it in human relations and in the small pleasures of everyday life.
Many people regard happiness as moment of ecstatic pleasure (狂喜) — something that, by definition, cannot last — while others speak of it as peace and acceptance of oneself. Polls (问卷 调 查 ) in different countries indicate that between 65 and 85 percent of the world’s population regard themselves as reasonably happy.
Around 40 percent of a person’s happiness is thought to be determined by genetics ( 遗传), while the rest depends on childhood environment and the process of growing up.
Perhaps the most surprising thing about happiness is that it has little to do with age, health, wealth, or other values thought to be important in Western society.
For most Spaniards, happiness is linked with feeling close to other people.
Happy people accept their limitations and set themselves reachable goals, experts say. There are lifestyle choices which favour happiness, such as exercise, eating carbohydrates (含碳 水化合物的食物) and exposing oneself to sunlight.
But the main secret of happiness is to take pleasure in small things.
“If you are given a choice between eternal (永久的) happiness and cheese sandwich, take the sandwich,” advises musician Julian Hernandez.
1.Spain, as this passage tells us, .
A.has built more clubs than the other countries.
B.has owned the largest group of experts.
C.has become one of the richest countries in the world.
D.has produced the most wealth in the world.
2.It can be concluded that Jesus Yn-fante is .
A.a famous and rich expert. B.a famous psychologist.
C.one of the richest Spaniards. D.a writer familiar with the richest Spaniards.
3.As psychologists warn in this passage, people can’t feel happy even if they .
A.have much money. B.only care about themselves.
C.don’t do any homework. D.have a few relations.
4.Happy people, as we can find in this passage, .
A.are always full of feelings. B.are always born in rich families.
C.always enjoy every achievement they get. D.always look down upon themselves.
5.What Julian Hernandez advises at the end of this passage suggests that .
A.he is not a happy musician. B.he is leading a hard life.
C.he doesn’t agree to the idea in this passage. D.he is humorous.
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