There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they
Socrates for advice on where happiness
. But
giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a
first. The group of guys had to
the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then
together in it, singing with
.
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We
be happier!” Socrates
, “That’s it!
you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness
hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through
work and creativity.
We may have to
pain in our daily life and in the process of
happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in
things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our
and spirit. So why not turn suffering into
life, and
tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of
, and I
you all a life of happiness.
| 小题1: | | A．pointed to | B．referred to | C．turned to | D．kept to |
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| 小题2: | | A．lay | B．belonged | C．stood | D．laid |
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| 小题3: | | A．apart from | B．instead of | C．other than | D．for fear of |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．boat | C．bridge | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．set about | B．set down | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题7: | | A．joy | B．sorrow | C．curiosity | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．mustn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题9: | | A．declared | B．thought | C．added | D．assumed |
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| 小题10: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Until | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．always | C．ever | D．seldom |
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| 小题12: | | A．cautious | B．endless | C．hard | D．effective |
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| 小题13: | | A．experience | B．avoid | C．enjoy | D．deny |
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| 小题14: | | A．searching | B．seeking | C．hoping | D．improving |
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| 小题15: | | A．spiritual | B．nice | C．new | D．material |
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| 小题17: | | A．blaming | B．praising | C．ending | D．cursing |
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| 小题18: | | A．turn | B．put | C．divide | D．draw |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．energy | C．fact | D．choice |
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| 小题20: | | A．wish | B．promise | C．bring | D．require |
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