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六、個性

(一)外在內在

A person's personality, including whether he or she is considerate, tolerant orpassionate, may be affected by several factors, among which the circumstancearound and the inherent characteristic are the two principal ones which haveraised a heat debate in different groups of people. Although some research showsthe support for the latter one, I cast my vote to the other side.

一個人的個性,包括他或她是否體貼周到、是否有包容心或激情,可能受很多因素影響。在這些因素中,周圍環境和內在性格是在不同人群中引發了激烈討論的兩個主要因素。盡管有些研究顯示支持後者,但我持相反意見。

(二)外在因素

It is a fact that people born in families with discrepancies on their economicand educational levels would probably become representatives of two entirelydifferent classes in society. One of them may have the opportunity to be sent tostudy abroad at his or her early age and can finally end up with a prestigiousscholar. By contrast, another poor child with eagerness to study at school whoseparents cannot even afford the tuition, instead, can only learn a useful skillas soon as possible in order to maintain the family's usual life. In addition,it is more likely to possess some negative emotions like depression for a childgrowing in broken families compared to the one owning a harmonious family.

事實上,出生在經濟與教育水平不同的家庭的人們可能在社會中成為兩個截然不同的階層的代表。其中之一可能有機會早年時被送出國留學,最終成為一名著名的學者。相反,另一位貧窮的孩子渴望去學校學習,但父母甚至負擔不起學費,他們隻能盡快學習一門有用的技能,以便維持家庭的日常生活。此外,比起擁有和睦家庭的孩子,生長在破碎家庭的孩子更有可能有諸如抑鬱等一些負麵情緒。

(三)兩者比較

Some people may hold the view that genetic things initially decide people'spersonalities which considerably influence their future career. However, they'retoo simplifying the situation. As far as I'm concerned, twins born at the sametime are rarely engaged in similar business. It is because that they experiencesomething different from each other and gradually build their own figures withcomplicated characteristics. To sum up, various cases people encounterdefinitely play a more crucial role than the original genes during the processof building their personality and business.

有些人可能認為基因最初決定人們的個性,從而極大地影響他們未來的職業。然而,他們過於簡化了這種情況。就我而言,同時出生的雙胞胎很少從事相似的事業。這是因為他們的經曆不同,逐漸形成了他們自身複雜的個性。總之,在培養個性和建立事業的過程中,人們遇到的各種事情一定比原始基因發揮著更重要的作用。

七、幸福

(一)因人而異

Happiness is a must in life. But what on earth is happiness? Some people arehappy when they have made money, while others are happy when they have foundtheir true love. As for me, I find bliss when I am reading an interesting bookin a warm and pretty room. Evidently, 1,000 people will have 1,000 differentdefinitions of happiness. Why is it difficult to define, or rather discover andachieve happiness? I think the major determinant lies in a person's attitude.

幸福是生活的必需品。但究竟什麼是幸福?有人賺了錢時就幸福,而其他人找到真愛時就幸福。就我而言,當我在一間溫暖精致的房間中閱讀一本有趣的書籍時感到幸福。顯而易見,一千個人有一千種關於幸福的不同定義。為什麼很難給幸福下定義,或是很難發現並獲得幸福呢?我認為主要的決定因素在於個人的態度。

(二)生活環境

In my opinion, there is little correlation between the circumstances of people'slives and how happy they are. A moment's reflection should make this obvious. Weall know people who have a relatively easy and comfortable life, and yet areessentially unhappy. And we also know people who have suffered a great deal butalways remain happy. Therefore, happiness is actually one's own making. If youhave a positive attitude and are determined to find the little happiness oflife, you are destined to be jolly.

在我看來,人們的生活環境和他們的幸福程度幾乎不相關。稍微想一下就會明白。我們都認識一些過著相對輕鬆舒適的生活的人,但他們卻根本不幸福。我們也認識一些遭受了巨大痛苦的人,但卻一直很幸福。因此,幸福實際上是一個人自己的事情。如果你有一種積極的態度,並決意發現生活中點滴的幸福,你就注定會很快樂。

(三)奮鬥過程

In the second place, happiness lies in the struggle to be happy. Peoplesometimes go to extremes, and frantically pursue money, power, high socialstatus, etc., which are all symbols of success—but never of happiness. Perhapsif they shifted their life's goal from ultimate success to unswerving effortsand to a confidence that they will be successful one day, they'd be a great dealhappier.

其次,幸福存在於為了獲得幸福的奮鬥之中。人們有時走極端,瘋狂地追求金錢、權力、高的社會地位等。這些都是成功的象征,但絕非幸福的象征。也許如果他們把生活目標從終極的成功轉向堅定不移的努力,以及相信未來的某天將會成功,他們會更加幸福。

(四)獲得幸福

Besides defining it, how do people achieve happiness? No doubt, different peoplehave various ways of going about this task. The following is mine: The firstsecret is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot behappy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain; but it istrue to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy. The second secretis realizing that happiness is a by-product of something else. The most obvioussources are those pursuits that give our lives a purpose. These can be anythingfrom playing tennis to studying insects. The more passions we have, the morehappiness we are likely to experience.