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Another translation example: 'How Happy Are You? YES, you might well ask yourself, ‘How happy am I?’'

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你有多快乐？的确，你大可以问问自己：“我有多快乐呢？”为了了解人们有多快乐，社会学家不遗余力，但他们的工作并不容易。衡量人有多快乐，就好比试图量化丈夫对妻子的爱，或痛失亲者所造成的悲痛。人的感情是很难精确量度的。不过，科学家承认一个基本的事实：所有人都有能力活得快乐。尽管人天生有能力活得快乐，越来越多人却由于面对着许多难题，觉得生活并不快乐。例如，在有些城市，死于爱滋病的人填满了墓地，当局只好把较旧的坟墓掘开，好埋葬新近死去的人。在非洲部分地区，棺材制造业是主要的就业门路。此外，无论你身在何处，都能看到那些饱受病痛或丧失亲友的人满面愁容。在较富裕的国家情况又怎样呢？意料不到的事件可以一下子夺去人的经济保障，令人措手不及。在美国，许多已经退休的人由于失去养老金而只好再投身工作。看病的费用常常耗尽家庭的全部积蓄。一个法律顾问说：“看到这些人身患恶疾，背负巨额医疗费用，真是令人心碎。很多时候我不得不告诉他们：‘你只好把房子卖掉。’”不愁温饱的人又怎样呢？他们也会感到不快乐吗？有些人的生活跟著名作曲家理查德•罗杰斯相似。有人这样评论他：“很少人像他一样，给人带来那么多快乐。”虽然他的歌给别人带来快乐，他自己却长年饱受抑郁之苦。他达到了许多人渴望的目标，名利双收，但他快乐吗？一本传记说：“[罗杰斯]工作上极为成功，享尽荣华富贵，并两度与伙伴共同荣获普利策奖。但与此同时，他大多数时候都抑郁寡欢，并不快乐。”

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English translation:

How Happy Are You? YES, you might well ask yourself, ‘How happy am I?’ Social scientists are trying hard to find out how you or others would answer, but their task is not an easy one. Measuring the happiness of individuals might be likened to attempting to quantify the love that a man has for his wife or the amount of grief that is caused by a death in the family. Emotions do not lend themselves to precise measurement. However, scientists do recognize a basic truth: All humans have the capacity for being happy. Despite that built-in capacity for happiness, serious problems have brought a plague of unhappiness. Consider this example: In some cities, AIDS victims have filled the cemeteries. Authorities are reopening older graves in order to bury those recently deceased. In parts of Africa, coffinmaking is a major means of employment. And no matter where you live, you have seen that there are few smiles among those suffering from serious disease and among those who have lost relatives and friends. What about more prosperous places? A sudden turn of events can snatch financial security from the unprepared. In the United States, many retired people have had to go back to work because they lost pension benefits. Medical bills often consume all the savings that a family has. "You see these people come in with huge costs and health problems and it breaks your heart," says one legal adviser. "A lot of times you have to tell them, ‘You’re going to lose your home.’" But what about those who have no financial worries? Might unhappiness affect them too? Some individuals are like the famous composer Richard Rodgers. It was said of him: "Few men have given so much pleasure to so many people." Even though his songs contributed to others’ pleasure, he suffered from chronic depression. He reached the twin goals to which many aspire—money and fame—but what about happiness? One biographer observed: "[Rodgers] became extraordinarily successful in his work, enjoyed a privileged life, and shared two Pulitzer Prizes. He was also unhappy and depressed much of the time."

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