朗文英语听说教程1Unit1听力原文

Unit 1 HappinessPart 1Teacher: Hi, good morning. Did you hear about the lottery winner last night Th

朗文英语听闻教程1Unit1听力原文 Unit1Happiness Part1 Teacher:Hi,goodmorning.DidyouhearaboutthelotterywinnerlastnightTheman wonwhatTwomilliondollars Student:No,three. Teacher:ThreemilliondollarsThreemillion.That'salotofmoneyisn'titDoyou thinkthatthreemilliondollarswouldmakeyouhappyI'maskingyouthisbecause whenyouaskpeoplewhattheyneedtobehappy,manypeoplewillanswer"more money!"Weassumethatmoneywillmakeushappier.ButisthistrueWillwinning thelotteryhelpyouachievehappiness Todaywe'regoingtolookattheideaofhappiness,atthepsychologyof happiness--whatmakessomepeoplehappierthanothers.We'lllookatthree personalityfactorsthatwefindinhappypeople.Tofindoutaboutthesepersonality factors,psychologiststalkedtohundredsofpeople.Now,first,theyaskedthepeople howhappytheyfelt--youknow,from"veryhappy"to"nothappyatall."Thenthey askedsomemorequestions,Theywantedtofindoutaboutpeople'spersonalities, suchastheirattitudesaboutlife,andsoon.Theylookedatthedifferencesbetween happypeopleandunhappypeople.Theyfoundthreefactorsthatareveryimportant forachievinghappiness.Solet'slookatthosefactorsnow. Thefirstpersonalityfactoristhathappypeoplearesatisfiedwiththemselves.This meansthattheylikethemselvesastheyare,andtheyrehappywithwhatthey ’ have.Happypeoplemaynotlikeeverythingabouttheirlives-theymaybealittlebit overweight,ormaynothavethebestjob,ormaynotliveinabig,fancyhouse,but theydon'tneedtochangethosethingstobehappy.Theythinkmoreaboutthe thingstheyaresatisfiedwith,notthechangestheywanttomake.Thisfeelingof happinesscomesfromtheinside,notfromsomethingoutside. Part2 Teacher:Sohappypeoplefeelsatisfiedwiththemselves.Ontheotherhand, unhappypeopleareoftendissatisfiedwiththemselves.They...uh...feelthat somethingmustchangesotheycanbehappy.Theythinkiftheylosesomeweight orgetabetterjoboranicerhousetheywillbehappy.Theyarealwayslookingfor somethingoutsidethemselvestomakethemhappy. Buttheproblemis-theyneverfindit!Nomatterwhattheyget,they'restill dissatisfiedandunhappy. Thesecondpersonalityfactoristhathappypeopleareoptimistic-theylookatthe positivesideoflife,notthenegative.Now,weallhaveproblems,whetherwe're happyornot.Butwhenhappypeoplehaveproblems,theyassumethatthingswill improve.Theydontworryalotandthinkaboutallthebadthingsthatcanhappen. ’ Instead,theyhaveapositiveattitude.However,unhappypeoplearetheopposite. Theyarenotoptimisticanddon'thaveapositiveattitude.Whentheyhavea problem,theythinkabouthowbadeverythingisandassumethatit'llgetworse.So 1/2