The International Day of Happiness, which falls on March 20 every year, reminds people of the importance of happiness.
According to Martin Seligman, a US psychology professor, happiness is about doing things that are engaging and meaningful.
Psychologist Dan Baker says our purpose doesn’t have to be huge. For example, a 17-year-old’s purpose might be to get into their preferred college.
After understanding what happiness is, you might wonder what affects our happiness.
Life circumstances like getting a new car or a promotion don’t lead to long-lasting happiness because we get used to them. To keep feeling happy, we need to control how we act and think.
| A．Scientists found that people are born with happiness. |
| B．Are you feeling happy now? |
| C．But what is happiness and how can we be happy? |
| D．“Engaging” means being so absorbed in what we do that we forget about time. |
| E．Happiness also changes as we grow up. |
| F．For a parent, it could be getting their kids ready for school every day. |
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your hear into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving (旋转) door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
【小题1】Happiness is for .
| A．those who have large and beautiful house |
| B．those who have cars |
| C．those who have a lot of money |
| D．all people |
| A．people around you will help you |
| B．you will have no chance to challenge yourself |
| C．your classmates will laugh at you |
| D．you will be happy |
| A．when you get success, your friends will be very proud of you. |
| B．You can get help from others when you make mistakes. |
| C．You can still be a happy person even if you have little money. |
| D．All the above. |
Chinese TV shows that describe young people's lives in modern society are crossing the cultural divide and attracting a lot of foreign audiences.
One of the examples is the Chinese TV series "A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era", a light comedy about a modern Chinese couple.
The TV series was first aired in Shanghai in November 2009. It was dubbed in Swahili and broadcast in east African countries in 2011. Two Kenyan（肯尼亚人） actresses were chosen to do voice dubbing for the two leading roles in the African version of the series. It was a great success in Africa.
Tanzanians（坦桑尼亚人） say that they are able to understand how young Chinese people live happily in modern times and they may be able to find ways to solve their personal problems by watching the series.
Although China is one of the world's most prolific（多产的） producers of TV series, its series are not particularly popular overseas. The popularity of "A Beautiful Daughter-In-Law Era" may serve as an example for Chinese TV producers who want to bring their work to other countries.
In recent years, some TV series that show the lives of people in Chinese cities have achieved some success in the foreign market.
"Go Lala Go!," a TV series that details the adventures of a female office worker named Du Lala, has also started to reach global audiences. The series has been exported to Singapore, Malaysia, the United States and Canada.
"The Chinese dream will be more easily accepted by foreign audiences when it is manifested in small and touching stories," said Meng Jian, a professor at Fudan University.
【小题1】What can Tanzanians do by watching the Chinese TV series "A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era"?
| A．They can be chosen to do voice dubbing for the leading roles. |
| B．They can bring their work to other countries. |
| C．They can find ways to solve their personal problems. |
| D．They can be successful at work. |
| A．"Go Lala Go!," is very popular in Africa. |
| B．All the Chinese TV series are popular overseas. |
| C．Some Chinese TV series that show the lives of people in Chinese countries have achieved some success in the foreign market. |
| D．Africans can understand the happy lives of Chinese young people in modern times. |
| A．表演 | B．配音 | C．制作 | D．拍摄 |
| A．Cultural crossing | B．Chinese TV shows |
| C．A great success | D．Young people’s lives |
Studies show that laugh is good for our health and may even be the best medicine.
A newspaper reported that Dr. Miller measured the blood flow of 20 healthy people before and after they watched two different movies—Saving Private Ryan (a war movie) and Kingpin (a comedy). The results were opposite. He found that their blood flow decreased during the war movie and increased during the comedy. As we know, exercise can make blood flow increase. Dr. Miller pointed out that laugh might be almost as healthy as exercise.
Dr. Wei Jiang of Duke University studied over 1000 heart failure patients. He discovered that those who often felt sad had a 44% higher risk of death. In other words, being happy is good for our heart and helps us live longer.
The studies show that laugh is important for us to keep healthy. And it is free and has no bad effect. Many doctors today encourage patients to laugh. Some hospitals even have comedy rooms with TV comedy channels. And they believe the best way to live a long, happy and healthy life is to have a good diet, exercise regularly and add in a few laughs every day.
【小题1】What does Dr. Miller believe according to the passage?| A．It is not good for our health if our blood flow is fast. | B．Laugh, just like exercise, can make our body healthy. |
| C．Exercise can make us feel happier. | D．We shouldn't watch war movies. |
| A．稳定 | B．上升 | C．增高 | D．下降 |
| A．heart failure patients who were unhappy might have a large chance of death. |
| B．most patients wouldn't die if they laughed several times a day. |
| C．being happy or unhappy had nothing to do with the health. |
| D．people who often felt sad would get heart disease. |
| A．they don't have enough medicine |
| B．they want their patients to laugh more and recover soon |
| C．patients like to live in these rooms |
| D．they want to earn more money. |
| A．Don't watch war movies any more. |
| B．Being happy is good for our heart. |
| C．Laugh is good for our health and may even be the best medicine. |
| D．Laugh is free and has no effect on people's health. |
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