首页
登录
职称英语
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals ha
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals ha
游客
2025-03-29
7
管理
问题
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, painfree life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment(承担的义务), self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor(单身汉)why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all. [br] Raising children, in the author’s opinion, is______.
选项
A、a moral duty
B、a thankless job
C、a rewarding task
D、a source of inevitable pain
答案
C
解析
根据文章第四段开头读者似乎会认为作者的意图是B项“出力不讨好,毫无回报的事”,而实际上,作者真实想法应在But之后的句中体现。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4017858.html
相关试题推荐
Disabledpeoplearenowabletocareformanyoftheirownneeds,______educatio
Thereisahighjobmobilityamongyoungpeopleastheywill______workonedaya
Marriedpeoplelive"happilyeverafter"infairytales,buttheydosoless
Marriedpeoplelive"happilyeverafter"infairytales,buttheydosoless
Marriedpeoplelive"happilyeverafter"infairytales,buttheydosoless
Thousandsofpeople______fromGreeceeveryyeartoworkinWestGermany.A、emigra
Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancecomplainofjetlag.Jetlagmakesbusine
Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancecomplainofjetlag.Jetlagmakesbusine
Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancecomplainofjetlag.Jetlagmakesbusine
Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancecomplainofjetlag.Jetlagmakesbusine
随机试题
E-commerceIsHeretoStayNeitherthe
I’vejustbegunlearningEnglish.Iama(begin)______.beginner意思为“新手”。
A. B. C. D.
下列属于免征环境保护税的情形有( )。A.规模化养殖排放应税污染物的 B.机动
患儿,6岁。发热咳嗽5天。证见发热,无汗,呛咳不爽,呼吸气急,痰白而稀,咽不红,
反治法是()A.反常的治疗方法 B.逆其疾病的现象而治 C.逆着疾病的
使用屏幕保护程序时,下列说法正确的是()。A.可以延长显示器显像管的寿命
材料1 在北方某省的一个乡镇,上级要求村里建设村级综合性文化服务中心,
金融机构应当建立健全涉及金融消费者权益保护工作的( )机制。A.事前协调 B
1.背景 我国华北某新建机场A标段在土方施工结束后,施工单位按要求对分项工程进
最新回复
(
0
)