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1000初中英语作文春节
全文共 720 字
+ 加入清单The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in our country. Every Spring Festival, people always want to paste Fu characters, couplets, firecrackers. You see, every family has a decorated, the scene bursting with happiness.
Our family is no exception. I picked up a pair of spring couplets, stuck the glue on the door and put it neatly. Dad will "blessing" upside down on the door. Her sister was also busy in the room. She picked up a few red lanterns and hung them in the room, and put a bunch of small colored lights on the wall. The small color lights flicker like a small star in the blink of an eye.
"The year" the sound of firecrackers, the new year has passed. I love fireworks and love the Spring Festival more.
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篇1:初中英语作文大全
全文共 578 字
+ 加入清单As it is known to us all ,LuXun is a famous Chinese writer. He is not only
a writer, thinker, but also the founder of Chinese Literature . He wrote many
classic (经典的)novels and his stories, which are translated many languages, were
made into film,such as The True Story of AH Q and The New Years Sacrifice,which
deeply showed peoples suffering in the old days.
Because of his achievement to Chinese literature, Chairman Mao spoke highly
of him. Besides, some of his works were selected into the text books in high
school and university. I think youll gain a lot from reading his works.
篇2:学会感恩初中英语作文
全文共 655 字
+ 加入清单Since we were born as a little baby, we get help from others all the time. Our parents raise us, our teachers teach us and our friends company us. Therefore, it’s important for us to be grateful to those people who give us a hand. Being grateful is a way to show them our appreciation and our love. No one in the world is supposed to love us without any conditions. Moreover, Being grateful to others and to what you get can lead you are ready to help others, too. I think this is the most important impact on people that being grateful. If we are all show our appreciation to others and then help others, we could build a friendly and harmonious society.
篇3:圣诞节初中英语
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+ 加入清单the chinese spring festival and the western christmas
evely nation has its own folk festivals. Those festivals give people a chance to be away from their regular work and everyday worries to enjoy themselves and to develop kindship and fiiendship. The spring festival is the chief holiday in china while christmas is the most important redletter day in the western world。
the spring festival and christmas have much in common. Both are prepared hefiorehand to create a joyous atmosphere; both offer a family reunion with a square feast: and both satisfy the children with new clothes, lovely presents and delicious food. However, the chinese spring festival has no religious background while christmas has something to do with god and there is santa claus with white heard to bring children presents. The westerners send each other christmas cards for greetings while the chinese people pay a call on each other。
nowadays, some of the chinese youth has begun to celebrate christmas, following the example of the westerners. Perhaps they do so just for fun and out of curiosity。
篇4:网购初中英语作文
全文共 797 字
+ 加入清单Shopping online is quite popular in our daily life now. It is a new way of shopping. Many things are offered and wait for your choosing. Convenience is the most important advantage. You can buy anything as you like. You don’t have to queue with other shoppers. Meanwhile, it is often open for 24 hours a day.
However, there are many disadvantages about shopping online. You can’t actually see the real products. So you may be cheated easily. Also, many people will miss the best opportunity to get along well with their friends and share the joy of shopping.
In conclusion, we should make proper use of the internet shopping.
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网上购物在我们的日常生活中很受欢迎。这是一种新的购物方式。很多东西都提供了,等待你的选择。方便是最重要的优点。你可以随意买任何东西。你不必和其他购物者排队。同时,它通常每天开放24小时。
然而,网上购物有许多缺点。你真的看不到真正的产品。所以你可能很容易受骗。同时,许多人会错过与朋友相处的好机会,分享购物的乐趣。
总之,我们应该好好利用网络购物。
篇5:家乡的春节初中生的作文
全文共 758 字
+ 加入清单600字习作春节是中国最隆重的节日,这一天全国人民通张灯结彩,热闹非凡。虽然每个地方的春节都不一样,都有很多的风俗,但是欢乐仍然在我们每个人心中荡漾。照我们家乡的习俗,春节的开端大约是在腊月二十几吧。一过腊月二十,家家户户都开始准备过年需要的东西。小孩子们也放假了,伙伴们都在一起玩耍,大人们也非常的忙。家乡过春节的气氛非常的浓,到处都洋溢着过节的喜悦,从腊月二十三到正月十五,每天都会有很多精彩的事。
腊月二十三是小年,这一天灶王爷要离开人间,到天上去,去向玉皇大帝禀报一家人这一年的所作所为。所以家家户户都要送灶神,我们还可以吃香甜可口的灶糖,同时,每家每户都已经开始准备年货。
腊月二十八,家家户户都要贴“福”字、对联和门神等年画,这可以满足人们欢喜的美好愿望,还可以把自己的家里装点一下,让别人一进来就感觉到新年的味道。从这一天开始,家家户户都要蒸我们家乡特有的花糕,还要蒸一个又大又圆的花糕来祭拜祖先,花糕还必须等到过完春节才能吃,虽然大家很忙,但是还非常的快乐。
除夕是最值得我们庆贺的时刻,在这个晚上大家都会在家里吃团圆饭,一起看精彩的春节联欢晚会,享受着团圆的乐趣。到了十二点,家家户户都点燃了烟花、爆竹,那些烟花各式各样,非常的漂亮。
从大年初一开始,大家都要去亲戚家和朋友家去做客、拜年,我们这些小孩子还可以收到压岁钱,别提有多高兴了,收到压岁钱后我们可以去买任何东西。
正月十五又是春节里一个重要的日子,家家户户都会挂火红火红的灯笼,吃汤圆,过完了这一天,年也就算过完了。正月十五其实是孩子们最快乐的一天,因为在这一天,他们可以得到童真,得到快乐,过一个无拘无束的节日。
春节就在正月十五结束了,学生该去上学,大人该去干活,孩子们都恋恋不舍的离开了,但是他们也都期待着新一年的到来。
[家乡的春节初中生的作文
篇6:初中英语作文大全
全文共 539 字
+ 加入清单My name is Xiao Ming. Im 12 years old.I study in Shi Yan Middle School.I’m
in Class 10,Grade 7. Im a good student.I like reading and writing.
I have a happy family. There are three people in my family.They are my
father, my mother and I.My father is not tall,he is an teacher.He is good .He is
not only a good father and also a good friend. We often talk with each other. My
mother is tall, she is a good worker.She is very busy, but she cares for me and
my study very much.I love my parents very much and they love me,too.
I have a happy family!
篇7:关于我的目标英语作文初中
全文共 312 字
+ 加入清单I will be a middle school student soon. when I look back on my pass days, I
find myself don’t make a difference, I play most of the time and don’t focus on
my study. Now I make up my mind. In the future days, I must study with all my
heart and learn as more as possible. So that I can store something for the
future.
篇8:英语日记带翻译
全文共 468 字
+ 加入清单I like riding bicycle
Today,I rode bicycle to travel around the Guilin central.I enjoy the
scenery while riding bicycle.The scenery of Guilin was so beautiful that I
couldnt help to take photos,which finally cause my cellphone lacked of
memory.Riding bicycle is not only helps me to keep fit,it also a good way for me
to travel and enjoy scenery.I like riding bicycle.
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我喜欢骑自行车
今天,我骑自行车游玩桂林市区。我一边骑车一边欣赏风景。桂林的风景真的很美丽,让我忍不住拍照,结果导致我手机内存不足。骑车不仅帮助我保持身体健康,对我来说也是可以用于游玩和欣赏风景的好方式。
篇9:中学生寒假英语日记及翻译
全文共 404 字
+ 加入清单Thurs. ,Feb. 7 Fine
2月7日 星期四 晴
Lucky money
红包
Im so happy today because I got RMB 3,000 in "Lucky Money. "Grandpa alone gave me RMB 1,000. I must try to save this for college though and not waste it. But I think Ill allow myself to use part of it to buy a new dress tomorrow and then Ill put the rest un the bank.
今天我很高兴,因为我拿了三千元的红包。 祖父一个人就给了我一千元。 我必须尽量存起来以后作上大学之用而不去花掉。 不过我想我会让自己明天用一部分钱去买一件新衣服,然后将其他的钱存到银行里去。
篇10:初中生国庆英语日记带翻译
全文共 1628 字
+ 加入清单Is the annual National Day on October 1st, is the motherland mothers birthday. Mother 66 years old this year, so the entire country is permeated with a festive atmosphere.
In this atmosphere, our family went to the beautiful scenery of my grandmas.
Having eaten his dinner, at noon, we will wander in the field sales, appreciate pastoral scenery, when go to grandmas home, looking at the small chili, lettuce like flowers, bamboo of the chili... All let a person feel a burst of joy. However, continue to go forward, there is no such good things:
A pond, all is a group of a group of dead float on the water, next to the orange trees have withered.
We go on to ten meters, orange trees and fruits, leafy. It is really strange, like others said soil different! Do things
We are along the mountain road to the capital, along the way, mom and dad introduced me to stop, also some of their childhood story. ...... Its getting late! We from another road back to my grandmas, all the way along the way we see there are a lot of purslane joshed the purslane picked a big, very anxious to have a pocket put them down, thats all We have returned to my grandmas.
The National Day didnt go outside to travel, but go to my grandmas also full of my eyes!
十月一日是一年一度的国庆节,是祖国母亲的生日。祖国母亲今年66周岁了,因此全国都洋溢着喜庆的气氛 。
乘着这气氛,我们一家人来到了山清水秀的外婆家。
中午,吃完了饭,我们就漫步在田间销路,欣赏田园风光,当走到外婆家的地是,看着那娇小的辣椒,像花儿一样的莴笋,竹子般的洋辣椒……一切让人感到一阵欢喜。然而继续向前走就没有这么好的事物了:
一口池塘边,全是一群一群的死鱼漂在水上,旁边的橘子树也枯萎了。
我们再往前十米看,橘子树又是硕果累累,枝繁叶茂。这可真奇怪,就像别人说的水土不同吧!☆
我们又沿着山路向前周,一路上,爸爸妈妈停的向我介绍,还讲了一些他们小时侯的故事。 …… 时间不早了!我们又从另一条路回外婆家,一路上我们看到有很多马齿苋便一路上说说笑笑的把马齿苋摘了一大把,恨不得能有个口袋把它们装下,就这样 我们有回到了外婆家。
这次国庆虽然没有到外面游山玩水,但是去外婆家也饱了我的眼福呀!
篇11:最新的初中春节日记范本
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+ 加入清单今天,爸爸妈妈带我回龙海,去给龙海爷爷拜年。
一大早,我们就坐着汽车出发了。到了龙海乡下,我看见无边田野里的麦苗,绿油油,清爽爽,清风吹来阵阵的油菜花香。农民伯伯用自己的汗水浇灌着田地,他们就像蜜蜂,为了祖国辛勤地劳动着。
来到爷爷家的院子里,爷爷早就等在门口,我走过去,叫了声:“爷爷新年好!”爷爷乐得合不拢嘴,连声说:“好,好。”爷爷的院子里有一只母鸡带着一群小鸡在找虫子吃,小鸡的绒毛黄黄的可好玩了;还有一只大狗,一看到我们就“汪汪”地叫起来,可怕极了。爷爷告诉我们,狗在农村可是看家的好帮手。
这一次回龙海,我觉得到处都很新鲜。
篇12:海洋英语作文初中
全文共 1957 字
+ 加入清单Boundless sea to look forward to, give people the beauty, give a person
warm motherly love.
The sea is like a poem; it jumps; like a picture, rich in meaning; and like
a symphony, vast and mighty...... It is like a mirror; sometimes calm, sometimes
filled with rage, overwhelming, to sail the boat overturned. In my mind, the sea
is blue world, is also the cradle of life. Pregnant with many free and small
life. The sea is so mysterious, so charming!
Now the sea has changed. The sea is no longer clear, it becomes muddy and
dirty. Washed up on the beach, left is no longer alive and kicking the fish
shrimp, instead of the piles of rubbish, but also mixed with a lot of dead fish
shrimp, stinking. Why is that? Its all because of us. When people admire the
beauty of the seaside, they throw the foul rubbish into the sea. There are also
people living on the beach, the toilet drain pipe to the bottom of the sea.
Whats worse is that the factory waste water flows into the sea in large stocks,
and the sea is dyed in a strange color. Led to the birth of a lot of lack of
brains, low IQ infants, our next generation - bright eyes [voice tender], the
face of the next generation of red, will never see the beautiful blue sea.
Someone once did an experiment. He compared a basin of water to the ocean,
and dropped a drop of ink into the sea. Immediately, the ink slowly spread out,
became shallow and disappeared. The sea water was almost as clean as ever. If
the ink kept dropping, the color of the sea would be deeper and darker, and
eventually it would become a basin of black water. 6 billion people on the earth
produce large quantities of living waste water and industrial pollution every
day. Like ink, it has been injected into the clear sea water. It has become a
polluted lake.
To the health of our human beings, to see the beautiful blue sea for our
children and grandchildren. Let us act now, love the ocean as much as we love
life, and love the common blue home of mankind.
篇13:万圣节英语优秀作文带翻译
全文共 1472 字
+ 加入清单Halloween
Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31, the evening before All Saints Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.
Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".
The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.
Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.
万圣节前夕
万圣节前夕是美国人年年都会庆祝的秋季节日。它的意思是“神圣的夜晚”,在每年的10月31日,也就是万圣节前夜。但实际上这不是一个真正的宗教节日,而主要是孩子们的节日。
每年秋天蔬菜成熟可以食用的时候,孩子们就会挑出大个儿的橙色南瓜。然后在南瓜上刻上一张脸,把一根点燃的蜡烛放在里面。看起来就好像有人在向南瓜外面张望。这些灯就叫做“iack-o-lantems”,意思也就是“杰克的灯”。
每年万圣节前夕孩子们还戴上奇怪的面具,穿上吓人的服装。有些孩子把脸刷成怪物。然后他们拿着盒子或袋子挨家挨户串门。每来到一个新房子他们就说:“不款待就捣乱!给钱还是吃的!”大人们就会把用来招待的钱或糖放在他们的袋子里了。
不仅孩子,许多成年人也喜欢万圣节前夕和万圣节前夕晚会。因为这一天他们可以根据自己的想象把自己装扮成名流或幽灵。这会带给他们年轻的快感。
篇14:春节初中生作文800字
全文共 1072 字
+ 加入清单在中国各个地方都有自己过年的习俗和方式,而大连这个海滨城市也有着它自己独特的过节方式。
在大连,人们都爱热闹,在劳动公园里张灯结彩。一般腊八节开始年的序幕就算拉开了,我和家人到市场上采购年货,真是一片热闹的景象,市场上的人摩肩接踵人来人往,小贩子朗朗上口的叫卖声让你不由自主的停下脚步聆听,也是一种享受!今年的腊八节天气有些寒冷,但是热情的大连人们并没有因为天气的寒冷而停下购置年货的脚步,每个人都热情洋溢奔走着,讨价还价声不绝于耳,我跟在家人后面走走停停,边看边乐,心里的喜悦之情难以用语言来表达,我想每个人都像我似的,快乐着,幸福着!
腊八,家家户户是要做腊八粥的和泡腊八蒜,一早起来,爷爷在厨房忙着做腊八粥,我和家人开始剥蒜制作腊八蒜。整个房间里瞬间飘满了腊八粥的香气,诱人香味绵延好久!
腊月二十九,各大商场年货爆满,人也爆满,喜气洋洋的歌曲响遍每个商场,所以这应该算是除夕夜的大彩排了,有些回家过节的人早早关闭的自己的店铺,还有些不能回家过年的打工的人们由于各种原因不能回家,对他们来说是个遗憾,但是在大连过年也算是稍稍弥补了他们心里的缺憾,毕竟大连过年是比较热闹的!
年味越来越浓,家家户户开始要贴对联了,说来也奇怪,贴上对联后立刻有了过年的气氛,红红的对联,吉祥的对子,看着就让人舒心,让人兴奋,年真的要来了!
腊月三十,也就是大年除夕了,这天早上开始就要忙活年夜饭了,毕竟是比较隆重的一顿饭,所以各家各户都是早早就开始准备了,家家都是肉味飘香,分不清是自己家还是邻居家的香气,反正鼻子在任何地方都能闻见飘香的饭菜味道。夜晚渐渐来临,年也拉开了序幕,好戏刚刚开始,小孩子们都到大街上放自己购买心仪已久的小鞭炮和烟花,这个夜晚是属于烟花的夜晚,五颜六色的烟花在空中绽放,站在高处,眼睛都不知道该往哪个地方看哪个烟花,因为都是那么漂亮,那么绚丽。配着家家户户门前的大红灯笼,整个滨城也成了烟花和火红灯笼的世界。小孩子们放完鞭炮一般就回家了,因为丰富的年夜饭吸引着小孩子们肚子里的馋虫,联欢晚会开始的时候,各种各样的美食大餐就要开始了,美食美酒飘香,欢乐声交杯声响遍各个大街小巷,这就预示着年已经开始啦!
正月十五,又名元宵节,也称上元节,这一天,大连大街小巷挂满了各式各样的彩灯,让人能看花了眼睛。这一天,家家户户也要吃元宵的,因为元宵象征着团团圆圆,欢乐美满!
转眼,十五过去了,也就预示着年要过去了。大连一切都恢复到以前的样子了,上班的上学的,都各就各位啦!
年和快乐是一样的,总是悄悄地离开,但是也会悄悄地再回来,这就是大连的春节!我爱的春节!
篇15:英语日记带翻译
全文共 377 字
+ 加入清单Today is Wednesday.My mother、my father and I are all at home.Now my mother
is washing clothes.My father is reading newspapers.I am doing my English
homework.
Today afternoon we are going to go to my grandparentss home.And I will
play with my little sister.I think I will have a nice day.
今天是星期三,我妈妈、爸爸和我都在家.现在我妈妈正洗着衣服,我爸爸正在看报纸,我做着我的英语作业.今天下午我们打算去我爷爷奶奶的家里,并且我会和我的小妹妹一起玩,我认为我会度过快乐的一天.
篇16:关于春节的英语作文小学
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+ 加入清单Spring Festival was my favorite Chinese festival when I was a child. At
that time, I had a great time. Every year at that time I could dress new
clothes, get lucky money from relatives and seldom receive criticism from my
mother. Everything seems such wonderful. However, as I grow up, I find Spring
Festival is less and less interesting. I just feel that as usual. What’s worse,
with the fireworks, I find Spring Festival is a noisy festival. So I don’t like
it any more.
篇17:英语日记带翻译
全文共 846 字
+ 加入清单Today is Friday. It is my thirteenth birthday. I got up very early in the
morning and put on my new clothes happily. My parents bought me the new clothes
as my birthday presents. I went to school earlier than before.I invited many of
my classmates to come to my birthday party in the evening.
今天是星期五,这是我13岁生日。我早早就起床愉快地穿上我的新衣服。我的父母给我买了新衣服做为生日礼物。我比以住早去上学,我邀请了许多同学在晚上来我的生日聚会。
Evening came at last. Many of my classmate came to my home. they bought me
lots of beautiful presents. they all said,"Happy birthday to you!" We sang
birthday songs happily.then my parents brought out a big birthday cake, saying,
"We love you for ever. Happy birthday!"
傍晚过后。我的许多同学来到我家,他们给我买了很多漂亮的礼物,他们说:“祝你生日快乐!”我们唱生日歌,我的父母拿出了一个大生日蛋糕,他们说:“我们永远爱你。祝你生日快乐!”
At the end of the party, we ate the birthday cake and some other delicious
food. How happy I was!
在派对的最后,我们吃了生日蛋糕和其他一些美食,我是多么幸福啊!
篇18:高一英语日记附加翻译
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+ 加入清单Dont you see the heavy smokes from the big chimneys? Dont you smell the gas from the motors all around the streets? Weve got much dirtier air! The iceburgs are melting from the warmer winter because of the air pollution!
难道你没有看到浓重的烟雾从烟囱里冒出来吗?难道你没有在街上闻到从机动车上排出来的气体吗?我们得到太多肮脏的空气了!因为气体污染,冰山在暖冬的时候融化了不少。
Dont you see there are less lives in the water? Dont you see that we must pay higher cost in water processing? Weve got much darker water running around! The oceans are in danger.
难道你没有看到水中的生物越来越少了吗?难道你没有看到我们必须花更多的成本加工水源吗?我们到处开采深水。海洋正处于危险之中。
Dont you see the mountains getting bald ? Dont you see our ground becoming hollow ? Weve been exhausting the resources beneath the earth. Our grandchildren will live on nothing.
难道你没有看到山峰正变得光秃秃吗?难道你没有看到土地正变得空空的吗?我们正耗尽地下的资源。我们的孙儿将无法依靠任何事情生活下去。
We have only one globe. Treasure the mother nature!
我们只有一个地球。珍爱(孕育万物的)大自然吧!
篇19:以假期为主题的英语作文以及中文翻译
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+ 加入清单I had a fun and special holiday。On Monday,I did my homework and read some interesting story-books。Tuesday morning,I went to a big nice supermarket。I bought a lot of food。Then I ate them。Oh,they were yummy!In the afternoon,I played ping-pong with my father。 I won the match。I was so happy。Wednesday morning,I played chess with my mother。My mother won the game。But I was not sad。Because it was only a game。We played,we had fun。Wednesday evening,I watched TV with my parents。My parents are always busy。They have no time to play with me。But that night we were very close,very happy!
I love this special holiday!
我有一个饶有趣味并且特殊的假期。在星期一,我做了回家作业,还读了一些有趣的故事书。星期二的早晨,我去了一个又大又漂亮的超市。我买了很多食物,接着我吃掉了它们。哦,它们真美味!下午,我与爸爸打起了乒乓。我战胜了他。我非常开心。星期三早上,我和我妈妈下棋,我妈妈赢了比赛,但是我不伤心,因为它只是一个游戏。我们在游戏中获得了乐趣。星期三晚上,我和我的父母一起看电视。他们总是很忙。他们没有时间陪我玩。但是那个晚上我们很亲密,非常高兴!
我爱这个特殊的假期!
篇20:英语满分作文幸福话题带翻译
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+ 加入清单幸福是否可以用金钱购买?不可能!但是不是钱多一点我们就会更开心一点呢?对此,大多数人一定微笑赞同。我们相信,收入的富足与舒适的生活感受之间有着某种联系。几乎所有人都会说,是的,我希望变得富有。而目前有四分之三的美国大学生都认为,过上“十分富裕”的生活是“非常重要”和“必不可少”的。钱的作用的确不小。
Does money buy happiness? No! Ah, but would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us smirk and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between fiscal fitness and feeling fantastic. Most of us would say that, yes, we would like to be rich. Three in four American collegians now consider it “very important” or “essential” that they become “very well off financially”. Money matters.
但是,富人就一定更快乐吗?研究人员发现,在一些贫穷的国家,相对而言比较富裕确实会使人过得更幸福一些。我们需要食物、住所、休息和社会关系。然而,人们惊讶地发现,在那些几乎所有人都衣食无忧的国家里,财富的增加所产生的效果微乎其微。收入与幸福之间的关联“惊人得微弱”。一旦生活舒适,钱所带来的收益便呈现递减趋势。得到的第二笔十万美元就像吃到的第二只派,尝起来永远都不如第一只那么美味。即使那些彩票得主和福布斯排名前一百的富人们也并没有比一般的美国人更开心多少。飞黄腾达只能带来暂时的喜悦。从长远来说,财富就像健康一样,失去它的人定会感到不幸,而拥有它的人却未必一定幸福。
Well, are rich people happier? Researchers have found that in poor countries, being relatively well off does make for greater well-being. We need food, rest, shelter and social contact. But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone can afford life’s necessities, increasing affluence matters surprisingly little. The correlation between income and happiness is “surprisingly weak”. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing returns. The second piece of pie, or the second $100,000, never tastes as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the Forbes’ 100 wealthiest Americans have expressed only slightly greater happiness than the average American. Making it big brings temporary joy. But in the long run, wealth is like health: its utter absence can breed misery, but having it doesn’t guarantee happiness.