高一英语作文保持健康（经典20篇）

It`s one of the traditional Festivals of Chinese.And it `s a day in honour

to Quyuan,who is one of the greatest poet in China.Qingming is also one of the

24seasonal division points in China.It is may 5th on April in every year.On that

day,people will free of work or school that in memory of their ancestors.Besides

parents will take their children to the countryside,where they may have a

picinc.As the festival is in spring,It`s warm and comfortable,families often go

to parks to fly the kites.

This is the Qingming Festival,I hope you can come here next year during

Qingming Festival.

What’s the purpose of life ? What are we seeking for in our short lives ? For privilege,for money ,or just for enjoyment ? It’s the problem that everyone wants to explore. As a matter of fact , everybody needs a proper purpose in order to struggle against life . A clear purpose not only guides us but also gives us hope and energy . When unknown challenges stop our steps toward the dream, our purpose will help us overcome the difficulties . Because of purpose and our efforts , we become useful for the world . Those who travel in life without direction sometimes turn confused and even lose their confidence . Considering the benefits of living a life of purpose , we seem to should establish our purpose as soon as possible . But we need to be careful to choose the purpose that will be suitable enough for ourselves .In my opinion ,the purpose of life must include two necessary aspects——Work and Love . Work is the basic purpose of our life . As a youngster,you are supposed to try your best to find the job which you love from the bottom of your heart. Then you may dedicate yourself to it with all your enthusiasm. Charles Moyers explains these :“Make sure the thing you’re living for is worth dying for . ”

On the other hand , only work is not enough to lead a life of purpose .Loving our families and taking care of friends are also indispensable parts in our life. When people really love their families ,they will surely find the purpose of life.In other words , our emotions can be surely content when we stay with our families and friends. One’s life without love is like the sky without sunshine. Work and Love play the most important two roles in the purpose for which we seek throughout our life . But other aspects such as devotion and learning knowledge also have an deep influence on our life . These things affect our behaviour and values more or less ,even though most of us can’t realize it clearly . As the saying goes :“When we do good , we feel good , and we are good.” Set the correct purpose of your life now , And you will make a difference to your life.

Today smoking is a widespread habit ali over the world. Not only the old, the youth, but also middle school students have been engaged in smoking. Many of them think that smoking is a smart symbol.

However, smoking is harmful to ones health. It contributes a lot of lung cancer, from which many people have died in the past years. It can also cause many other diseases. In a word, if you smoke, you do have a much greater chance of losing your health. Furthermore, scientific research shows that smoking is not only harmful to smokers themselves, but also a threat to public health, especially to women and children. Therefore, many countries have made laws forbidding smokers to smoke m public places such as cinemas, stations, hospitals, and so on Giveup smoking! If you dont smoke, dont start. Give upsmoking for the sake of your health, for the sake of your family, and for the sake of the whole world.

当今吸烟是一个世界范围内的习惯。不仅是老人，青年，而且中学生都吸烟。他们中的许多人认为吸烟是一种潇洒的象征。

然而，吸烟有害人的健康。它会引起肺癌，其中许多人在过去的一年都死去了。它还可以造成许多其他疾病。总之，如果你吸烟，你有更大的机会失去你的健康。此外，科学研究显示，吸烟不仅对吸烟者有害，而且对公众健康构成威胁，尤其是对妇女和儿童。因此，许多国家都制定了法律禁止吸烟如电影院，车站，医院等公共场所禁止吸烟，如果你不抽烟，不要开始。戒烟吧，为了你的健康，为了你的家庭，和世界。

Topic one：Environment Protection(环境保护)

Water Pollution

With the development of industry, water pollution is becoming more serious now. The polluted water not only kills fish, it is also harmful to our health. Many people get sick because they drink the polluted water. In some rivers the water is so dirty that they can even kill plants.

We should fight against the pollution. We should stop using harmful things. I wish it is not a dream that in the near future we can have clean rivers again.

Environment Protection

Nowadays, peoples life has changed a lot with the development of modern technology and economy, which has put lots of negative effects on the environment.

Why this? Because, firstly, some factories are pouring wastes into rivers, lakes, seas and so forth; secondly, because of human activities, a great number of plants and animals are losing their lives; thirdly, using modern machines and chemicals is bad for the environment. Besides these, there are a lot of human activities which have done or are doing harm to our surroundings.

For this, I think, first, our government should make drastic measures to regulate human activities; second, we human beings should take pains-taking work to stop ourselves destroying the environment and try our best to protect our living space more.

Forest Pretention保护森林

Our country has a large area of forest. However, not until recently did the government begin to realize the importance of protecting the forest. As we may know from various sources, the government recently adopted a policy called "restore the farmland to the forest"(退耕还林).This has brought much hope to the forest of our country as well as the sustainable development of our country.

Pollution: a Social Problem

When we read newspapers, we often come across the word pollution. This word was not familiar to the people some decades ago. But now, it is a serious threat to usbecause. it means the poisoning of the air, seas, rivers and lands, which would do harm to our health.

There are many factories that bring pollution to us. We can not have fresh air in the morning. This is mainly because of the poisonous smoke coming from factories, especially chemical ones. In rivers, seas and oceans, there are industrial wastes. Some factories just throw their wastes into seas or let them flow into rivers. When people drink the water from such rivers, they get poisoned. Besides, there is rubbish from ships and when sometimes an accident occurs in an ocean, oil flows out from tankers.

On land, the accumulation of rubbish in the streets may dirty the city and ruin our health. This is mainly due to the improper disposal of rubbish by people.

If we do mot fight against pollution, surely one day all of us will be killed. Some people like to put the blame on the industrial revolutions. On the contrary, the pollution problem will be solved only with the help of modem science and technology.

The shared bikes like Mobike and Ofo bring great convenience to people. You

needn’t lock them by simply using your smart phone. They can take you where the

subway and bus don’t go. And they can be left anywhere in public for the next

user.

However, bad things happen. Some people damage the QR code on the bike, or

use their own lock, which causes trouble to other users.

In my opinion, it’s difficult to turn these people’s ideas in a short time.

Therefore, bike-sharing companies like Mobike and Ofo need to do something. For

example, those who damage the bike should pay for their actions. Also, because

people use their real name to register as a user, it’s a good way to connect to

one’s personal credit.

In the end, what I want to say is to take good care of public services.

Dear Professor Smith,

Our school is planning to have a lecture on how to learn English

effectively for middle school students next week and Im writing to ask you to

come and give a talk on English learning strategies. It will help us understand

how to learn English in effective ways and also increase our interest in

learning it, thus making us learn it actively. Do you think one and a half hours

will be enough for such a lecture? Please let me know as soon as possible so

that I can make arrangements.

Looking forward to seeing you and enjoying the lecture.

Best wishes.

As a Senior Grade Three students, I am very busy in preparing for the

college entrance examination. I have seven classes a day, and two self-study

classes at night. And only a day left for the weekend. So, most of the time I

have to spend on the study, after all the college entrance examination is very

important for almost all of us. Aside of study, I would play football with my

friends after school and the weekend. I like playing football very much. When I

run on the football field, I can put the examination thing off my mind for a

while, only sweat and laugh left. It is a good exercise for health and a good

way to relax from the busy study too. This is my high school life, busy and

fulfilling.

导语：现在人们越来越追求健康的生活，健康饮食就是很重要的一部分。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Nowadays, there is a growing focus on health care. People are pursuing a healthy lifestyle. A healthy diet is one of the most important parts of it. As the saying goes, bread is the staff of life, eating healthily and deliciously is the goal we pursue. From my point of view, in order to build healthy eating habits, we should eat more vegetables and less fat and sugar. Vegetable is the best source of s vitamin, because vegetables are rich in vitamins. Among them, vitamin C and vitamin A are the most important. Too much fat and sugar can lead to obesity, which is harmful to health. Besides, eating more fruits and drinking more water is of great help.

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现在，人们越来越注重养生，人们在都追求健康的生活方式，其中健康饮食就是很重要的一个方面。俗话说，民以食为天，吃得美味又健康是我们所追求的目标。我认为，为了养成健康的饮食习惯，我们应该多吃蔬菜，少摄入脂肪和糖分。蔬菜是维生素的最佳来源，其中以维生素A和维生素C最为重要。过多的脂肪和糖分会导致肥胖，这有害于健康。此外，还应多吃水果多喝水，这都对健康有很大帮助。

Since I go to high school, I feel the great pressure. High school is the very important period of my life, because if I study well, I can enter into my the ideal college and have the bight future. So I want to do my best, I don’t want to lag behind. The problem is that I can’t always be the top student, sometimes I will fail the exam. At that time, I need to adjust myself and take easy. The way for me to relax is various. First, I will listen to the music. Hearing the music can smooth my heart, it helps calm down, so I will get out of the annoyance. Second, I like to do some sports, such as jogging, basketball and tennis. Doing these sports also helps me let out my bad emotion and I become energetic again.

自从我上高中，我就感受到了很大的压力。高中是我生命中很重要的阶段，因为如果我学得好，就能进入到理想的大学，有一个光明的前途。因此我想要做到最好，我不想要落后。问题就是我不可能一直都是尖子生，有时候我考试也会失败。在那个时候，我需要调整自己，并且放松。我放松的方法是多样的。第一，我会听音乐。听音乐能让我的心顺畅，也帮助我冷静下来，这样我就能把烦恼抛去。第二，我喜欢做一些运动，比如慢跑，篮球和网球。做这些运动能帮助我释放不好的情绪，再次变得活力四射。

How tokeep healthy /fit?

All of us want to be healthy. First，we should get enough sleep during the night. We can go to bed early and get up early. Staying up late is bad for our health. Second，we must have the right kinds of food. We should eat more fruit and vegetables and less meat. We should drink a lot of water. We should have healthy eating habits. Third，we should do more exercise to build up our bodies. Finally，we should be happy everyday. Because smile will make us younger。

That is my advice.I hope you are healthy and enjoy your life。

2.卫生健康饮食：健康一直是人们关注的问题我校要举行以“关爱健康”为题的主题班会，请根据下表内容谈谈你的看法，写一篇80字左右的演讲槁。 (1)保持健康的重要性;(2)保持健康的方法;(3)保持健康的结论;(4)你的看法。

How to keep healthy /fit?

Here is my advice about how to keep healthy/fit. As a middle shool student. first youd better do more exercise such as playing ball games ，running， swimming and jumping ropes(绳子)。Then you should pay attention to your diet or meals. Dont eat too much meat or suger，but more vegetables and fruit.Third you need enough sleep or rest . Next keep yourself happy.As people often say smiling makes younger.Last you mustnt drink wine or smoke .They are bad for your health. That is my advice.I hope you are healthy and enjoy your life。

Since I was a little child, I had a dream that I wanted to be a doctor.

When I was little, I watched many TV series and movies about doctors. I thought

they were so great. Therefore, I made up my mind to be a doctor. In my opinion,

doctor is the people who can help patience get out of sickness and pain.I want

to be the person who can help others. However, being a doctor needs so much

professional knowledge and there is a long way to go. So I have to try my best

on my study and go to a good college.

The Flag of the World Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialised United Nations agency which acts as a coordinator and researcher for public health around the world. Established on 7 April 1948， and headquartered in Geneva， Switzerland， the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor， the Health Organization， which had been an agency of the League of Nations. The WHOs constitution states that its mission "is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health." Its major task is to combat disease， especially key infectious diseases， and to promote the general health of the peoples of the world. Examples of its work include years of fighting smallpox. In 1979 the WHO declared that the disease had been eradicated - the first disease in history to be completely eliminated by deliberate human design. The WHO is nearing success in developing vaccines against malaria and schistosomiasis and aims to eradicate polio within the next few years. The organization has already endorsed the worlds first official HIV/AIDS Toolkit for Zimbabwe from October 3， 2006， making it an international standard.

The WHO is financed by contributions from member states and from donors. In recent years the WHOs work has involved more collaboration， currently around 80 such partnerships， with NGOs and the pharmaceutical industry， as well as with foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Voluntary contributions to the WHO from national and local governments， foundations and NGOs， other UN organizations， and the private sector (including pharmaceutical companies)， now exceed that of assessed contributions (dues) from its 193 member nations.

世界卫生的旗帜OrganizationThe世界卫生组织(世卫组织)是联合国的一个专门机构作为协调员,世界各地的公共卫生研究员。成立于1948年4月7日,总部设在日内瓦,瑞士,该机构继承了其前任的授权和资源,卫生组织,这是联盟的一个机构。宪法规定,其使命是谁”是实现各国人民的最高水平的健康。“它的主要任务是对抗疾病的侵袭,尤其是关键的传染病,并促进世界人民的健康。其工作的例子包括多年的战斗天花。1979年世界卫生组织宣布这种疾病已经根除——历史上第一疾病完全消除故意人类设计。谁是接近成功发展中疟疾和血吸虫病和旨在根除脊髓灰质炎疫苗在未来几年内。组织已经批准了世界上第一个官方艾滋病毒/艾滋病工具包津巴布韦从10月3日,2006年,一个国际标准。

世卫组织是由贡献从会员国和捐助者。近年来,他的工作涉及到更多的合作机会,目前大约有80这样的伙伴关系,与非政府组织和制药业,以及比尔和梅林达•盖茨基金会等基础和洛克菲勒基金会。自愿捐款的那些国家和地方政府、基金会和非政府组织、其他联合国组织和私营部门(包括制药公司),现在超过评估的贡献从其193个成员国(费)。

写作练习：旅游活动（中段考范文）

【单元财富运用】

假定你是李华，上周末和家人开车去大角湾度假。请你根据以下要点，给你的美国朋友Tom介绍你的旅游经历。

1. 出发时间：周六早上7点；

2. 准备物品：零食、衣服、相机等；

3. 旅游活动：游泳，欣赏海水、海滩、日出和日落等美景，吃海鲜，买纪念品；

4. 你的感受。

【注意】：1. 词数100；

2. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数；

3. 可以适当增加节，以使行文连贯。

Last weekend my family and I went to Dajiaowan Gulf for a holiday.______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

步骤1：认真审题，提炼要点。

一定体裁：记叙文，记叙一次旅游活动

二定时态：旅游发生在过去，因此描述旅游前的准备和过程都应该采用一般过去

时；而感想则可以用一般现在时或现在完成时。

三定要点：结合写作内容，整理和罗列要点。

表达旅游活动的常用词汇：

步骤2：整合信息，连词成句。

1. 星期六早上7点开车出发。

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2. 准备好零食、衣服、相机等。

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3. 在海滩游泳，欣赏海水日出和日落等美景。

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4. 吃海鲜，买纪念品；

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5. 谈感受。

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步骤3：连句成段，用上适当的关联词。

not only…but also…, where, what’s more /besides / in addition, then, because…..

【我的作文】

Last weekend my family and I went to Dajiaowan Gulf for a holiday.______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

it hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. but what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.a sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation youve ever had.its true that we dont know what weve got until we lose it, but its also true that we dont know what weve been missing until it arrives.it takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. dont go for looks; they can deceive. dont go for wealth, even that fades away. go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.always put yourself in the others shoes. if you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.a careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life; a timely word may level stress; a loving word may heal and bless.the happiest of people dont necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends with a tear. when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. live your life so that when you die, youre the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

With the development of our society， energy in the world bees more and more

limited， so it is quite important for us to save energy and to protect our

environment。 As a student， there are a lot of methods we can do to save energy

at home。 For example， first， we can turn off the light as well as other

appliances when we are not using them。 Second， recycle the waste water， paper

and other waste so that we can reuse them。 Whats more， it is suggested to use

public transportation more instead of private cars.

Above all， everyone can make a great contribution to our environment。 I

hope I can learn more to develop new and clear energy， like energy from the wind

and solar.

A teacher I respect most is my teacher in charge teacher. She is strict with us, like mother love us.

The teacher has long hair, she has a kind heart, friendly. On one occasion, I write the word crooked, very ugly. Teacher zhang left me, let me write again. So far has been asking me to write neatly and specification, the teacher didnt let me go home. I was not the taste, thought: is it not a few words? Write write bad is not the same? Why so again and again to write, just write the word specification, its a waste of time. At home, I told mom, to leave the cause of the mother said to me: "words are the facade, from writing can see a persons personality.

The teacher strict requirement is right, is to be responsible for you, you write good word is their own, no one can steal. "Listened to my mothers words, I understand the purpose of the teacher, makes me more respect the teacher.

我最尊敬的一位老师是我的班主任老师。她像妈妈一样严格要求我们，疼爱我们。

老师留着一头长发，她心地善良，和蔼可亲。有一次，我写的字歪歪扭扭的，非常难看。张老师把我留了下来，让我重新写。一直让我把字写工整、规范为止，老师才让我回家。我当时很不是滋味，心想：不就是几个字吗 ?写好写坏不都是一样吗?干吗这么一遍又一遍地写，硬是把字写规范，真是浪费时间。回到家，我把挨留的原因告诉了妈妈，妈妈对我说：“字是门面，从写字上能看出一个人的性格。

老师严格要求是对的，是对你负责，你写一手好字是自己的，谁也盗不去。”听了妈妈的一席话，我明白了老师的用意，使我更加敬佩老师了。

machine. They are already widely used in industries and in universities. They are used in many ways.

Computers can do many kinds of work. For example, computers can helps us do maths problems quickly. Some problems are too hard for us to work them out, but computers can. A scientist can ask computers some questions, and the computers can answer on the screen.

In a car-factory computer tells the robots how to do with the cars.

Computers are very useful. So many parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school, but some children don’t do as what parents want them to do. Because they used the computers for surfing on the Internet and spend too much time playing computer games instead of learning. It does not good for their eyesight. So their parents complain about computers not help children to study but also make them fall behind.

In many companies computers instead of workers to work. So many people lose their jobs. So many workers think computers bring them a lot of trouble.

If computers are good for us or bad for us it’s hard to say so I hope computers will be used in the right way.

if i were a boy again, i would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. if we want light, we must conquer darkness. perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “there are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “who can surmount the pyramids—the eagle and the snail.”

if i were a boy again, i would school myself into a habit of attention; i would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. i would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.the habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. i often hear grown up people say “ i could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although i wished to do so” , and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

if i were to live my life over again, i would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. i would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. it takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. it only needs early cultivation to become a power.

Each of us should stay healthy, which is the foundation of our activities.Here are some ways to stay healthy.

First, we should spend one to two hours a day in regular exercise; try to walk instead of ride.Second, we should eat some healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits and so on.They are able to help us maintain a healthy body.When we are in trouble, try to relax our mood, listen to the soft music.It also enables us to maintain a good health.Finally there is a good sleep can also assure us a healthy body.We should sleep seven to eight hours a day to maintain adequate sleep.If we can do follow these advice, I believe we can have a healthy body, a better life.

我们每个人都应该保持健康,这是我们活动的基础。这里有一些方法来保持健康。

首先,我们应该每天花一到两个小时定期锻炼,试着走而不是骑。第二,我们应该吃一些健康的食物比如蔬菜、水果等等。他们可以帮助我们保持健康的身体。当我们陷入困境,试着放松我们的心情,听轻柔的音乐。它还能使我们保持健康。最后有一个良好的睡眠可以保证我们一个健康的身体。我们应该每天睡7到8小时保持足够的睡眠。如果我们能做到遵循这些建议,我相信我们可以有一个健康的身体,更好的生活。

导语：吸烟等于挥霍自己的健康，缩短自己的寿命。吸烟有害健康，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

A small smoke, endanger ten thousand myriad. Smoking is equal to prodigal oneself health, shorten oneself life. Smoking is harmful and healthy

smoking is harmful and healthy

this is how clear caution, how well-meaning advice! Cigarette resembles invisible killer , it is in casual a health that damages you, gobble up your life. There also is such person beside us, know perfectly well smoking ill health, but he still smokes. Do you know ? In the aerosol of the generation when smoking, have a variety of 3000 harmful material. Endanger among them the biggest is nicotine. Tar and carbon monoxide. The nicotine in a smoke is OK kill with poison a small white rat. Absorb 40-60 milligram nicotine the person dies possibly. The person that smokes for a long time suffers from chronic tracheitis easily. Coronary heart disease, suffer from even on lung cancer. Tar is nicotian flaming child, among them a variety of cancer make thing. The harmful material in cigarette body can enter their body insensibly, the neurological, respiratory system that destroys them. If be mixed for a long time cigarette intimate contact the immune force that can reduce human body, make memory drops likely still. The nicotine in cigarette has direct destruction to vitamin C action, because of smoking may prevent human body to be absorbed to it. If human body is long-term devoid vitamin C, get likely scorbutic.

did not smoke again please! A small smoke, endanger ten thousand myriad. Smoking is equal to prodigal oneself health, shorten oneself life. Let us have a smokeless beautiful season!

参考翻译

一股小烟，危害一万万千。吸烟等于挥霍自己的健康，缩短自己的寿命。吸烟有害健康

吸烟有害健康

这是多么清晰的告诫，多么善意的忠告!香烟就像无形的杀手，随意伤害你，吞噬你的生命。还有这样的人在我们身边，明知吸烟不健康，但他还是抽烟。你知道吗?在烟雾产生的气溶胶中，有多种3000种有害物质。其中危害最大的是尼古丁。焦油和一氧化碳。烟中的尼古丁可以用毒药毒死小白鼠。吸收40-60毫克尼古丁可能导致患者死亡。抽烟的人长期患有慢性气管炎容易。冠心病，甚至患肺癌。焦油是烟草燃烧的孩子，其中各种癌症做的事情。香烟中的有害物质的身体可以进入他们的身体不知不觉，神经系统，呼吸系统，摧毁他们。如果长期与香烟亲密接触会降低人体的免疫力，使记忆下降的可能依旧。香烟中的尼古丁对维生素C有直接的破坏作用，因为吸烟可以阻止人体对其吸收。如果人体长期缺乏维生素C，就可能坏血病。

请不要再吸烟!一股小烟，危害一万万千。吸烟等于挥霍自己的健康，缩短自己的寿命。让我们拥有无烟美丽的季节!

The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled， pain-free lifestyle

equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining 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 contain some pain.

As a result，many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true

happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as

marriage，raising children，professional achievement， religious commitment，

self-improvement.

Ask a bachelor 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 and excitement.Marriage has such moments，but they are

not its most distinguishing features.

Couples，with infant children， are lucky to get a whole nights sleep of a

three-day vacation. We dont know any parent who would choose the word fun to

describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever

know the joys of watching a child grow up or 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 really increase our happiness. It liberates

money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now

seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those

who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.