哈佛大學校園英語情景對話20：樂觀主義

During the break, John and Han Meimei are chatting.

J： Hey, Han, how about sitting in on a class at Harvard?

嘿，韓，去哈佛旁聽一節(jié)課怎么樣?

H: I’d love to, but can we?

太愿意了，但我們可以去嗎?

J： Li can help us.

李可以幫忙啊。

H： Why didn’t I think of such a good idea? I’m bursting to visit a class at Harvard. Do you have any idea about which class we’re going to visit?

我怎么沒想到這個好主意呢，我迫不及待想去哈佛聽課了。去聽什么課，你有想法嗎?

J： Positive Psychology.

積極心理學。

H： What? Psychology? Oh, no, I don’t like it. Although it may sound interesting, it’ll make me think too much about the negative side of our Life, you know, like depression, pessimism, anxiety, fear, anger, and other painful emotions. No, I won’t go.

什么?心理學?哦，不，我不喜歡。雖然心理學聽起來可能有點意思，可會讓我 想到太多生活里負面的東西，你知道，比如抑郁、悲觀、焦慮、恐懼、生氣以及 其他痛苦的情緒。我不要去。

J： I’m not that stupid to push myself to think about depressive things. This one is different, it teaches happiness, focusing mostly on love, relationships, well-being, etc.

我才沒那么傻讓自己想這些壓抑的事情。這門課不一樣，是教幸福的，側(cè)重于愛、人與人之間的關系、康樂等。

H: Are you kidding? I’ve never heard such things as happiness course at any school. Can happiness be taught?

你開玩笑吧，我可從沒聽說過哪個學校有幸福這門課。幸福可以教嗎?

J: Yes. Come on, Han, it’s the most popular course at Harvard in recent years.

可以啊。好啦，韓,這可是最近幾年哈佛最受歡迎的課了。

H： Don’t play tricks with me, I will not go.

別給我耍花樣了，我不會去的。

J: Trust me. Or you can ask Li, he doesn’t tell lies.

相信我，要不你可以問問李，他不會撒謊的。

H： ‘ Well, I guess you’re right.

好吧，我想李不會撒謊的。

(Han gives a call to Li)

(韓給李打電話)

L： Hello, Han，you should be in class now.

你好，韓，你現(xiàn)在應該在上課吧。

H: No, it’s break now, Li, I want to verify something. Is positive psychology the most popular course in your university?

沒有，現(xiàn)在是課間休息。李，我想證實一些事。積極心理學是你們學校最受歡迎 的課嗎?

L: It is said so. A lot of students believe that Positive Psych is the one class that every student needs to take. Why do you ask that?

據(jù)說是。很多同學都說積極心理學是每個學生都需要上的一門課。你問這干嗎?

H: John and I are planning to sit in on a class at Harvard. He wants me to go with him to listen to this course.

約翰和我打算去哈佛聽課，他想讓我陪他一起聽這門課。幸福的方法

L: Welcome, it’s definitely worth listening to.

L:歡迎，覺得值得一聽。

H: But I’m afraid of becoming depressed after listening something too depressive.

H:但我擔心聽過一些比較壓抑的事情之后，我會變得郁悶。

L： You won’t This course is different from traditional psychological courses. It teaches you the basic of being happy, how to live a happy, fulfilling, and flourishing life.

L:不會的。這門課和傳統(tǒng)的心理學課不一樣，它會敎你幸福的基本要領，如何過一個幸福、充實、向上的生活。

H: It’s really a course about happiness?

H:真的是一門幸福課?

L: Right. You know, a lot of students feel unhappy now because the burdens and stresses they feel are very heavy. But a lot of students say they become happier after taking the course. The course even change their lives.

L:對，你知道，現(xiàn)在很多學生都感到不快樂，因為他們感到負擔太重、壓力太大。很多學生說上了這門課后，感覺快樂了許多，這門課甚至改變了他們的人生。

H: Miraculous. I never thought so many students feel unhappy and cares so much about happiness. I thought the most popular course may be business or economics. Is this course so important?

H:這么神奇，我沒想到這么多學生感到不快樂，這么關心幸不幸福。我以為最受歡 迎的可是商務或經(jīng)濟。這門課真這么重要?

L: People want to be rich. Yet, more people want to be happy than to be rich.

L:人們想變得富有，但比起這個，更多人想得到幸福。

H： Who’s the teacher? Why did he come up with this idea of teaching happiness?

H:老師是誰?他怎么想到教幸福課呢?

L： Ben-Shahar. He said he had spent close to 30 years of his life being successfully unhappy.

L:本-沙哈爾。他說自己過了近30年的成功的不幸福生活?

H: What does "successfully unhappy” mean?

L:"成功的不幸福”是什么意思?

L: I’m not sure. I guess he is a successful man, but an unhappy man. He graduated from Harvard, and was active and excellent, and achieved a lot, but these achievements didn’t make him happy.

L:不知道，我猜他是個成功的人，但并不幸福。他畢業(yè)于哈佛，很活躍、出色，取 得了不少成就，但這些成就沒讓他感到幸福。

H:Sometimes success doesn’t necessarily mean happiness.

H:有時候成功并不一定意味著幸福。

L:Maybe he，s too hard on himself. He wanted to find answers, so he began to study how to be happy. He often told deeply personal stories to illustrate points.

L:也許他會自己要求太嚴了。他想尋找答案，所以可以研究如何幸福。他經(jīng)常用自 己的故事當作事例說明。

H:It seems that I might as well go. John, I decide to go.

H:看來我還是去吧。約翰，我決定去了。

J：Great! You won’t regret it.

J：太好了，你不會后悔的。