哈佛大学校园英语情景对话20：乐观主义

During the break, John and Han Meimei are chatting.

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

嘿，韩，去哈佛旁听一节课怎么样?

H: I’d love to, but can we?

太愿意了，但我们可以去吗?

J： Li can help us.

李可以帮忙啊。

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?

我怎么没想到这个好主意呢，我迫不及待想去哈佛听课了。去听什么课，你有想法吗?

J： Positive Psychology.

积极心理学。

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?心理学?哦，不，我不喜欢。虽然心理学听起来可能有点意思，可会让我 想到太多生活里负面的东西，你知道，比如抑郁、悲观、焦虑、恐惧、生气以及 其他痛苦的情绪。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.

我才没那么傻让自己想这些压抑的事情。这门课不一样，是教幸福的，侧重于爱、人与人之间的关系、康乐等。

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

你开玩笑吧，我可从没听说过哪个学校有幸福这门课。幸福可以教吗?

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

可以啊。好啦，韩,这可是最近几年哈佛最受欢迎的课了。

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

别给我耍花样了，我不会去的。

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

相信我，要不你可以问问李，他不会撒谎的。

H： ‘ Well, I guess you’re right.

好吧，我想李不会撒谎的。

(Han gives a call to Li)

(韩给李打电话)

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

你好，韩，你现在应该在上课吧。

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

没有，现在是课间休息。李，我想证实一些事。积极心理学是你们学校最受欢迎 的课吗?

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?

据说是。很多同学都说积极心理学是每个学生都需要上的一门课。你问这干吗?

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.

约翰和我打算去哈佛听课，他想让我陪他一起听这门课。幸福的方法

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

L:欢迎，觉得值得一听。

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

H:但我担心听过一些比较压抑的事情之后，我会变得郁闷。

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:不会的。这门课和传统的心理学课不一样，它会敎你幸福的基本要领，如何过一个幸福、充实、向上的生活。

H: It’s really a course about happiness?

H:真的是一门幸福课?

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:对，你知道，现在很多学生都感到不快乐，因为他们感到负担太重、压力太大。很多学生说上了这门课后，感觉快乐了许多，这门课甚至改变了他们的人生。

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:这么神奇，我没想到这么多学生感到不快乐，这么关心幸不幸福。我以为最受欢 迎的可是商务或经济。这门课真这么重要?

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

L:人们想变得富有，但比起这个，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:老师是谁?他怎么想到教幸福课呢?

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

L:本-沙哈尔。他说自己过了近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，我猜他是个成功的人，但并不幸福。他毕业于哈佛，很活跃、出色，取 得了不少成就，但这些成就没让他感到幸福。

H:Sometimes success doesn’t necessarily mean happiness.

H:有时候成功并不一定意味着幸福。

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:也许他会自己要求太严了。他想寻找答案，所以可以研究如何幸福。他经常用自 己的故事当作事例说明。

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

H:看来我还是去吧。约翰，我决定去了。

J：Great! You won’t regret it.

J：太好了，你不会后悔的。