幸福的秘诀是什么？ | 杰西卡·凯尔格伦-福扎德的课堂：英语精读讲义

This is Walter.

这是 Walter。

This is Walter's human, Jessica.

这是 Walter 的人类主人，Jessica。

Hello.

你好。

This is Jessica's fridge.

这是 Jessica 的冰箱。

And this is a film about happiness.

而这是一部关于幸福的影片。

The School of Life is sending some of YouTube's most popular creators

The School of Life 正派遣一些 YouTube 上最受欢迎的创作者

on a series of field trips to explore some of philosophy's most intriguing ideas.

进行一系列实地考察，探索哲学中最引人入胜的一些思想。

This time, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard,

这一次，Jessica Kellgren-Fozard，

a content creator with more subscribers than the population of Iceland,

一位订阅人数超过冰岛（全球第二幸福的国家）总人口的

the second happiest nation on Earth,

内容创作者，

is finding out what most of us are getting wrong about happiness. 講解

将去弄清楚我们大多数人对幸福的误解是什么。

As long as humans have traveled the Earth, 語法

只要人类还在地球上行走，

people have been motivated by one thing above all, 短語搭配

人们的动力首要就来源于一件事，

the desire to be happy.

那就是对幸福的渴望。

But we humans seem to have an uncanny knack of making ourselves miserable. 短語搭配

但我们人类似乎有一种不可思议的本领，总能让自己痛苦。

Why?

为什么？

What are most of us getting wrong about happiness?

关于幸福，我们大多数人错在哪里？

And how could we all strive to be happier?

我们又能如何努力变得更幸福呢？

Oh, that is a tough question.

哦，这是个难题。

Maybe to understand,

也许为了弄明白这一点，

we need someone with a different outlook on life. 短語搭配

我们需要一个拥有不同人生观的人。

That's where Jessica comes in. 習語

这就轮到 Jessica 出场了。

Jessica suffers from nerve disorder HNPP 用詞

Jessica 患有神经性疾病 HNPP

and rare autoimmune disorder MCTD,

和罕见的自身免疫性疾病 MCTD，

which means she sometimes has to use a mobility aid. 用詞

这意味着她有时不得不使用助行器。

I'm mostly deaf, and partially visually impaired.

我基本失聪，而且有部分视力障碍。

Jessica doesn't let it get her down. 短語動詞

但 Jessica 并没有让这些打倒她。

I guess that's why you've asked me to be your expert on happiness for this film.

我想这就是为什么你们邀请我在这部影片中担任幸福专家的原因。

It's important to remember that I have the same needs and desires for happiness,

请务必记住，我对幸福有着相同的需求和渴望，

just like everyone else.

就像其他人一样。

It's just that I faced a fair few obstacles along the way, 講解

只是我一路走来面临了相当多的障碍，

and I guess it's given me a unique perspective on what actually makes people happy. 短語搭配

而我想这让我对“到底是什么让人幸福”有了一种独特的视角。

Couldn't have said it better myself. 語氣意圖

我自己都说不了这么好。

So what do people think is the key to happiness?

那么人们认为幸福的秘诀是什么呢？

We went onto the streets of Brighton, where Jessica lives,

我们走上了 Jessica 居住的 Brighton 的街头，

to find out.

去一探究竟。

Mm. It's a good question.

嗯，这是个好问题。

Financial stability, probably.

财务稳定吧，大概。

100 grand a year, I guess.

我想是一年赚十万英镑。

More money and a nicer car.

更多的钱和一辆更好的车。

Probably like a Chanel bag or something, yeah.

可能是一个 Chanel 包之类的吧，对。

Um,

嗯，

enough money to travel the world.

有足够周游世界的钱。

Shares in a business.

拥有公司的股份。

Just to be able to buy a house would be... would be nice. 語法

只要能买得起一套房子就……就很好了。

A plane.

一架飞机。

But are money, cars, a bag, and a plane

但是钱、车、包和飞机

really what would make the good people of Brighton happy?

真的能让 Brighton 的善良人们幸福吗？

Or might the secret of true happiness be a little more surprising?

或者，真正幸福的秘密会不会更令人惊讶一些？

A 60-second guide to happiness.

60秒幸福指南。

The belief that we have a right to happiness is a very modern idea,

认为我们有权获得幸福是一种非常现代的观念，

like Segways or selfies.

就像 Segway 或自拍一样。

But no one can agree what makes us happy.

但没有人能对什么让我们幸福达成共识。

Many think that material wealth will do the trick. 習語

许多人认为物质财富能奏效。

But as societies become richer, they tend to become more miserable. 語法

但随着社会变得越来越富裕，人们往往变得越来越痛苦。

The ancient Greeks had very different concepts of happiness 用詞

古希腊人对于幸福的概念，

to our ideas based on what we own or how we feel.

与我们基于拥有什么或感受怎样的观念截然不同。

Aristotle defined happiness as eudaimonia, 文化背景

Aristotle 将幸福定义为 eudaimonia（幸福/至善），

a state achieved by living a virtuous life and doing good things.

一种通过过有道德的生活和做善事而达到的状态。

While the Stoics believed that true happiness comes from not expecting very much.

而 Stoic 学派认为，真正的幸福来自于不过分期待。

Then in the 20th century,

到了 20 世纪，

happiness became all about how we feel, not what we do. 表達脈絡

幸福变得完全关乎我们的感受，而不是我们做什么。

And when chemists discovered that the feeling of happiness can be stimulated by amphetamines,

当化学家发现安非他命可以刺激幸福感时，

a billion-dollar industry was born. 習語

一个价值十亿美元的产业诞生了。

Now, happy pills like Adderall and antidepressants like Prozac

现在，像 Adderall 这样的“快乐丸”和 Prozac 这样的抗抑郁药

are taken by hundreds of millions of people every day.

每天被数以亿计的人服用。

But do they actually make us happy?

但它们真的让我们幸福了吗？

The Auschwitz survivor Viktor Frankl echoed the ancient Greeks, 文化背景

奥斯维辛幸存者 Viktor Frankl 呼应了古希腊人的观点，

saying that happiness is served by selfless acts.

他说幸福是由无私的行径促成的。

The more you pursue happiness, the less likely it is to come to you. 語法

你越是追求幸福，它就越不可能降临到你身上。

So, is happiness something we can all find if we just stop looking for it so hard?

那么，如果我们不再那么努力去寻找它，幸福是我们所有人都能找到的吗？

What does our happiness expert, Jessica, think?

我们的幸福专家 Jessica 是怎么想的呢？

Because I have health problems,

因为我有健康问题，

I've had to learn to find happiness when my body is trying to bring me down.

我必须学会在我的身体试图击垮我时去寻找幸福。

As such, I've developed a pretty unique perspective 表達脈絡

因此，我培养出了一种相当独特的视角，

on what actually makes us happy.

来看待到底是什么让我们幸福。

And thus I present my seven secrets of happiness.

于是，我提出我的七个幸福秘诀。

Connection.

联结。

Human connection is the most vital path to happiness.

人际联结是通往幸福最至关重要的道路。

Those moments when we open up and share our mushy, vulnerable insides 講解

在那些时刻，我们敞开心扉，将我们柔软、脆弱的内心

with someone else's mushy, vulnerable insides.

与另一个人柔软、脆弱的内心分享。

Appreciation.

感恩。

Living with a disability and chronic illness,

带着残疾和慢性病生活，

I've had many, many horrible days when things have gone badly wrong

我经历过许许多多糟糕透顶的日子，事情变得非常不顺，

and I've ended up in hospital in excruciating pain and the edge of dying. 講解

最终我不得不在极其痛苦和濒死的边缘躺在医院里。

But that's not today,

但今天不是那样，

and that's really important to remember and to celebrate the amazing things about today,

这非常重要，要记住并庆祝今天发生的美好事情，

both big and small,

无论大小，

even if that's something as little as just having your favorite drink. 語法

哪怕只是一件小事，比如喝到你最喜欢的饮料。

Acceptance.

接纳。

I accept my limitations because by setting a limit, 表達脈絡

我接纳自己的局限，因为通过设定一个界限，

I also set myself free within that framework that I've created.

我也在自己创造的这个框架内释放了自己。

Small pleasures.

小确幸。

Happiness might come all in a rush from a big development, 短語搭配

幸福可能会因为一个巨大的进展而一拥而上，

but it's sweeter when it builds from tiny drops within your day. 習語

但当它由你一天中的点滴积累起来时，会更加甜美。

Whether that's a warm bath, 表達脈絡

无论那是一个热水澡，

a beautiful dress,

一件漂亮的裙子，

a good night's sleep.

还是一个好觉。

Thanks, Tilly.

谢谢，Tilly。

Love doesn't have to be grand and obvious, 語法

爱不一定非得是宏大而显眼的，

involve a ring and marriage.

非得涉及戒指和婚姻。

It can also be the simple kindness from one human to another.

它也可以是人与人之间简单的善意。

By showing other people love, we show ourselves love, too. 語法

通过向别人展现爱，我们也在爱我们自己。

Growth.

成长。

We can nourish our happiness with the love and care of personal growth. 習語

我们可以用个人成长的爱和关怀来滋养我们的幸福。

Every time I develop my skills and abilities,

每次我发展我的技能和能力时，

I feel the warmest inner glow of pride.

我都能感受到内心最温暖的自豪感。

Modest aspirations.

适度的渴望。

I find happiness in the smallest things.

我在最微小的事物中寻找幸福。

My wife's smile,

妻子的微笑，

my puppy's excitement,

小狗的兴奋，

a walk on the beach at sunset.

日落时分在海滩散步。

What could be happier than that? 語氣意圖

还有什么比这更幸福的呢？

We all have pretty strange ideas about happiness, really, don't we? 語氣意圖

关于幸福，我们其实都有相当奇怪的想法，不是吗？

We often strive for things that just aren't possible

我们经常去追求那些根本不可能的事情，

and then get upset when they don't happen.

然后当它们没有发生时又感到沮丧。

I believe that happiness should be like health, 表達脈絡

我相信幸福应该像健康一样，

something that we prioritize and acknowledge takes work. 語法

是我们优先考虑并认识到需要付出努力的事情。

We've all been dealt different cards in life, 習語

我们在生活中都拿到了不同的牌，

but only through acceptance of our misfortunes and what we're missing 語法

但只有通过接纳我们的不幸和我们所缺失的东西，

can we truly see the beautiful things that we do have in life. 語法

我们才能真正看到我们生活中确实拥有的美好事物。

And goodness, isn't that lovely?

天哪，那不是很美好吗？

So that's my list of what makes me really, genuinely happy.

所以这就是能让我真正、由衷感到幸福的清单。

But my challenge to you is to think about what that is in your own life,

但我对你的挑战是，去思考在你自己的生活中那是什么，

and then to live it. 用詞

然后去践行它。

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如果你想看更多这个系列的影片，

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