高等学校研究生英语系列教材综合教程下册课文原文+翻译.pdf

学 海 无 涯 Unit 1 The Hidden Side of Happiness 1 Hurricanes, house fires, cancer, whitewater rafting accidents, plane crashes, vicious attacks in dark alleyways. Nobody asks for any of it. But to their surprise, many people find that enduring such a harrowing ordeal ultimately changes them for the better.Their refrain might go something like this: I wish it hadnt happened, but Im a better person for it. 1 飓风、房屋失火、癌症、激流漂筏失事、坠机、昏暗小巷遭歹徒袭击，没人想 找上这些事儿。但出人意料的是，很多人发现遭受这样一次痛苦的磨难最终会 使他们向好的方面转变。他们可能都会这样说:“我希望这事没发生，但因为它我 变得更完美了。” 2 We love to hear the stories of people who have been transformed by their tribulations, perhaps because they testify to a bona fide type of psychological truth, one that sometimes gets lost amid endless reports of disaster: There seems to be a built-in human capacity to flourish under the most difficult circumstances. Positive responses to profoundly disturbing experiences are not limited to the toughest or the bravest.In fact, roughly half the people who struggle with adversity say that their lives subsequently in some ways improved. 2 我们都爱听人们经历苦难后发生转变的故事，可能是因为这些故事证实了一条 真正的心理学上的真理，这条真理有时会湮没在无数关于灾难的报道中:在最困 难的境况中，人所具有的一种内在的奋发向上的能力会进发出来。对那些令人 极度恐慌的经历作出?积极回应的并不仅限于最坚强或最勇敢的人。实际上，大 约半数与逆境抗争过的人都说他们的生活从此在某些方面有了改善。 3 This and other promising findings about the life-changing effects of crises are the province of the new science of post-traumatic growth. This fledgling field has already proved the truth of what once passed as bromide: What doesnt kill you can actually make you stronger. Post-traumatic stress is far from the only possible outcome. In the wake of even the most terrifying experiences, only a small proportion of adults become chronically troubled. More commonly, people rebound-or even eventually thrive. 1