哈佛大学幸福课第九课中英文讲义

哈佛大学幸福课第九课中英文讲义首先我想向进修学院的同学问声好SofirstIwannasayhitoextentionschool.每天都有350名学生观看讲座Wehave350studentswatchingourlectureeveryday.我想向他们问声好SoIwannasayhitothem.我想特别邀请进修学院的同学AndactuallyIwanttoespeciallyinviteextentionschool及在座的各位来听谦逊的TalandeverybodyheretoseeourverymodestTal-right?-他没告诉我们他上了《60分钟时事杂志》但没关系hedidn'ttellushewason60Minutes,butthatisOK.但周六晚上ButSaturdaynight,Tal将担任女子队Talisgoingtobethehonerarybasketballcoach荣誉篮球教练forthewomen'steam,周六晚七点对抗Cornell大学队which-thegameagainstCornellonSaturdayat7o'clock,那是本赛季最重要的比赛whichisthebiggestgameoftheseason...六点吗？周六晚六点本赛季最重要的比赛Six?Sixo'clockonSaturday.Thebiggestgameoftheseason.希望能见到在座的每一位Weactuallywannaseeeveryoneofyouhere及进修学院的同学去观赛andeverybodyattheextentionschoolatthegame.进修学院的同学们我有免费票给你们Extentionstudents,I'llhavefreeticketsforyou.有一百张票Well,mostofyou-ahundredofyou.以示敬意Soinhonorofthat,我们有可敬的同学和可敬的球队wehaveanhonorarystudentandanhonoraryteamwhichis,著名的KathyDelaney-Smith获奖的ourveryfamousKathyDelaney-Smith,award-winning,国内最著名的教练themostfabulouscoachinawholenationand...女子篮球队也在这里上来ourwomen'sbasketballteamishere!Comeonnow!这就是可敬的同学们上来她们害羞Theseareourhonorarystudents.Thereyougo.Theyareshy.来吧上来见见大家Alright,socome!Comeandseethem!我会和所有朋友和家人去观战AndactuallyI'llbetherewithallmyfriendsandfamilies.Tal会在你们的手上签名AndTalwillsignyourhand.好准备好了吗好了Alright!Readyguys?(Oneplayer:Yeah.)这是最重要的比赛Thisisthebiggestgame.她们是去年的长青藤联盟冠军ThesearetheIvyLeagueChampslastyear!好把礼物扔出去吧扔出去吧Alright.Give'emathrow.Throw'emout.Throw'emout!扔快扔快扔Go!Go!Go!Let'sgo!Go!Go!Let'sgo!Hahaha.好的谢谢你们Alright.Thankyou.谢谢周六见祝你们好运谢谢Thanks.I'llseeyouallonSaturday.Goodluck.Thanks.好这不是我安排的好啦OK.Ididn'tplanthis,but...(Talblowsawhistle.)Alright.好的身上还有别的东西吗？好Alright,doIhaveanythingelse?Oh.OK.谢谢你们也感谢你们Thankyou.Andthankyou.我们继续谈感激Andwearegoingtocontinuetalkingaboutgratitude.那么...上次课结束时我讲到我的榜样So...Lasttime,Iendedbytalkingaboutmyrolemodel-我的一个典范thepersonwhotomeexemplifies,比任何人都重要一个真正的积极者morethananyoneelsewhatatruebenefitfinderis.当我谈到我的祖母时我说...AndwhenItoldaboutmygrandmother,Itoldthe...我告诉你们她并不无视无益的东西Itoldyouhowshewasn'tignoringwhatwasn'tworking,她并不无视邪恶坏的生命中消极的东西shewasn'tignoringtheevil,thebad,thenegativeinherlife.但同时她也拒绝无视积极的东西However,thesametime,sherefusedtoignorethepositive.换言之她坚持保持现实Inotherwords,whatsheinsistedonwasstayingreal.现实地生活与周遭保持联系Beingreal.Beingconnectedtowhatwasaroundher.当周遭充满邪恶的坏的东西Andwhenitwasevilandbad,她与之保持联系与此同时shewasconnectedtothatandatthesametime,她也与好的东西保持联系shewasalsoconnectedtothegood.积极者不是盲目乐观的人BenefitfinderisnotaboutbeingadetachedPollyanna.区别很大我们上次提出的问题Farfromit.Thequestionweaskedlasttime-我想以感激结束今天的讲座andIwanttoendthelecturetodayongratitude然后开始讲改变第一是beforewemoveontochange-was:one,为什么没有更多的积极者?whyarenotmorepeoplebenefitfinders?为什么没有更多的人保持乐观?Whyaremorepeoplenotoptimistic?大家看到研究人们活得更长Imean,yousawtheresearch.Peoplelivelonger.更快乐更健康更成功Theyarehappier,healthier,moresuccessful.为什么不是人人都是积极者？Whyisn'teveryoneabenefitfinder?为什么我们不都是乐观主义者？Whyaren'twealloptimists?如果它是有回报的Ifitpays,用终极货币形式以幸福来回报inboththeultimatecurrency-thecurrencyofhappiness也用硬货币来以成功来回报？aswellasinhardcurrency-successcurrency?为什么没有更多的积极者？Whyarenotmorepeoplebenefitfinders?问题的答案在很大程度上Andtheanswertothatwas,togreatextent,是因为媒体的原故becauseofthemedia.媒体正在放大聚焦Whatwehaveinthemediaismagnifying,zoomingin,放大消极的东西使其最大化magnifyingthenegative,maximizingit,由它占据整个屏幕整个版面havingittaketheentirescreen,theentirepage,同时最小化积极的东西whileminimizingthepositives.在很多方面媒体把我们变成消极者Andinmanyways,themediamakesfaultfindersoutofus.而我们需要反击如何反击？Andweneedtocounterthat.Howdowecounterthat?宏观层面上可以收看好的新闻频道Onthemacrolevel,byhavinggoodnewschannels,forexample.微观层面上可以培育富有启发性的艺术Onthemicrolevel,byhavingmoreinspiringart.艺术在历史进程中改变了世界Artthroughouthistoryhaschangedtheworld-不论是在黑暗年代whetheritwasduringthedarkages,在向文艺复兴过度的时期atthetransitiontotheRenaissance,或者是在18和19世纪兴起的浪漫艺术家whetheritwasduring18thand19thcenturywithRomanticartists致力铺设通向自由之路andpavingtheroadtofreedom,亦或是上世纪三四十年代whetheritwasinmid1930sand40swiththeRenaissance好莱坞的复兴带给人们更多希望inmanywaysofHollywood,bringingmorehopetopeople.艺术扮演着非常重要的角色Soartplaysaveryimportantrole,希望能继续如此andhopefully,willcontinuetodoso.然后我们谈到大的层面宏观层面Sothenwetalkedaboutthegloballevel,themacrolevel.在微观层面上Onthemicrolevel,我们谈到不要坐等坏事发生wetalkedaboutnotwaitingforbadthingstohappen,不要等悲剧fortragedy,或等外界有事发生我们才知感激forsomethingexternaltohappenforustobegrateful.因为我们感激就其定义而言Becausewhenwearegrateful,bydefinition,就是不以某事为理所当然wedon'ttakesomethingforgranted.我们还分享了有关感激的文章及研究Andwesharedthereadingsandtheresearchongratitude.做这个修习的关键Thekey,whendoingit,whendoingthisexercise-正如我所说我每天都在做andasIsaid,Idoiteverysingleday.从1999年9月19日开始I'vedoneitsince19thofSeptember,1999.每一天都进行信仰修习Everysingleday.Religiously.修习的关键不将此修习视为理所当然Thekeytodoingitandnottakingthisexerciseforgranted是一直保持新鲜感isbymaintainingfreshnessthrough-如果你想每周做一次ifyouwanttodoitonceaweek,每周一次用心去做it'sbettertodoitonceaweekmindfully比每天去做并将之视为理所当然要好thandoingiteverydayandtakingitforgranted.好的做过了但最理想的是每天做AndOKcheck-didthat.Butideally,youwanttodoiteveryday.因为每天去做才能养成习惯Becausebydoingiteveryday,that'swhenyouformahabit.那样才能改变思维That'swhenyoutransformyourthinking.每天去做的话关健是要有变化Andifyoudoiteveryday,thekeyistovary,每天思考