of Happiness
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Growth and Happiness.
4,增长与幸福.
5 Four Pillars of Happiness.
5"幸福"四大支柱.
7 Measuring Happiness.
7,衡量幸福.
10 A World of Happy People.
10 一个快乐人的世界。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Introduction What is happiness?
导言 什么是快乐?
Happiness can mean many different things to different people.
幸福对不同的人来说可以意味着许多不同的东西.
The people of Bhutan (boo-TAHN) think of happiness as being content.
不丹人民(boo-TAHN)认为幸福是满足的.
The government of Bhutan wants its citizens to be happy.
不丹政府希望其公民幸福.
It thinks happiness is more important than money.
它认为幸福比金钱更重要.
That is why the government of Bhutan asks people questions every few years to see how happy they are.
因此,不丹政府每隔几年就向人们提问,看看他们有多高兴.
This information is used to improve life for everyone in “The Kingdom of Happiness.”
这些信息被用来改善“幸福王国”中的每个人的生活。 “
Thimphu GREAT HIMALAYA RANGE LESSER HIMALAYA RANGE Bhutan China India Four Fast Facts About Bhutan 1.
廷布大喜马拉雅兰花 不丹喜马拉雅兰花 中国 印度 关于不丹的四大快事 1. 联合国
Bhutan is in the Himalaya Mountains.
不丹地处喜马拉雅山脉.
also speak English.
也讲英语。
and arrows.
和箭头。
Today, archery is the national sport.
今天,射箭是国家运动。
are elected.
当选。
Growth and Happiness Bhutan’s first happiness interviews took place in 2007.
增长与幸福不丹的首次幸福访谈于2007年进行.
However, the idea of tracking happiness came about long before that.
然而,追踪幸福的想法 早在那时就出现了。
In 1972, a new king was crowned in Bhutan.
1972年,不丹新国王被加冕.
King Wangchuck was just sixteen years old.
王克王年仅十六岁.
The young king loved his country.
年轻的国王爱他的国家。
He wanted it to grow and be successful.
他希望它能成长并取得成功.
Bhutan’s landscape ranges from low plains in the south to the towering Himalaya Mountains in the north.
不丹地貌从南部低平地到北部高耸的喜马拉雅山脉.
King Wangchuck knew that other countries measure success by money alone.
旺楚克国王知道其他国家仅靠金钱衡量成功.
They add up the cost of goods they make and sell.
他们把制造和销售商品的成本加起来。
The king did not believe that was right for Bhutan.
国王不认为这对不丹是正确的。
Most of its citizens were Buddhists.
其公民多为佛教徒.
They believe that happiness is an important step to leading a good life.
他们认为幸福是过上美好生活的重要一步.
Money was only a small part of that.
钱只是其中的一小部分
King Wangchuck wanted his country to be a happy place.
旺曲克国王希望他的国家成为一个幸福的地方.
Only then would it succeed.
只有这样,它才会成功。
He came up with a plan for Bhutan called Gross National Happiness (GNH).
他为不丹制定了名为Gross National Happiness(GNH)的计划.
It had four key ideas about happiness that would help Bhutan’s growth.
不丹对幸福有四个关键想法,
The Tiger’s Nest Monastery clings to a cliff thousands of feet above the Paro Valley in Bhutan.
虎巢修道院紧贴着不丹帕罗河谷上数千英尺高的悬崖.
Four Pillars of Happiness Bhutan’s government believes that happiness is based on four ideas, or “pillars.”
幸福不丹政府的四大支柱认为幸福是基于四大理念, “
These are government rule, social and work matters, culture and traditions, and nature and the environment.
这些是政府统治、社会和工作事项、文化和传统以及自然和环境。
The king and his government considered all four pillars when creating new laws.
国王和政府在制定新法律时考虑了所有四大支柱.
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Gross National Happiness The measurement for Gross National Happiness is based on things that Bhutanese people value: 1.
吉格梅·辛格耶·旺楚克国王 衡量国民幸福总值的依据是不丹人民珍视的事物: 1. 联合国
Good governing 2.
良好治理办法 2. 联合国
Wise handling of money and growth of society 3.
明智地处理金钱和社会的增长 3 (中文(简体) ).
Strong support for the Bhutanese way of life 4.
大力支持不丹生活方式 4.
Care of the natural world At first, the four pillars were only guides for people’s happiness.
关爱自然世界 起初,这四个支柱只是人们幸福的指南.
There was no real survey.
没有真正的调查。
Bhutan was a quiet country protected from the modern world.
不丹是一个远离现代世界的安静国家。
Its people led simple lives and were mostly content.
它的人民过着简单的生活,而且大多是满足的.
People dressed in Bhutanese clothing.
穿着不丹服装的人.
They took time each day to sit quietly with their thoughts.
他们每天花时间静静地坐着思考。
They enjoyed nature.
他们喜欢大自然。
Families spent time together.
家人一起度过时光。
Then things slowly began to change.
然后事情慢慢地开始改变。
Giant prayer wheels can be found all over Bhutan.
在不丹各地都能找到巨大的祈祷轮.
In 1999, Bhutan let television and the Internet into the country for the first time.
1999年,不丹首次允许电视和互联网进入该国。
Bhutan’s citizens began to learn more about the world outside their borders.
不丹公民开始更多地了解境外的世界。
The world also began to learn more about Bhutan.
世界也开始更多地了解不丹。
People were drawn to its natural beauty and peaceful lifestyle.
人们被吸引到它的自然美丽与和平的生活方式。
Many came to visit.
许多人前来参观。
The quiet kingdom now had one foot in the past and one in the modern world.
宁静的王国现在在过去有一尺,在现代世界有一尺.
Bhutanese children watched television and played video games.
不丹儿童观看了电视并播放了电子游戏。
People began using cell phones.
人们开始使用手机.
Bhutan’s leaders became worried.
不丹领导人开始担忧.
They were afraid that traditions would be lost, and along with them the happiness of Bhutan’s people.
他们担心传统会消失,
Do You Know?
你知道吗?
There are no stoplights in Bhutan.
不丹没有停车灯。
One was put up in the capital city of Thimphu, but it was removed.
其一被立于通武府,后被取出.
Citizens felt that a stoplight was just too modern.
市民觉得停电太现代了
Instead, a traffic officer directs cars through the city’s downtown.
而交通官则通过市区指挥汽车。
Morning meditation is part of the GNH school day.
晨冥是GNH校庆的一部分.
Measuring Happiness The government decided it needed a way to keep track of happiness.
衡量幸福 政府决定需要一种方法来追踪幸福.
It needed something more exact than just the four pillars.
它需要比四根支柱更精确的东西。
Planners created nine areas, or “domains,” that were based on the four pillars.
规划人员在四个支柱的基础上创建了9个领域,即“领域”。
The domains were then broken down into categories.
然后将域细分为类别。
All the domains and categories made up the Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index.
所有领域和类别构成国民幸福总值指数。
The GNH Index gave a more complete picture of happiness.
国民幸福 指数给出了更完整的幸福画面.
A group of young monks gather around a cell phone at a monastery in Paro, Bhutan.
一群年轻的僧侣聚集在不丹帕罗一所修道院的手机周围.
Next, the government wrote survey questions about GNH.
接下来,政府写出关于GNH的调查问题.
The survey asked about people’s lives.
调查询问人们的生活。
Each answer had a number.
每个答案都有一个数字。
The numbers were added up to get a happiness score for each person.
数字加起来是为了获得每个人的幸福分数.
Source: GNH Centre Bhutan The Nine Domains of GNH Gross National Happiness Environment Living Standards Well-Being Health Time Use Education Cultural Resilience (toughness) Good Governance Community Vitality In 2007, the government tested the survey.
资料来源:不丹GNH中心。 GNH的"九大领域" GNH Gross National Happiness Environment Environment 生活标准 健康时间 健康时间 利用教育文化复原力(困难) 善政社区 2007年,政府测试了这次调查.
In 2010, the survey was ready to be given across all of Bhutan.
2010年,调查准备在不丹全国进行。
Survey teams traveled to mountain villages, valley farms, and cities.
调查组出行到山地村庄,山谷农场和城市.
More than seven thousand people out of over seven hundred thousand gave information about their lives.
在70多万人中,有7 000多人提供了生活信息。
This information was analyzed using the GNH Index.
使用GNH指数对这些信息进行了分析.