For a child, happiness has a magical quality. I remember making hide-outs in newly cut hay, playing cops and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play. For adults, happiness is complicated. As far as I am concerned, happiness is "the capacity for enjoyment". The more we can enjoy what we have, the happier we are. It's easy to overlook the pleasure we get from loving and being loved, the company of friends, the freedom to live where we please, even good health. While happiness may be more complex for us, the solution is the same as ever. Happiness isn' t about what happens to us; it' s about how we perceive what happens to us. It' s the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a set-back as a challenge. It' s not wishing for what we don' t have,but enjoying what we do possess.
【答案解析】解析:(1)注意magical quality的翻译。quality的意思为“质量,特征,特质”,magical为形容词,意为“有魔力的”,两个词放到一起可以翻译为“魔力”。 (2)make hide-outs意思为“捉迷藏”。 (3)第一段的最后一句话的主干是It's easy to overlook the pleasure。we get from loving andbeing loved,…good health为定语从句,修饰pleasure。其中,loving and being loved,the companyof friends,the freedom to live和even good health为from的宾语。 (4)第二段第二句话的主干是Happiness isn’t…it’s about…,about what happens to us和how we perceive what happens to us为表语从句。 (5)set-back意思为“阻碍,挫折”。