1.
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equals
happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If
fun and pleasure are equal to happiness, then pain must be equal to unhappiness.
But in fact, the opposite is true: mostly things that lead to happiness involve
some pain. 2. As a result, many people avoid the very attempts
that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by
such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious
commitment and self-improvement. 3. Ask a bachelor why he
resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If
he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment (应承担的义务),
for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun,
adventure, and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most
distinguishing features. 4. Couples with infant children are
lucky to get a whole nights sleep or three-day vacation. I don't know any parent
who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who
decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or
of playing with a grandchild. 5. Understanding and accepting
that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating
realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that
can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or
those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems
pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who
are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
A．The Reasons of Marriage B．Pain and Happiness
C．Kinds of Liberating Realizations D．Joys of Raising a
Child E．Fear to True Happiness F．Seeking
Happiness
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A．goes hand in hand
B．his reluctance to take on responsibilities
C．hatred
D．misunderstanding
E．a rewarding task
F．a moral duty
Raising children is ______.
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The bachelor resists marriage chiefly because of ______.