According to the research, what predicts this despair is not a?lack of happiness. It's a lack of something else, a lack of having meaning in life.?

我想，遲早我們都會想要知道：難道就只有這樣而已嗎？根據(jù)研究，人們感到絕望的原因并不是缺乏快樂，而是缺乏某樣?xùn)|西，是缺乏人生意義。

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But that raised some questions for me. Is there more to life than being happy? And what's the difference between being happy and having meaning in life??

但這就讓我產(chǎn)生了一些問題。難道人生不只是要快樂嗎？活得快樂和活得有意義之間有什么差別？?

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Many psychologists define happiness as a state of comfort and ease, feeling good in the moment. Meaning, though, is deeper. The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from belonging to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you.?

許多心理學(xué)家把快樂定義為一種舒服自在的狀態(tài)，在當(dāng)下感覺很好。而意義則更有深意。知名心理學(xué)家馬丁·塞利格曼說，意義來自歸屬感、致力于超越自我之外的事物，以及從內(nèi)在發(fā)展出最好的自己。?

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Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but I came to see that seeking meaning is the more fulfilling path. And the studies show that people who have meaning in life, they're more resilient, they do better in school and at work, and they even live longer.?

我們的文化對「快樂」相當(dāng)癡迷，但我發(fā)現(xiàn)，尋找意義才是更讓人滿足的道路。且研究指出，有人生意義的人適應(yīng)力也會比較強，他們在學(xué)校及職場的表現(xiàn)較佳，他們甚至活得比較久。

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So this all made me wonder: How can we each live more meaningfully??

所以這一切讓我開始想，我們每個人要如何活得有意義？

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【重點詞匯&表達(dá)】

1.despair?[d?'spe?]

??絕望；令人絕望的人或事；

2.raise?some questions

? 提出一些問題；

3.psychologist?[sa?'k?l?d??st]

??心理學(xué)家，心理學(xué)者；

4.renowned?[r?'na?nd]

??著名的；

5.be obsessed with

? 著迷于；

6.come to see

? 發(fā)現(xiàn)；明白 ;

7.resilient?[r?'z?l??nt]

? 能復(fù)原的；可迅速恢復(fù)的

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