新标准大学英语_视听说教程3原文及翻译(2)

self-consciousness which could lead to happiness.

Wolfgang Lang: We give these classes to students to help them find happiness. Now the

question is: How do I define happiness? Happiness is for example a strengthening of the

personality. We are providing helpful suggestions to make stronger people. People that ask“Who

am I as a person? Am I really happy?‖

Pascal Gemble: It takes time and everybody has to find happiness for themselves. You

cannot go into a coaching lesson and say teach me happiness. One can only get indications from

teachers or the visiting lecturers. There are also happiness scientists, if we could talk to one of

those, I am sure he would have some hints.

Yosma Pinar Cetinkaya: You would think that the teachers are writing definitions on the

board. Not true. Those who want happiness have to find it for themselves, you cannot really learn

that.

So what does it take to be happy and can you learn it at school?

当学生想起学校，快乐不是多数人想到的。目前，德国一所学校已经创造了一种新颖的

通过在课堂上教授快乐的方法来提升其学生们的精神面貌。 Heidelberg s Willy Hellpach

School of Economics 正在研究怎样将快乐实现为与数学和语言一样的官方课程。这是德国

第一家开设快乐课程的学校，意欲为17至19岁的学生作高考的准备。

Ernst Fritz-Schubert,学校的校长，肩负着变革的使命。

Ernst Fritz-Schubert：“这是我的想法—我已经在这所学校呆了31年，我认为学校和快

乐必须被重组，这是不被认为该在一起的两部分，因为学生不把学校与快乐联系起来。在某

些情况下，学校在受欢迎程度上落后于牙医，我们应该努力推动学校的受欢迎度。

科学已经证明一个快乐的学生能比一个不快乐的学生学到更多。不快乐的学生能在一

段时间内集中注意力，但不能发挥他们所有的潜力，这些快乐课程致力于帮助学生发挥他们

的潜能，能帮学生生活在快乐繁荣的生活中。‖

这种课程旨在帮助学生们通过用他们自己的特长和激励他们的自尊来达到思想的积极

状态。另外，他们希望课程会增加自觉意识和身体素质，快乐课程还致力于让学生意识到环

境与社会是作为一个整体存在。课堂期间学生被鼓励表达自我和关注同伴的行为，课程由演

员和客座讲师 Bjoern Bonn讲授。

Bjoern Bonn：“我做的其中一个练习是让学生走过教室，其他学生模仿他的步伐。通过

这个练习，我希望他们从自己身上学得一些东西‘为什么我像这样行动？其他人怎样评价我

走路的方式？’我希望伴随着更高的身体意识他们原则上——当然这需要时间——实现更高

的抵达快乐的自我意识。”

Wolfgang Lang：“我们为学生们开设这些课程来帮助他们找寻快乐，现在问题是：我该

如何给快乐下定义？比如快乐是个性的加强。我们正提供有帮助的建议来使学生更强健，学

生会问：我是一个怎样的人？我真的高兴吗？”

Pascal Gembe：“这需要花时间，每个人必须为自己找寻快乐，你不可能去一个训练课

说：‘教给我快乐’。一个学生只能从教师或客座讲师那得到暗示，另外也有研究快乐的科学

家，如果我们能与他们之一交流，我确信他能给一些暗示。”

Yosma Pinar Cetinkaya：“你会认为老师在黑板上写下快乐的定义，那不正确。哪些想

得到快乐的学生必须为他们自己寻找，你不能真正通过学习得到。”

既然如此，得到快乐的代价是什么？你能在学校学到它吗？

Listening in

Passage one

Interviewer: Can you tell me…how do you think you have changed as you have matured?What

things have had a major influence on you?

Speaker 1 : Well, let me think…I suppose going to university had a big impact on my life. It

made me much more open-minded. I met so many different types of people there with

weird and wonderful ideas and it changed the way I see the world. I‘m much more

tolerant now… It made me a more rounded person.

Interviewer: Great, and had any particular person had a central role in forming your character?

Speaker 1: I guess that‘d have to be my grandfather. I was very close to him, and he taught me to

stand up for my beliefs. He was always telling me about this…

Interviewer: So what people or events have had an impact on your life?

Speaker 2: I think that traveling my gap year made me grow up and see both the beauty of the

world and, well…just the generosity of ordinary people. I traveled a lot around Asia

and you know, I found that in some of the poorest countries, like Cambodia and Laos,

people share whatever little they have, and they possess a real joy for life. It‘s

probably made me a less selfish person.

Interviewer: Interesting…so you would recommend that young people take a gap year to discover

themselves and the world?

Speaker 2: Definitely. It gives you an opportunity o learn about the world beyond the one you

grew up in and I found it really…

Interviewer: Could you tell me what things in your life have had the greatest influence in

forming your personality?

Speaker 3: Well…a couple of years ago I was on a reality TV show where a group of young

people all lived in a house together. Each week some one was voted off by the

audience. I got down to the final three! I suppose being on the show and seeing how

the other contestants behaved made me realize how selfish and spiteful some people

can be just to get what they want. I also realized it‘s best to just be yourself in life. If

you pretend to be someone different people will eventually see through the lies.

Interviewer: Right…And how did you feel when you were eventually voted off?

Speaker 3: Relieved, to be honest with you. But you know, a slight regret that I didn‘t win

because I kind of…

Interviewer: So you can tell me, what one thing do you think that has had the biggest impact on

your life?

Speaker 4: Hmm, that‘s a difficult question. But I think helping victims of the tsunami in 2004

had a very great impact on me. I‘m half Thai and I‘d just arrived in Thailand for a

family Christmas holiday. When I heard the news I knew I had to help-you couldn‘t

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