十一 情景作文：人生哲理类（幸福）

Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness by referring to the saying “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you can develop your ability to deal with problems and be happy. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

（一）预测范文

As an old saying goes, “Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.” Why is it difficult to define, or rather discover and achieve happiness? I maintain the major determinant lies in a person’s attitudes.

There is little correlation between the circumstance of people’s lives and how happy they are. Instead, happiness lies in the struggle to be happy. To demonstrate, people sometimes go to extremes, and frantically pursue money, power, high social status, and so on, which are all symbols of success—but never of happiness. Perhaps if they shifted their life goal from ultimate success to unswerving efforts and to confidence that they will be successful one day they would be a great deal happier.

Besides defining it, how do I achieve happiness? There is little doubt that various people have diverse ways of going about this task. As for me, the most significant secret is realizing that happiness is a by-product of something else. The most obvious sources are those pursuits that give our lives a purpose. These can be anything from playing tennis to studying insects. The more passions we have, the more happiness we are likely to experience.

（二）参考译文

正如古语所说：“幸福并非没有问题出现，而在于有解决问题的能力。”为何很难定义、发现和获得幸福呢？我认为最重要的因素在于一个人的态度。

人们的生活环境和他们的幸福之间没什么关系。相反，幸福在于追求幸福的奋斗之中。例如，人们有时候会走极端，疯狂追求金钱、权力、很高的社会地位等。这些都是成功的象征，但并非幸福的象征。如果他们把人生目标从终极成功转向不懈的努力，并相信未来他们必将成功，他们将会更加幸福。

除了定义幸福之外，我如何获得幸福呢？毫无疑问，不同的人对于实现这一目标有着迥然不同的方式。于我而言，最大的秘诀就是认识到幸福只是其他事情的一种副产品。最明显的来源就是给予我们目标的那些追求。这些追求可以是从打网球到研究昆虫的任何事情。我们越有激情，就越有可能感受到幸福。

（三）亮点词汇

achieve happiness 获得幸福

major determinant 主要因素

lie in 在于

circumstance 环境

instead 相反

struggle 奋斗

to demonstrate 例如

frantically 疯狂地

social status 社会地位

symbol 象征

life goal 人生目标

ultimate success 终极成功

unswerving 坚定不移的

confidence 自信

successful 成功的

go about this task 完成任务

as for me 就我而言

significant 重要的

by-product 副产品

pursuit 追求

insect 昆虫

passion 激情

be likely to 可能……

experience 体会；经验

（四）道长点评

值得注意的是，近年来六级写作命题的反押题倾向日益明显，考生必须严格按照提纲写作才能获得高分。考前所谓的专家押题或万能模板并不可靠。本题的提纲非常灵活，首段应该通过古语“幸福并非没有问题出现，而是有解决问题的能力”来引出主题；第二段应进行举例论证，列举通过解决问题来获得幸福的例子；第三段应该为建议措施段，就“如何培养解决问题的能力来获得幸福”提出自己的建议。

（五）句型拓展

① Some people are happy when they have made money, while others are happy when they have found their true love. 有人挣到钱时感觉幸福，而其他人找到真爱时感觉幸福。

② I find bliss when I am reading an interesting book in a warm and pretty room. 当我在一间温暖、漂亮的房间里阅读一本有趣的书时，我感到极其幸福。

③ We all know people who have a relatively easy and comfortable life, and yet are essentially unhappy. 我们都认识一些人，他们过着相对轻松、舒适的生活，而实际上并不幸福。