我们每个人都在追求快乐的生活，因为我们常说快乐是一天，不快乐也是一天，那么什么才是快乐呢？快乐到底是什么呢？一起来看看作者是怎么理解快乐的真谛的？

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The authors of the American Declaration proclaimed happiness to be one of the essential rights that make life worth living. William James, the first American psychologist, echoed this emphasis on happiness: "If we were to ask the question: 'What is human life's chief concern?

 One of the answers we should receive would be: 'It is happiness.'"

Every philosophical and religious system has offered its pathway to happiness for the individual and the group. Happiness has been related to pleasure, refuge from pain, intellectual contemplation, union with God, friendship, children, wealth, honor, successful activity, and even state burial with statues!

Today, scientists have joined the dialogue to seek answers about what contributes to happiness or, as they call it, "subjective well-being".

 If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

– Aristotle The concept of happiness--while difficult to define-- is obviously here to stay. But the desire for happiness can set up expectations that are often hard to fulfill. The right to pursue happiness was conceived of as an inalienable right; the entitlement that everyone be happy was never promised.

As captured by Eric Hoffer, a misguided search we hope to provide a framework that will guide you in your personal pursuit of happiness.

我们学习英语也是一样，不要把它当成一种压力，所以放松心态，快乐学英语！