“Are you happy?” The simple question usually makes
people confused (迷惑的). Even Mo Yan, who won a Nobel Prize,
replied to it by saying, “I don’t know.”
When a migrant worker (农民工)
was asked, “Are you happy? (Ni Xing Fu Ma?)” by a CCTV reporter, he looked
confused before replying, “My family name is Zeng. (Wo Xing Zeng.)” This has
become a joke. But his answer showed migrant workers and TV reporters live in
different worlds and they cannot even communicate with each other.
Similarly, when asked, “Are you happy?” a 73-year-old
man, collecting used plastic bottles in a street in Zhejiang, said, “The bottles
can be sold for 0.1 yuan each.” Asked again, he said, “The government is good.”
The reporter went on, “My question is ‘Are you happy?’” The old man answered,
“My hearing is not good.”
The reporter probably tried to reach the same answer
that the interviewees(被采访者) including the migrant worker and the old
man are “happy”.
In fact, when the question is asked, we should learn
about people’s true situation and their true wishes and opinions but their
“Yes” or “No”.
Luckily, the government has paid more attention to the
importance. Now there are many TV programs giving common people the chance to
give their opinions.
“Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more
happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress (人大), Wen Jiabao said and agreed that increasing
happiness would be a top aim for the 12th five-year plan.
1.Ten plastic bottles could be sold for ________ to
the 73-year-old.
A.0.1 yuan B.1 yuan C.10 yuan D.20 yuan
2.The government has paid more attention to the
importance of ________.
A.learning
about people’s true wishes and opinions
B.people’s different replies to “Are
you happy?”
C.improving
migrant workers’ education
D.keeping the
old people’s health
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the
passage?
A.The reporters
wanted the people to say “Yes” when asked “Are you happy?”
B.Letting
people live more happily is a top aim in the next five years.
C.The reporter
asked the old man three different questions.
D.We can call
the migrant worker Mr. Zeng.
4.This passage is mainly about ________.
A.the questions
B.the happiness
C.the popular
songs D.the education