71. The author’s
primary purpose in this passage is to _______.
A. describe
different types of medicine
B. argue
for the importance of medicine in health care.
C. show the
crucial (决定性的) role religion plays in medical treatments.
D. compare
the educational background of three different types of patients.
E
MADRID--What is it that makes people happy? Youth, health, a good job,
good looks, a flashy car? None of these things, Spanish experts say.
The concept of happiness is coming under increasingly close
examination in Spain.
As the nation rises to the
club of the world’ s wealthiest countries, people are discovering that material
things do not bring happiness.
“Most people use money as a
measure. Of human value,” says Jesus Yunfante, author
of a book on Spain’s
300 biggest fortunes.
“Expensive products are
regarded as the best. The rich are admired simply for being rich,” Yunfante said.
Yet psychologists warn that
happiness cannot be bought. They advise people to look for it in human
relations and in the small pleasures of everyday life.
Many people regard happiness
as a moment of ecstatic pleasure(狂喜)-- something that, by definition, cannot last--while others speak
of it as peace and acceptance of oneself. Polls(问卷调查) in different countries indicate that between 65 and 85 percent
of the world’ s population regard themselves as reasonably happy.
Around 40 percent, of a person’s happiness is thought to be
determined by genetics, while the rest depends on childhood environment and the
process of growing up.
Perhaps the most surprising
thing about happiness is that it has little to do with age, health, wealth, or
other values thought to be important in Western society.
For most Spaniards,
happiness is linked with feeling close to other people.
Happy people accept their
limitations and set themselves reachable goals., experts say.
There are lifestyle choices
which favour happiness, such as exercise, eating
carbohydrates and exposing oneself to sunlight.
But the main secret of
happiness is to take pleasure in small things.
“If you are given a choice
between eternal (永久的)happiness, and a cheese sandwich, take the sandwich,” advises
musician Julian Hernandez.