British people are sure1y happier than people in poorer lands, because more of our needs are met. Indeed, advertisers help us to answer needs we never knew we had, by revealing that our lives are less satisfactory than we thought. When I was 18, male face creams came on the market. Until that point, we boys had no idea that our skin was ageing prematurely. Since then, men have been introduced to many of the improvements that women have enjoyed for so long. We have discovered that we are uglier, spottier, fatter and more inadequate than we could ever have imagined.
英國人肯定比貧窮國家的人更幸福，因?yàn)槲覀兇蟛糠值男枰嫉玫搅藵M足。實(shí)際上是廣告商們通過提示我們的生活并不是想象的那樣滿意來幫我們滿足從來不知道的需要。我18歲時(shí)，男性面霜開始上市，在此之前，男孩們并沒意識(shí)自己的皮膚已提前老化了。從那以后，男士們便開始接觸到女士們已享用了很久的許多保護(hù)措施。我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己比想象的更丑，麻點(diǎn)更多，更胖，而且打扮更不得體。
And, by moving more resources between holes in the ground, we can do something about it. The consumer society serves the poor better than anyone else, as it both exposes the unhappiness of their lives and kindly provides the means with which they can escape from it.
通過把地下資源從一個(gè)洞轉(zhuǎn)移到另一個(gè)洞，我們可以做些事情。消費(fèi)社會(huì)能更好地服務(wù)于窮人，它揭露了他們生活的不幸，同時(shí)又友善地提供給他們擺脫這些不幸的方法。
As the banks, manufacturers, shops and economists remind us, our quest for happiness is boundless. As always, and particularly at this time of year, someone tries to spoil the fun. Eco-systems are being poisoned and resources exhausted. The Earth is over-heating, because so much energy is required to move its components from one hole to another. But I would ask them this: isn't the death of the planet a price worth paying for the happiness we now enjoy?
正如銀行、制造商、商店和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家所提醒的那樣，我們對(duì)幸福的追求是無止境的。但是生態(tài)系統(tǒng)已被毒害，資源已枯竭，地球所含成份從一個(gè)洞轉(zhuǎn)移到另一個(gè)洞里時(shí)需要大量能量，這就導(dǎo)致了地球溫度過高。但我想問他們一個(gè)問題：我們正享受的幸福是否值得以地球的滅亡為代價(jià)？
相關(guān)詞語Related Words and Expressions
dump 傾倒
creation of value 創(chuàng)造價(jià)值
Worldwatch Institute 世界觀察所
be afflicted by depression 患有憂郁癥
incidence of depression 憂郁癥病例
prematurely 提前地；過早地
boundless 無止境的
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