1 Unit 2 Text A Technology and Happiness 技术与幸福 P ara. 1 the 20 th century, Americans, Europeans, and East Asians enjoyed material and technological advances that were unimaginable in previous eras. =20 世纪的美国人、欧洲人和东亚人都享受到了过去历代人都无法想象的物质和技术进步所带来的乐趣。 the United States, for instance, gross domestic product per capita tripled from 1950 to 2000. = 譬如,在美国,从 1950 年到 2000 年,人均国民生产总值翻了 3 倍。 ife expectancy soared. = 人的寿命大幅度提高。 he boom in productivity after World War II made goods better and cheaper at the same time. = 二战后生产力的迅速发展使商品物美价廉。 hings that were once luxuries, such as jet travel and long-distance phone calls, became necessities. = 诸如乘飞机旅行和打长途电话等曾经是奢侈的事情成了生活中不可或缺的一部分。 nd even though Americans seemed to work extraordinarily hard, their pursuit of entertainment turned media and leisure into multibillion-dollar industries. = 即使美国人工作时似乎是格外勤奋努力的, 可他们对娱乐的追求却使得他们将媒体和闲暇转变成了盈利数十亿美元的产业。 P ara. 2 most standards, then, you would have to say that Americans are better off now than they were in the middle of the last century. = 那么,根据大多数标准衡量,你会说,现在的美国人比上个世纪中叶富裕得多。 ddly, though, if you ask Americans how happy they are, you find that they are no happier than they were in 1946 (which is when formal surveys of happiness started). = 然而, 奇怪的是, 如果你问美国人有多幸福, 你会发现, 他们并不比 1946 年时幸福( 194 6 年正式开始对幸福状况进行调查)。 fact, the percentage of people who say they are “ very happy ” h
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