阅读提示：
第1遍可跟随原声不看稿，进行Shadowing 影子跟读练习；
第2遍可跟随原声看英文稿，练习视译的意群切割技巧；
第3遍可跟随原声看英文稿，标记自己不熟悉的表达方式；
可尝试将中文稿回译为英文，并与所给英文稿进行对照，开展汉译英翻译练习。
一、原文
The Gate of Happiness
Happiness is like a pebble dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty.
There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of reasons. The key is not wealth or physical well-being, since we find beggars, invalids and so called failures who are extremely happy.
Being happy is a sort of unexpected dividend. But staying happy is an accomplishment, a triumph of soul and character. It is not selfish to strive for it. It is, indeed, a duty to ourselves and others.
Being unhappy is like an infectious disease; it causes people to shrink away from the sufferer. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered. There is, however, a cure so simple as to seem, at first glance, ridiculous: If you don’t feel happy, pretend to be!
It works. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them. You discover how deeply rewarding it is to be the center of wider and wider circles of good will.
Then the make-believe becomes a reality. You possess the secret of peace of mind, and can forget yourself in being of service to others.
Being happy, once it is realized as a duty and established as a habit, opens doors into unimaginable gardens thronged with grateful friends.
二、重点词汇
1.pebble ['pebl]
n. 卵石；水晶透镜
vt. 用卵石铺
E.g.1. Cookies are spread with white sugar pebbling the surface.
饼干表面撒满着粒粒白糖。
2.Accomplishment [ə'kʌmpliʃmənt, ə'kɔm-]
n. 成就；完成；技艺，技能
E.g.1. What would be your greatest accomplishment in life?
你人生中最大的成就会是什么？
E.g.2. Allow me to congratulate you on your great accomplishment.
让我衷心地向您了了不起的成就祝贺。
3.triumph ['traiəmf, -ʌmf]
n. 胜利，凯旋；欢欣
vi. 获得胜利，成功
E.g.1. The workers triumphed over many difficulties.
工人们战胜了许多困难。
E.g.2. If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster.
如果你能同时遇上胜利与灾难。
4.infectious [in'fekʃəs]
adj. 传染的；传染性的；易传染的
E.g.1. Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known.
众所周知，麻疹是最易传染的疾病之一。
E.g.2. The investigation also found no evidence of infectious disease.
调查同样发现可传染疾病的无证据？
5.embittered
adj. 愤怒的；怨恨的
v. 使痛苦（embitter的过去分词）
E.g.1. She was embittered by her many disappointments.
她遇到许多不如意的事，感到很怨愤。
E.g.2. He soon finds himself alone, miserable and embittered.
他很快就会发现自己孤单，痛苦，难过。
6.ridiculous [ri'dikjuləs]
adj. 可笑的；荒谬的
E.g.1. He had a ridiculous mind.
他有一个荒谬的想法。
E.g.2. Many of these answers are perhaps very childish and ridiculous .
或许许多这样的答复是非常幼稚和可笑的。
7.repelling [ri'pel]
vt. 击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快
E.g.1. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them.
你很快就会发现自己非但不会将人赶走，反而还能吸引人。
E.g.2. Before long you will find that instead of repelling people, you attract them.
不久你就会发现，别人不再躲着你了，相反，你开始吸引别人了。
8.rewarding [ri'wɔ:diŋ]
adj. 有益的，值得的；有报酬的，报答的
E.g.1. Planning ahead can make your experience less difficult and more rewarding.
提前计划可以使你经历较少的困难，收获更多。
E.g.2. Envision the life you would like to live form a rich rewarding relationship with that life.
想象出你希望过的生活，形成一种与理想生活之间丰富和有回报的关系。
9.possess [pə'zes]
vt. 控制；使掌握；持有；迷住
E.g.1. He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk.
他决定放弃他所有的一切，出家为僧。
E.g.2. They possess property all over the world.
他们在世界各地均拥有财产。
三、译文
快乐之门
快乐好似掷入池塘里的一枚鹅卵石,会激起不断扩散的一圈圈涟漪。正如斯蒂文生所说：快乐是一种责任。
快乐这个字眼并没有确切的定义。快乐的人可以因种种理由而快乐。其关键并非在于财富或健康，因为我们可以发现有些乞丐、病弱的人和所谓的失败者却极其快乐。
快乐是一种意料不到的收益。而能保持快乐则是一项成就，也是灵魂与品性的胜利。努力追求快乐算不上是自私。事实上,追求快乐不仅是对我们自己，也是对别人的一种责任。
闷闷不乐就像是一种传染病；染上这种疾病的人大家都避之如蛇蝎。这种人很快就会发现自己感到孤单、痛苦和难过。然而,有一种很简单的治疗方法，乍看起来似乎荒谬可笑，那就是如果你觉得不快乐,就假装快乐吧！
这个方法很有效的。不久你就会发现自己非但不会使人反感,反而还能吸引别人。你会发现能够成为广结善缘的中心人物是多么值得的亊。
一审一校│余珊珊
二审二校│倪娅
三审三校│吴芹
