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The Pursuit of HappinessThe right to pursue happiness is promised to Americans by the US Constitution，but no one seems quite sure which way happiness ran．It may be we are issued a hunting license but offered no game．Jonathan Swift conceived of happiness as“the state of being well—deceived，”or of being“a fool among idiots，’’for Swift saw society as a land of false goals．It is，of course，un—American to think in terms of false goals．We do，however，seem to be dedicated to the idea of buying our way to happiness．We shall all have made it to Heaven when we possess enough．And at the same time the forces of American business are hugely dedicated to making US deliberately unhappy．Advertising is one of our major industries，and advertising exists not to satisfy desires but to create them--and to create them faster than anyone’s budget can satisfy them．For that matter, our whole economy is based on addicting US to greed．We are even told it is our patriotic duty to support the national economy by buying things．Look at any of the magazines that cater to women．There advertising begins as art and slogans in the front pages and ends as pills and therapy in the back pages．The art at the front illustrates the dream of perfect beauty．This is the baby skin that must be hers．This，the perfumed breath she must breathe out．This，the sixteen-year-old figure she must display at forty, at fifty, at sixty, and forever．This is the harness into which Mother must strap herself in order to display that perfect figure．This is the cream that restores skin，these are the tablets that melt away fat around the thighs，and these are the pills of perpetual youth．Obviously no reasonable person can be completely persuaded either by such art or by such pills and devices．Yet someone is obviously trying to buy this dream and spending billions every year in the attempt．Clearly the happiness—market is not running out of customers，but what is it they are trying to buy?Actually, the essence of happiness is in the pursuit itself, in the pursuit of what is engaging and life—changing，which is to say, in the idea of becoming．A nation is not measured by what it possesses or wants to possess，but by what it wants to become．(399 words)14．Scientific Fraud AccusedWhen taking the fast train to technical prowess，it pays to check that the driversare cornpetent，the engine is running smoothly and the tracks are clear．Unfortunately, China’S hunger for success in the sciences is such that some have been tempted to cut corners．Some independent researchers are sufficiently alarmed tO have started theunofficial monitoring of possible frauds．The need for official reform is pressing．Science iS important to China．The country recently unveiled plans to increase itssper／ct i ng on research and development to 900 billion yuan($1 1 2 billion)by 2020．Bythat time，it wants 60％of economic growth to come from science and technology．The latest blow to the country’S image came on May 5th，when Jiaotong University uncovered a fraud committed by one of its top microelectronics researchers，Chen Jin．Dr．Chen claimed to have developed the country’s first home—grown microchip，capableof processing 200m instructions a second．It looked set to save China billions of dollarsin imports and advance the country’S own high—tech industries．But an investigation bythe university found that Dr．Chen had simply removed the marking from chips madeby Motorola and replaced them with the logo of his company．Dr,Chen is not alone；others have also been accused of committing scientific fraud．Dr．Chen’S fall from grace resembles that of South Korea’S Hwang Wou—suk，the cloning researcher who turned from national hero to a pariah when his research wasshown to be fraudulent．Like South Korea，China has feted its scientific stars，not justfor their supposed laboratory achievements but also for the luster they gave nationalpride。

Both countries need to learn that，to prevent the fast train derailing，researchstandards are an essential as research know—how．(290 words)1 5．High Heels—A Woman’s Worst EnemyIn department stores and closets all over the world，they are waiting．Theiroutward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles，textures，and colors．But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in thefashion industry today．What are they?They are high heels——a woman’S worst enemy (whether she knows it or not)．High heel shoes are the downfall of modern society．Fashion myths have led women tO believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticatedfor wearing heels，but in reality,heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships．Women should fight the high heel industry by refusing to use or purchasethem in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychological suffering．For the sake of faimess，it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels．First，heels are excellent for aerating lawns．Anyone who has ever worn heels on grassknows what I am talking about．A simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist．and provides the perfect—sizedholes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around．Second，heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies，who caneasily be scared away by threatening them with a pair of these sharp，deadly fashion accessories．Regardless of such practical uses for heels，the fact remains that wearing highheels is harmful to one’S physical health．Talk to any podiatrist．and you will hear thatthe majority of their business comes from high—heel-wearing women．High heels areknown to cause problems such as deformed feet and torn toenails．The risk of severeback problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a high heel wearerthan for a flat shoe wearer．Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caughtin a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate and being thrown to the groun出_possibly breakinga nose，back，or neck．And of course，after wearing heels for a day,any woman knowsshe can look forward to a night of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen，aching feet．(373 words)1 6．The Method of Scientific InvestigationThe method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind；it is simply the mode by which allphenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation．There is nomore difference，but there is just the same kind of difference，between the mental operations of a man of science and those of an ordinary person，as there is between the operations and methods of a baker or of a butcher weighing out his goods in common scales，and the operations of a chemist in performing a difficult and complex analysisby means of his balance and finely graded weights．It is not that the scales in theone case，and the balance in the other,differ in the principles of their construction ormanner of working；but that the latter is a much finer apparatus and of course muchmore accurate in its measurement than the former．You will understand this better,perhaps，if I give you some familiar examples．You have all heard it repeated that men of science work by means of induction anddeduction，that by the help of these operations，they，in a sort of sense，manage toextract from Nature certain natural laws，and that out of these，by some special skill oftheir own，they build up their theories．And it is imagined by many that the operationsof the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes，and that theyhave to be acquired by a sort of special training．To hear all these large words，youwould think that the mind of a man of science must be constituted difierently from thatof his fellow men；but if you will not be frightened by terms，you will discover that you-are quite wrong，and that all these terrible apparatus are being used by yourselves everyday and every hour of your lives．There is a well—known incident in one of Moliere’s plays，where the author makes the hero express unbounded delight on being told thathe had been talking prose during the whole of his life．In the same way,I trust that youwill take oomfort，and be delighted with yourselves，on the discovery that you havebeen actilg on the principles of inductive and deductive philosophy during the sameperiod．Probably there is not one here who has not in the course of the day had occasionto set in motion a complex train of reasoning，of the very same kind，though differingin degree，as that which a scientific man goes through in tracing the causes of natural phenomena．(445 words)17．GoogleMy friend went on a date last week and“Googled’’the man when she got home～that is，looked him up on the Internet search engine“google．com．’’She found that hehad been involved in many malpractice suits fHe’s a doctor)．Her“homework”has now resulted in a discounted opinion of this man．What do you think about using Google tocheck up on another person?I’ve done it．And many other people have．too；that’s why the verb“to Google”is now a familiar neologism．fIt must demoralize those poor souls at AOL，with alltheir child·proofing and spam and ads，that no one ever says，‘‘I met an interesting guy and AOL’ed him．”1 Had your friend labored all aftemoon at the courthouse checking equally public information on her date．she’d have crossed the border between casual curiosity and stalking．H e r Googling，however,was akin to asking her friends about this fellow·off hand，sociable and benign．By calling such an act“checking up”on someone，you make typing someone’s name into a search engine sound devious and sinister．But that is less a consequence ofits malevolence than of its novelty．Acceptable behavior is ratified by custom，and that takes time．As more and more people routinely Google their blind dates，nobody willfeel uneasy doing so．This cultural adaptation is not arbitrary,but a communal determination that anaction is harmless．So it might be better to think of this not as snooping but as curiosity．If someone set you up on a blind date with a poet，he’d most likely not feel offendedbut flattered that you were sufficiently interested in him to read his work．But thismeans the time to Google is not after your blind date but before．And it never hurts to search your beau’s name along with the words‘‘ax murderer．”While Googling is innocuous，it is not entirely reliable．For starters，peopleshare names．You can’t be sure if you’re reading about one guy who has had a varied career(or who can’t hold a job)or several people．And you can’t be sure which onewill be buying you a cocktail．(The surgeon?The sock collector?)Googling myselfwhich sounds more perverse than it is turned up an architecture professor at McGill University．a video editor,a broker of sports tickets and a table—tennis champ；I’m now jealous of all of them．Even if you sort out the names，you can’t rely on the veracity of online information．So while your friend did nothing unethical by Googling her guy,she’d be unwise to discredit him too quickly(as a date or a doctor)or，for that matter,to marry6．上海．上海位于长江人海口，是中国最大的城市，同时也是一座历史文化名城和著名的旅游城市。

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The Pursuit of Happiness(当幸福来敲门)经典电影英文影评

The Pursuit of Happiness(当幸福来敲门)经典电影英文影评

The Pursuit of Happiness（当幸福来敲门）2006With a title like The Pursuit of Happiness, you expect the characters to get to the promised land. They do, but if the journey matters more than the destination, this is a movie to skip. The Pursuit of Happyness is long, dull, and depressing. It expands into two hours a story that could have been told more effectively in one. This is not the feel-good movie of the season unless you believe that a few moments of good cheer can redeem 110 minutes of gloom. Sitting through The Pursuit of Happiness is a chore. Downbeat movies aren't inherently bad (in fact, many are powerful), but this one provides artificial characters in contrived circumstances. How is it that movies "inspired by a real story" often feel more fake than those fully embedded in the realm of fiction?Will Smith has generated Oscar buzz for his portrayal of Chris Gardner, the real-life guy whose rags-to-riches story forms the basis of the movie. (Impoverished guy becomes capitalist poster boy.) While it's fair to say that this is one of the best straight performances of Smith's career, it didn't blow me away. In and of itself, the acting, while effective, is not Best Actor material, but it wouldn't surprise me if the movie's prestige factor and Smith's popularity earn him a nod. Meanwhile, his female co-star, Thandie Newton, isn't going to be considered for any award. Newton spends about 90% of her screen time doing an impersonation of a harpy: screeching, bitching, and contorting her face into unpleasant expressions. Smith's son, Jaden, is okay as the movie's child protagonist; it's unclear whether his occasional deficiencies are the result of his acting, Steven Conrad's writing, or Gabriele Muccino's direction, but there's not much personality behind the cute features and curly hair.Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is down on his luck. It's 1981 San Francisco and his self-employed business of selling portable bone density scanners isn't doing well. His wife, Linda (Thandie Newton), does nothing but yell at him and give him a cold shoulder, and the lack of domestic harmony is impacting the disposition of his beloved son, Christopher (Jaden Christopher Syre Smith). That's when Chris' life turns into a country song. His wife leaves. He is evicted from his home. He goes to jail, neither passing GO nor collecting a much-needed $200. He gets hit by a car. He is robbed. He makes his son cry. He alienates a friend over $14. He gets to spend a night in the cleanest public restroom in the history of public restrooms. But there's a bright spot, although you need a dark-adapted eye to find it. Despite having no experience, Chris applies to enter an internship program at Dean Witter. He would appear to have no chance to get in until he amazes the head of the program (Brian Howe) by solving the Rubik's Cube puzzle in the back of a taxi cab.It's a blessing that the movie doesn't use a stock villain to impede Chris' herky-jerky trip to the top, because that would have tipped the movie into the empire of the unwatchable. However, the lack of a strong conflict makes the two-hour running length seem very long. Thankfully, there's also not much in the way of overt melodrama, but that could be a byproduct of having characters who are not deeply realized and have narrow emotional ranges. It's tough to connect with Chris and his son. Although they are played by a real-life father and son, there's no chemistry between them. We're constantly told how desperately Chris loves Christopher, but it takes a long time before we begin to buy it. Most of the time, Christopher seems like an annoying piece of baggage that Chris drops off at daycare when he has other things to do.The film's most compelling scenes are those that show Chris struggling to enter the rat race. Granted, this is no Glengarry Glen Ross, but it shows the pressure these salesmen are under and how important the contact lists are. In the overall scheme of things, however, these sequences are background noise. They are neither plentiful nor lengthy. The movie spends more time following Chris on his futile sales rounds for the bone density scanner than it does accompanying him during his broker training.The moral of the story is as trite as they come: don't let anyone convince you to give up on your dreams. Disney animated films have been doing this better for decades. The Pursuit of Happyness concludes with a caption that tells us what happens to Chris after the end of the movie; it promises a better story than the one we have just watched. The film is also marred by a persistent (although not verbose) voiceover that adds nothing to the story while frequently jerking us out of the experience of watching it. I don't need Will Smith telling me: "This part of the story is called 'riding the bus.'"This is the English-language debut of Gabriele Muccino, who has made a name for himself in Italian cinema. The Pursuit of Happiness has the kind of slow, drab tone one occasionally associates with a director raised outside of the Hollywood system. What can be an asset in some circumstances is a detriment in this one. The Pursuit of Happiness isn't enjoyable, and its meager pleasures, including the eventual "payoff," aren't enough to justify the unrelenting misery. The Pursuit of Happiness is competently made and gets lots of the details right, but when it comes to the emotional core of the story, it loses the pursuit and misses the "happiness."No.2 The Pursuit of Happiness（当幸福来敲门）2006Will Smith plays a San Francisco medical equipment salesman who resolves to change his life and become a stockbroker, but is made homeless in the processThe sort of film the Oscars are designed for, The Pursuit Of Happiness should induce nausea. There's the cheesy dialogue ("You want something, go get it - period!"). There's the annoying title, with its deliberate misspelling (a reference to a slogan seen on a wall that becomes the film's mantra). And there's the father and son acting combo of Will Smith and seven-year-old Jaden, who between them serve unapologetically as an advert for the American dream. Yet thanks to Italian director Gabriele Muccino, in his first Hollywood outing, the film holds firm.Set in San Francisco in 1981, at a time when the Rubik's Cube is sweeping the nation, the film is inspired by the real-life story of one Chris Gardner (Smith). A struggling Bay Area salesman, Gardner's product is a "portable bone density scanner", a box of tricks which he believes doctors will soon be clamouring for. But luck deserts Gardner alongside his wife Linda (Newton) and a hippie girl steals one of his scanners.Left with custody of his five-year-old son Christopher (Smith), Gardner is desperate to be a good father, as he didn't know his own Dad until he was 28. A chance encounter with a stockbroker inspires Gardner to change career and secure an internship at a brokerage. Remarkably, he manages to get onto the six-month course, but it's a gamble. "There was no salary," he says. "Not even a reasonable promise of a job." Forced to sell his remaining machines on the weekends, he and Christopher live on the poverty line, and are evicted after Gardner is hit with a crippling tax bill. Looked at cynically, the film boasts one of those heavyweight performances that Hollywood A-list stars occasionally offer in a quest for cachet. In this case Smith lets his hair go grey to convince us that this is no vanity project. But bonding convincingly (as you might expect) with his own son on screen, Smith delivers his most compelling performance since Ali in 2001. Playing Gardner as a decent, honest man who refuses to let life grind him down, it's an inspirational turn.With Muccino (best known for 2001's L'Ultimo Bacio, which was remade in the US in 2005 as The Last Kiss) in charge, Smith's acting is shorn of the usual high-energy tics that have blighted his work. So enchanting is the performance that it overshadows the film's more problematic and manipulative moments, notably the contention that capitalism holds the key to happiness. But this is Will Smith doing Kramer Vs. Kramer and the film never allows us to contemplate its dubious nature for too long.VerdictBetween Muccino's sensitive direction and Smith and son's expertly calibrated performances, The Pursuit Of Happiness manages to win you over with a flurry of feel good emotions.。

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness剧情介绍他是已近而立之年的克里斯·加德纳（威尔·史密斯饰演），在28岁的时候才第一次见到自己的父亲，所以当时他下定决心在有了孩子之后，要给孩子做一个好爸爸。

但他事业不顺，生活潦倒，只能每天奔波于各大医院，靠卖骨密度扫描仪为生。

在他偶然间认识到做证券经纪人并不一定需要大学生文凭，而只要懂数字和人际关系就可以做到后，就主动去找维特证券的经理Jay twistle。

凭借自己的执着和非凡的妙语，以及一个小小的魔方的帮助下，克里斯·加德纳得到了一个实习的机会。

但是实习生有20人，他们必须无薪工作六个月，最后只能有一个人录用，这对克里斯·加德纳来说实在是难上加难。

这时，妻子因为不能忍受穷苦的生活，独自去了纽约，克里斯·加德纳和儿子也因为极度的贫穷而失去了自己的住所，过着东奔西跑的生活。

他一边卖骨密度扫描仪，一边作实习生，后来还必须去教堂排队，争取得到教堂救济的住房。

但是克里斯·加德纳一直很乐观，并且教育儿子，不要灰心。

因为极度的贫穷，克里斯·加德纳甚至去卖血。

功夫不负有心人，凭借自己的努力，克里斯·加德纳最终脱颖而出，获得了股票经纪人的工作，后来还创办了自己的公司。

“我生活的这一部分叫做搭公车”——故事开始。

“我生活的这一部分叫做冒傻气”——发现在自己面试时帮自己照看扫描仪的嘻哈女孩带着仪器跑开而将其追回。

“我生活的这部分现在的这一部分叫做疲于奔命。

”“幸福自己会来敲门，生活也能得到解脱。

”“我就是这样一种人——你向我提问，如果我答不上来我就会告诉你…我不知道‟，但我保证我清楚该怎样找到答案，我会找到答案的“。

面试官说“假设有个人不穿着正装就跑过来面试然后我却录用了他，你会怎么评价？”“那他的裤子一定很讲究。

”——面试时的机智回答。

“别让别人告诉你你成不了才，即使是我也不行。

”——父子在篮球场。

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness假如生活欺骗了你，不要灰心，不要放弃，坚持不懈的和他死磕到底。

Happiness看了有5，6次了，每一次都给我注入能量。

当钱包里最后的几美元被借走，每天做着没有报酬的实习生时，坚持不懈的追逐。

当深夜无家可归时，和儿子尽情想象。

纯洁的眼神里看到了专注，努力，却没有彷徨。

生活对我不公，我却没有露宿街头；当我口袋里一无所有，总有人能让我吃饱穿暖。

而我，却总是在孤单徘徊中学不会坚强。

人生不止有一个瞬间觉得已经参悟生命的真谛。

在人生的一些阶段里，经历了或痛苦或起伏的人和事，暮然回首，似乎百年人生不外如是。

这感悟也许是出自一夜失眠，也许是一声再见，亦或者是午后阳光，总之那一刻，想通了。

不再去纠结四级，不去想没有通过的考试，吃着差不多的饭，睡着昨天的床，没有了惶恐和困惑，也没有了存在，日子就那么照班的过着吧，似乎不必去留恋，也没有理由惋惜，所以，死了吧。

如果你同我一样在自杀中走出来过，你就知道，自杀是为了解脱，是为了逃避。

痛苦也是我想要的，只要我尚能承受。

人生可能有一些无聊又狗血的桥段被你预见，但是只要你坚持前行，总会有更多的未知。

也许不是每个人活着都非要有意义，但是，活着没有意义的人，死亡就更加的没有意义。

任何形式的生活终点都是死亡，如果你非要纠结一件事情的意义的话，就拿它和死亡比较一下吧，什么是你死后对于你依然重要的。

这个问题我思考了很久，可能对我来说幸福就是在不别人理解的角落里做着白日梦。

我已经不需要意义了，人生对我来说不再是一场和人比较的竞赛，只不过是一场电影，像happiness一样的电影。

我不知道剧本，每天自己编制台词，不断修饰着剧情，我不是导演不是编剧不是演员，我只是硕大背景下的一个像素，没有人告诉我下一帧我会去哪里或许那根本就不总要，但是对我来说这就是全部，当大家盯着威尔史密斯追那个拿了他机器的嬉皮士的时候，我就是坐地铁的人；当威尔史密斯穿着粉刷工的衣服面试时，我正在会议室外面倒咖啡。

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness,当看到这个名字的时候,我就想到了这个故事一定是个幸福的结局,能一眼看穿的剧情也许本身就不怎么精彩。

但对于处于学习的彷徨期，进退都不知道方向的我来说,此刻却给了无尽的激励.该片的原型是来自于03年的一档节目中Chris Gardenr的真实故事,影片讲述了克里斯如何面对令人难以置信的困难,如何克服事业失败,妻子弃他而去、无家可归的困境,并最终获得成功的人生故事,这不仅仅是一个从贫穷走向富有的故事,也是把他的经历看成一种实现自己梦想的成功案例.以激励这一代身处安逸而在梦想边缘徘徊的我们.虽然该片还有很多的瑕疵,但这些都并不影响人们对它的正面评价,就chris而言,他是一个敢于面对现实,勇于承担家庭责任的好丈夫.是一个时刻保护着自己的孩子并努力为之创造幸福和快乐的好父亲.一个面对逆境从不气馁,为幸福而努力奋斗的好男人.就此情节来说,这是一个令人感动的父亲与儿子之间故事,也是一种在逆境中所展现出来的伟大与勤奋的缩影,在看完此片后,我就问了自己一个非常自然的问题:我也能做到那样吗?我也能像ch ris那样去经受和面对那么多的苦难与不幸吗?我想起了多吉平措的名言：面对艰难困苦，懦弱者被磨去棱角；勇敢者将意志品质磨砺得更为坚强。

在现实面前，或许他就是那位勇敢者，而我却成了懦弱者。

克里斯的成功不仅仅是他的勤奋和阔达的胸怀，更重要的是他能认清整个事件的本质，不轻意做决定，一旦做了决定就一定会努力，不轻言放弃，哪怕前面的路再艰险，都得从容面对，对克里斯的成功，我作出的概括如下:能明确自己的人生目标,没有目标的人生，就像断了线的风筝，找不着重心。

目标是对于期望成就事业的真正决心。

如何去建立目标，不能凭空遐想，那样有些不切实际，也不能过于沉寂过去固有的人生定位，适时对自己的人生做出重新在规划，要立足于生活基本点，因环境而不断的改变，才能真正的走向成功，克里斯最初的梦想是通过推销所谓的“时间机器”来达到自己的人生目标，但最终他发现这是一个错误，这种不能适应当代社会的产品销售不仅不能改变自己目前的困境，反而是一步步的把自己推向失败的深渊，只有换一种方式，才可能是他唯一改变目前这种穷困潦倒生活的唯一办法，通过对经纪人的了解，结合自己的实际情况，他最终确定了自己的职业目标-----股票经纪人，在他看来，他具有成为经纪人的两大要素：数学和人际关系，数学方面，他能以最快的速度拼出魔方；而人际关系方面他虽然目前并不具有，但他相信可以通过较好的沟通力建立起不错的人际关系。