The Secret of True Happiness [B]
Guidance for Reciting
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money；it lies in the joy of achievement，in the thrill of creative effort.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to. It liberates time：now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money：buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy：we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
The moment we understand that fun does not bring happiness，we begin to lead our lives differently. The effect can be，quite literally，life-transforming.
Notes
1.liberate [5libEreit] vt. 使自由，释放，解放
2.genuinely [5dVenjuinli] ad. 真诚地，由衷地
3.glamorous [5glAmErEs] a. 富有魅力的，迷人的
幸福的真谛（二）
诵读导言
幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。
了解并接受真正幸福与娱乐是毫不相干的两回事，能使我们最大限度地获得自由。在时间上自由了：现在我们可以集中更多时间从事那些能增进我们真正幸福的活动中去。在金钱上自由了：购买那种新车或那些流行新款时装如不能增加幸福则对我们毫无意义。同时也使我们从妒忌的心态中解放出来：现在知道我们曾经如此确信为幸福的那些富豪权贵们，由于他们拥有的娱乐享受太多，实际上也许根本没有幸福。
一旦知道欢乐并不带来幸福，我们就会开始用不同的态度来生活。其实际效果将会是人生的一种真正转折点。
口语点津
in the possession of 掌握在…手里（为…所占有）
让我们来看一些in the…of…的短语：in the face of，面对；in the charge of 负责；in the sense of 从…意义上说；in the wake of 紧紧跟随，随着…而来，作为…的结果；in the case of 万一（就…来说，至于）；in the context of 鉴于。
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