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As is shown in the drawing above, a beautiful young lady is flying a kite. We are informed that "Happiness looks extremely far away, yet in fact it is just in your hands and it depends on whether you can grasp it." The caption says, "What is happiness?"

Different people may define happiness differently. Recent studies have shown that there are two main types of happiness. There is happiness in terms of instant gratification, such as eating a piece of cake, which gives us a temporary rush of pleasure but has no real permanent meaning in our lives. The other kind of happiness is what we get from doing something meaningful such as helping others. Ideally we should have both types in our lives, but it is important to view happiness as a by-product rather than as an end product.

Happiness is never far away from our lives but true happiness is more often found in giving rather than in receiving.

如上图所示，一位漂亮的女士正在放风筝。我们得知，幸福看似很遥远，但其实早就在你手中，就看你是否能把握。说明文字显示："幸福是什么?"

不同的人对幸福的定义可能各不相同。最近的研究表明，主要有两种幸福。一种是即刻的满足，比如吃一块蛋糕。这种幸福能给我们片刻的快乐，但这种快乐在我们生活中的意义并不真正持久。另一种幸福可以通过做一些有意义的事情--比如帮助他人--来获取。理想状况下，在我们的生活中这两种幸福应该兼而有之。不过，重要的是要把幸福看做副产品，而不是终极目标。

幸福从来不曾远离我们的生活，但是通过"给予"才能更经常找到真正的幸福，而不是通过"接受"。

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考研写作图画作文的首段一般包括细节描述和说明文字翻译，有时还可以加一句总体描述。

kite 风筝

happiness 幸福

far away 遥远

depend on 取决于

grasp 把握

define 下定义

instant 立即的

gratification 满足，喜悦感

temporary 暂时的

rush 一阵感觉

permanent 长久的

meaningful 有意义的

ideally 理想地

by-product 副产品，额外收获

end product 最终产品

giving 给予

receiving 接受

1　A lonely heart tends to regard genuine love from other people as the greatest happiness, and a man confined to a wheelchair will have no other wish than to walk like a normal person.

一个孤独的人往往把其他人给予的真爱视为最大的幸福，而一个坐着轮椅的人除了希望能像普通人一样走路之外别无他求。

2　An additional reason that makes it difficult for ordinary people to understand the true meaning of happiness lies in the subtle distinction between "taking" and "giving".

"索取"和"给予"之间的微妙区别是普通人很难理解幸福的真正含义的另一原因。

3　For some people, the thought of "taking" gives them a thrill, while many others insist that true happiness can only derive from generous "giving".

对有些人来讲，想到"索取"就会让他们兴奋;而很多其他人则认为真正的幸福只源于慷慨的"给予"。