評論
打印
And then, when someone says "well I'm optimistic; I think the world is a good place", that person — what? Are you out of your mind?
如果有人說，"我是樂觀主義者，我覺得世界很美好"什么？你腦子不正常了嗎
You are detached Pollyanna. Just look at all the terrible things in the world.
你不切實(shí)際，你盲目樂觀。你看看這世界發(fā)生的可怕事情
How can you be in such a world — how can you be optimistic? How can you be positive?
在這樣一個(gè)世界里，你怎么樂觀，你怎么積極
How can you talk about joy and happiness? And positive psychology in a world like this? You must be Pollyannish.
快樂幸福從哪談起？在這樣的一個(gè)世界里談幸福心理學(xué)。你太盲目樂觀了
You know, in many ways, the message of Thomas Hobbes is correct: you know, life is short, brutish, nasty and poor.
很大程度上來說托馬斯·霍布斯的話說得沒錯(cuò)，人生短暫，殘酷，可悲
And that seems much more likely to be true than an optimistic sense of life.
在現(xiàn)代世界，這種悲觀情緒比樂觀情緒更切合實(shí)際
Let's look at some of the headlines. I got these just a couple of weeks ago as I was preparing for this particular lecture.
我們來看看幾個(gè)新聞?lì)^條。這是我?guī)字芮盀楸竟?jié)課備課時(shí)找來的新聞?lì)^條
So Venezuela. A missing jet. Flight delays.
委內(nèi)瑞拉，飛機(jī)失蹤，航班延誤
Ok, this is the elections. Fresh violence in Kosovo. So a new state is created, and there is violence. You know, this is the focus.
選舉，科索沃再次發(fā)生暴動(dòng)。新國家誕生，發(fā)生暴力事件。我們關(guān)注的卻是暴力
Hundreds of home damaged by quake. And so on. Turkey launches incursion into Iraq. Blood dual for Oscar.OK,
地震毀了幾百個(gè)家園。土耳其入侵伊拉克。（《血色將至》《老無所依》）兩部電影競逐奧斯卡
that's a good one I guess. Yeah. Tori Spelling dishes... OK, let's move on.
這算是好消息。托瑞·斯培林……繼續(xù)。
