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What price happiness?
用什么給幸福標價呢？
You don't need millions to be happy.
幸福不需要很多錢。
At The Happiness Institute in Australia, a couple of hundred dollars may do the trick.
在澳大利亞“幸福學院”，花幾百美元可能就能得到幸福。
Since the institute opened its doors this year, men and women of all ages have been paying A$200 an hour (US$140) for lessons in how to feel great.
自從今年學院開業以來，男女老少每小時花200澳元（相當于140美元）可以學習《如何感覺很棒》課程。
Businesses are spending as much as A$6,000 on half-day happiness workshops for their staff.
一些企業花費6000澳元讓自己的員工來這里參加半天的幸福講習班。
"You can actually increase your happiness levels. That's what we teach," said Timothy Sharp, founder of institute, which also offers group sessions from A$30 a head.
“實際上你能讓自己更快樂些，那是我們想要傳授的，”學院創始人蒂莫西·夏普說。該學院還開設了每人30澳元的團體課程。
"We take people from zero and try to put a positive in their happiness bank account.
夏普說：“我們把剛加入課程的人的‘幸福帳戶’設為零，并努力使它增加為正數。
You don't have to settle just for OKness. It's no more OK than having a zero bank balance.
你不必結算賬戶，沒什么比賬戶為零更少的了。
You can have a lot more." Sharp said.
你可以有更多的幸福。”
Experts say only about 15 percent of happiness comes from income, assets and other financial factors.
專家說只有15%的幸福感來自收入，資產和其他經濟因素。
As much as 90 percent comes from elements such as attitude, life control and relationships.
多達90%的幸福感決定于個人的態度，生活節制以及人際關系。
"If you're not a natural in any of these areas you can learn to get a lot better at them." Sharp said.
夏普說：“如果你在這些因素上沒有做好，你可以改善，從而收獲更多幸福感。”
詞匯講解：
do the trick 獲得成功
相關短語：
do the trick 解決問題
do the trick for 對……有用
do the trick for somebody 或許對某人有用
eg. If your friends are too busy to meet for lunch, a short phone call can do the trick.要是你的朋友太忙而無法一起吃午飯，一個簡短的電話也能起到很好的效果。
eg. If you have yet to take that advice to heart, maybe knowing that they prevent wrinkles will do the trick.如果你沒有認真聽取這種意見，也許會覺得什么防止皺紋等說法只是一個惡作劇。
