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Do you know how to be happy? Here are six ways for you to find more pleasure in your life.
Play that song you love so much. As a preschooler can tell you, repetition can lead to pleasure.
When you experience something more than once, you notice more details about it each time, and it
increases your enjoyment. That's why you love revisi ting that jazz club, favourite restaurant, and
beloved old Woody Allen movie. Of course, you can overdo it.
Don't buy boxed sets of DVDs. Economist(经济学家) Tyler says that much of the joy we get
from our buying lies in the experience of finding them out, getting them home, and opening them up.
If you receive 18 DVDs in one package, you'll use up the excitement all at once. Buy things one a time
and space out the pleasure.
Look outside. People long ago spent almost all of their time outside with trees, water, and sky
around. The world in which most of us spend our time nowadays is unnatural and can harm the spirit.
Even being close to nature for a short time can make us happy. ________. Physical contact with
animals works wonders. You can pet an animal. It increases the brain chemicals connected with
pleasure and decreases those connected with stress(压力). Even people without pets can get some
of the effect by hanging out for a few minutes at a dog shelter.
Smile. Well, like it or not, smiling improves your mood. Here's why: people react better to you
when you look happy, which in turn leads you to be happy. What's more, looking happy fools your
brain into thinking that you are happy.
1. According to the writer, buying things one at a time can ____________.
A. helps us save some money.
B. spare time for other activities
C. increase our experience of happiness
D. give us more time to consider buying things.
2. What's the best title for Paragraph 5 ?
A. Exercise the brain
B. Pet an animal
C. Reduce work stress
D. Hang out more often
3.Which of the following is right?
A. Smiles fools others' mood.
B. Repetition results in pleasure.
C. Animals adds to your stress.
D. Spending time outside harms your spirit.
4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?
A. The effect of pleasure on life.
B. The writer's own experience.
C. Another way to find pleasure.
D. Reasons for finding more pleasure.
