TED演讲-追求权力？还是追求幸福？

在TED演讲节目中，演讲者清晰的口语表达及其内容的写作手法都是值得我们学习借鉴的。在本期的TED演讲中，演讲者将阐述权力与幸福的舍取问题。下面请结合视频内容，开始口语学习吧！

原文及翻译

looking at the whole of human history, I can summarize it very briefly: that as a species we are incredibly successful in gaining power; we are not very good in translating power into happiness. We are far more powerful than we were in the Stone Age, we don't seem to be significantly happier than we were, and this is a huge, huge problem. 

纵观整个人类历史，我可以非常简短地总结一下：作为一个物种，我们在获得权力方面非常成功；但我们在将权力转化为幸福方面并不擅长。我们比石器时代强大得多，但我们似乎并没有比以前幸福得多，这是一个非常大的问题。

And also, it's one of the reasons why I think we should, as far as possible, focus less on power and more on happiness in our understanding, and of human relations also in the present and future, because we don't need more power; we have enough of it already. That's not where our problem lies, I said. Part of me thinks that a little bit of unhappiness is necessary for continued progress, but I suppose we could question what really counts as progress. 

而且，这也是我认为我们应该尽可能少关注权力，多关注幸福的原因之一，无论是在我们理解中，还是在现在和未来的人际关系中，因为我们不需要更多的权力；我们已经拥有足够的权力了。我说，这不是我们的问题所在。我的一部分认为，一点点不快乐对于持续的进步是必要的，但我想我们可以质疑什么才是真正的进步。

And as far as having a little bit of unhappiness, we have enough; don't worry, it's not going to run out anytime soon. We don't need to engineer misery; it's built in.

至于有一点点不快乐，我们已经足够了；别担心，它不会很快耗尽。我们不需要制造痛苦；它是内在的。

以上就是本期TED演讲的分享，别因为对权力、进步的追求而放弃幸福感、获得感。希望本期栏目对您的口语、写作水平都有帮助，您也可以访问网站主页，获取最新的英语学习资料，全方位提升英语水平。