Happiness
What makes a person happy? If people want to be happy, should they seek money and professional success? Many experts are trying to find out the obstacles to happiness and the ways to overcome them. The strategies they have offered are simple yet effective: to be true to oneself, avoid comparison with others financially, and welcome laws and rules that increase the general happiness of the population.
One of the chief obstacles to happiness is being untrue to one’s real desire. Researchers have found that people who follow their authentic desires generally report being happier than those who do not. At its core, authenticity implies discovering and pursuing what people care about most. Take Linda’s choice of career as an example. She found herself caught in the middle between her own dream of being a navigator and following her parents’ advice of becoming a teacher. Her compromise to family expectations and social traditions has caused her lifelong regret. Therefore, people need to be true to themselves to increase the sense of personal happiness.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Finally, people often benefit from some laws and social rules, which may even cost money like paying taxes. People need to realize that some taxes can make the public happier, because they improve the overall quality of life. In one study of cigarette taxes, researchers conclude that “taxes may affect the happiness of former smokers (by making it easier to never start smoking).” This example demonstrates how social rules can lead to the general happiness of its population, even through the apparently negative practice of increased taxation. Taxes also contribute to the funds available for other social purposes. This further proves the need for taxation.
There are merely three ways that scholars of happiness studies have recommended to help enhance personal happiness. People should seek to live as their authentic selves in their personal and professional lives. They should avoid social comparison and live within their means. Furthermore, they should welcome any practice that increases the general happiness of the population.【正确答案】：
           FURTHERMORE, AVOIDING COMPARISON WITH OTHERS CAN ADD THE SENSE OF HAPPINESS IN PERSONAL LIFE. SINCE WE LIVE IN FAMILIES, STUDY IN SCHOOLS AND THEN WORK IN SOCIETY AFTER GRADUATION, WE CANNOT AVOID SUCH A CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCE AS A HUMAN BEING. REMARKS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS OR EVEN SLANDERS ARE VERY COMMON WHICH WE HAVE TO FACE. LOTS OF PAIN AND SORROW ARE CREATED BY THESE IDLE ISSUES AND UNREASONABLE EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ESPECIALLY, WHEN SUCH DISTURBING IS FROM OUR RELATIVES OR CLOSE FRIENDS, THE CONSEQUENT PAIN WILL BE IRRITATING. MORE PROFOUNDLY, OUR FIRM DETERMINATION AND PRECISE PLANS MAY BE INFLUENCED BY THESE MEANINGLESS DISTURBING. THEREFORE, IF WE WANT TO GAIN HAPPINESS, INNER PEACE AND RESISTANCE TO DISTURBING ARE NECESSARY. THE MOST SUFFICIENT WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL IS TO AVOID MEANINGLESS SOCIAL COMPARISON AND BE FIRM ON YOUR OWN WAY. 
【题目解析】：根据文章第一段，列出全文提纲：I What makes a person happy?A. To be true to oneselfB. Avoid comparison with others financiallyC. Welcome laws and rules that increase the general happiness of the populationII People need to be true to themselves to increase the sense of personal happiness.III Avoiding comparison with others can add the sense of happiness in personal life.IV People often benefit from some laws and social rules.V Three ways that scholars of happiness studies have recommended to help enhance personal happiness范文：第三段 （由第一段及最后一段总结可知，第三段缺失的论点应该是讨论减少与他人的比较，坚定自己的道路可以提升幸福感。围绕此展开论述即可）。 Furthermore, avoiding comparison with others can add the sense of happiness in personal life. Since we live in families, study in schools and then work in society after graduation, we cannot avoid such a certain circumstance as a human being. Remarks, comments, suggestions or even slanders are very common which we have to face. Lots of pain and sorrow are created by these idle issues and unreasonable emotions associated with it. Especially, when such disturbing is from our relatives or close friends, the consequent pain will be irritating. More profoundly, our firm determination and precise plans may be influenced by these meaningless disturbing. Therefore, if we want to gain happiness, inner peace and resistance to disturbing are necessary. The most sufficient way to achieve this goal is to avoid meaningless social comparison and be firm on your own way.除此之外，避免与他人的攀比可以增加个人生活中的幸福感。作为人类社会中的一员，我们在家庭中生活，在学校里学习，毕业后在社会中工作，我们没办法逃避一种特定的环境。日常生活中我们常常要面对评论、建议甚至是谣言。这些闲散的事件给我们制造了许多痛苦和悲伤，随之而来的不理性的情绪更会加重这些感受。当这种打扰来自于亲人或是密友的时候，造成的困扰将尤为扰乱人心。更为严重的是，我们坚定的信念和周密的计划也会被这些无意义的打扰搅乱。因此，如果我们想要获得幸福，内心的宁静和对干扰的抵抗尤为重要。达到这一标准最有效的方式就是避免社会上无意义的攀比，坚定地走在自己的路上。