(1)There's more to life than being happy

https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_esfahani_smith_there_s_more_to_life_than_being_happy

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I used to think the whole purpose of life was pursuing happiness. Everyone said the path to happiness was success,so I searched for that ideal job,that perfect boyfriend,that beautiful apartment. But instead of ever feeling fulfilled[f?l?f?ld],I felt anxious and adrift[??dr?ft]. And I wasn‘t alone[??lo?n]; my friends -- they struggled with this,too.

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Eventually[??v?nt?u?li],I decided to go to graduate school for positive psychology to learn what truly makes people happy. But what I discovered there changed my life. The data[?det?,?d?t?,?dɑt?] showed that chasing happiness can make people unhappy. And what really struck me was this: the suicide rate has been rising around the world,and it recently reached a 30-year high in America. Even though life is getting objectively better by nearly every conceivable standard,more people feel hopeless,depressed and alone. There‘s an emptiness gnawing[?n?:??](使)苦恼 away at people,and you don‘t have to be clinically depressed to feel it有一種空虛感在侵蝕人們，?並不需被臨床詳喑鼍趩

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