The Hidden Side of Happiness
1. 激流漂流：an recreational activity using an inflatable (可充气的） raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water.
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hurricane: a storm that has very strong fast winds and that moves over water 飓风
e.g. In America, Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans from a stable, wealthy and vibrant city into a wasteland in a few days.
typhoon 台风
monsoon 季风 与季风相伴的雨季
trade wind 信风
vicious:
violent and cruel in a way that hurts someone physically
e.g. a vicious murder/killer/cycle
• A tiger wearing a monk's beads/a vicious person pretending to be benevolent subject翻译成中文老虎戴素珠——假充善人
very unkind in a way that is intended to hurt someone's
feelings or make their character em bad,
e.g. She was shocked by the vicious tone in his voice.
similar words: malicious, evil, violent, savage, cruel,
ferocious, fierce
Their refrain might go sth. like this:
refrain: n. a remark or idea that is often repeated 重复
e.g.
如何处理人际关系（1）Their proposal met with constant refrain that it was impractical.
（2）I made a terrific effort to refrain from tears.
大学英语四级改革refrain: v. to hold onelf back; forbear
e.g. refrain your tongue from backbiting. 不要在背后中伤人家
2 tribulation: a rious trouble or a rious problem
苦难，困苦，考验
• kids reactRejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president)
从希望中得到欢乐，在苦难中保持坚韧。(美国总统肯尼迪)
• Even at this point in our awful tribulation under the German scourge we were quite friendly. 此刻，即便是处在德军蹂躏的极端痛苦中，我们仍然是十分友好的。
tribulation: a rious trouble or a rious problem
同义词：trial, visitation
• The famine was a visitation of God for their sins. 那次灾荒算是上帝对他们罪孽的惩罚。
• …this visitation/ is but to whet thy almost blunted purpo
我现在是来磨砺你的快要蹉跎下去的决心
• Oh, if it had been His will to take the grey head to rest before this awful visitation on my hou and name! 啊！要是在那个恶运降临我的门楣之前，上帝就让我这白发苍苍的老人与世长辞，那该多好！
perhaps becau they testify to a bona fide type of psychological truth…
bona fide: adj. made or carried out in good faith; sincere
e.g. There are few bona fide readers but many dippers. 真诚精读的人很少，但粗读者却很多。
e.g. a bona fide Rembrandt（伦勃朗）
bona fide: adj. authentic; genuine
built-in: adj. existing as an esntial constituent or characteristic是…的组成部分的；嵌入式的；内置的; 内在的
ceva同义词： [a.] constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral
There ems to be a built-in human capacity to flourish under the most difficult circumstances.
flourish: develop well and be successful
alpha hydroxy acide.g. The economy is booming and small business are flourishing.
thrive
e.g. Children thrive when given plenty of love and attention.
See：develop, bloom, grow, prosper
Positive respons to profoundly disturbing experiences are not limited to the toughest or the bravest.
A. Positive respons only happen to the toughest and the bravest people.
B. Anyone could obtain positive outcomes from difficult experiences.
C. Only the toughest and the bravest people will undergo disturbing circumstances.
D. The toughest and the bravest people are more likely to encounter profoundly disturbing experiences.
adversity: a situation in which you have a lot of problems that em to be caud by bad luck
n. 逆境；厄运；窘境；灾祸；灾难；不幸的事
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not with out comforts and hopes. -- Bacon
幸运中并非不搀杂各种担心与烦恼，而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。－－培根
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
感恩节快乐英文怎么说学问在得意时是装饰品，失意时是庇护所，年老时是供应品。
3. This fledgling field has already proved the truth of what once pasd as bromide:……
fledgling:
n. 1.（刚会飞的）幼鸟
…when fledglings are almost ready to leave the nests.
2. 初出茅庐的人，无经验的组织，新体系
He is a fledgling writer. stinging
By January, three other "nodes" joined the fledgling network.
bromide ['brəumaid]
any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly ud as a dative but now generally replaced by safer drugs 溴化物
a trite or obvious remark 陈词滥调
[同my holiday英语作文] commonplace, banality, bromide, platitude, cliche
In the wake of even the most terrifying experiences, only a small proportion of adults become chronically troubled.
in the wake of: following or as a result of sth 紧跟、效仿
e.g. In the wake of the crisis, the US was now burdened with soaring borrowing, high unemployment, and collapsing hou prices.
