历年六级阅读理解逐句翻译：2007年6月（2）
<p> 二、</p><p> <span word="You">You</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="refrain">refrain</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="looks">looks</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="statistically">statistically</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="good">good</span>.</p><p> 你一直重复听到：美国的经济从数据上看很不错，但实际上并不觉得很好。</p><p> <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="doesnt">doesnt</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>-<span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span> <span word="promote">promote</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>-<span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span>?</p><p> 为什么不断增加的财富却没有促进不断提高的幸福程度呢?</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="appearance">appearance</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1958 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Affluent">Affluent</span> <span word="Societyby">Societyby</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Kenneth">Kenneth</span> <span word="Galbraith">Galbraith</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="at">at</span> 97.</p><p> 这个问题最早要追溯到1958年《富足社会》一书的出现，其作者<span word="John">John</span> <span word="Kenneth">Kenneth</span> <span word="Galbraith">Galbraith</span>最近去世了，享年97岁。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Affluent">Affluent</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="classic">classic</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="define">define</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="moment">moment</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="condition">condition</span>.</p><p> 《富足社会》是一本现代名著，因为书中定义了人类境况的一个新时期。</p><p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="hunger">hunger</span>, <span word="sickness">sickness</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="threatened">threatened</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span>, <span word="Galbraith">Galbraith</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span>.</p><p> 在历史上的大多数时期，饥寒交迫和疾病几乎威胁了每一个人。<span word="Galbraith">Galbraith</span>写道：</p><p> <span word="Poverty">Poverty</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="everywhere">everywhere</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Obviously">Obviously</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ours">ours</span>.</p><p> 贫穷出现在那个世界的任何角落。但这显然与我们无关</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="II">II</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dread">dread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="Great">Great</span> <span word="Depression">Depression</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="boom">boom</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1930<span word="s">s</span> <span word="unemployment">unemployment</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="averaged">averaged</span> 18.2 <span word="percent">percent</span>; <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1950<span word="s">s</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> 4.5 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p>
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