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Recently, CCTV journalists have approached pedestrians with their cameras, held a microphone to their mouth and asked a simple question: “Are you happy?” 近日，中央电视台记者将镜头和麦克风对准了路上的行人，采访的问题很简单：“你幸福吗？” The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, responded by saying: “I don’t know”. 这个问题令许多被访者措手不及。甚至就连刚刚获得诺贝尔奖的莫言也回应说：“我不知道。” While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions, we ask: What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure it? 这一问题已经成为热门语句并引发网络热议。我们不禁要问：“到底什么是幸福？你又怎样衡量幸福呢?” In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. Last year, 235 years on, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation: “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress, officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12th five-year plan. 在1776年美国发布的《独立宣言》中，托马斯•杰弗逊写下，人们拥有不可剥夺的“生存权、自由权以及追求幸福的权利”。235年过去了，去年，国家总理温家宝在发表全国讲话时称：“我们做的每件事都是为了让人民过得更幸福。”在去年举行的全国人民代表大会上，各级官员一致同意将增加国民幸福感定为我国“十二五”规划的首要目标。 | 
