雅思口語考試中對于社況類話題的討論，始終是令廣大烤鴨們頭禿的難題。其實(shí)社況類問題不存在一個標(biāo)準(zhǔn)型答案，而是通過對社會現(xiàn)象的探究而逐漸摸索其規(guī)律性。今天我們通過了解國民幸福指數(shù)，來學(xué)習(xí)一下可用于社況類話題的表達(dá)哦。
幸福如何衡量可能無法給出一個準(zhǔn)確答案，但是追求幸福是每個人的權(quán)利，正如美國1776年頒布的《獨(dú)立宣言》（The Declaration of Independence）中最著名的一句話：
”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are createdequal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
我們認(rèn)為下述真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物主賦予他們?nèi)舾刹豢蓜儕Z的權(quán)利，其中包括生存權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福的權(quán)利。
self-evident
adj. 不證自明的；不言而喻的
①我們既可以用在句末，表明某種行為、事件是明擺著的，如：
The influence of climate on crops are self-evident. 氣候?qū)r(nóng)作物的影響是不證自明的。
②也可以放在句首，用于強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，如：
It is self-evident that we will never have enough resources to meet the demand.
不言而喻，我們將永遠(yuǎn)不會有足夠的資源來滿足需求。
endow
v. 賦予；捐贈；天生具有（常與with連用）
①Nature has endowed her with great musical ability.
上天賦予她極大的音樂才能。
②She is endowed with great musical ability.
她具有很高的音樂天賦。
Do a country's inhabitants get happier asit gets richer?
一個國家變得更加富有了，他的國民就會越幸福嗎？
Most governments seem to believe so, giventheir relentless focus on increasing GDP year by year.
大多數(shù)政府似乎都是這么認(rèn)為的，因?yàn)樗麄円恢敝铝τ谥鹉晏岣逩DP。
relentless
adj. 不減弱的，持續(xù)的，殘酷的，不留情的，
The traffic noise is relentless.
交通車輛的噪音一刻也不停止。
Reliable, long-term evidence linking wealthand happiness is, however, lacking.And measuring well-being isitself fraught with problems,since it often relies on surveys that askparticipants to assess their own levels of happiness subjectively.
但卻缺乏將財(cái)富和幸福聯(lián)系起來的可靠且長期的證據(jù)。衡量福祉本身就充滿了問題，因?yàn)檫@種衡量依賴于調(diào)查，這些調(diào)查要求參與者主觀評估自己的幸福水平。
well-being
n. 康樂,安康;福利,幸福
Work also provides psychological well-being.
工作還能使人身心健康。
assess
vt. 評定；估價；對…征稅
We tried to assess his suitability for the job.
我們想評估一下他是否適合這項(xiàng)工作。
subjectively
adv. 主觀地
Loneliness is defined purely subjectively.
孤獨(dú)是完全從主觀上定義的。
Daniel Sgroi of the University of Warwickand Eugenio Proto of the University of Glasgow, both in Britain, think, nevertheless, thatthey have an answer.
但英國華威大學(xué)的丹尼爾·斯格羅以及格拉斯哥大學(xué)的尤金尼奧·普羅托認(rèn)為他們找到了答案。
By examining millions of books andnewspaper articles published since 1820 in four countries (America, Britain,Germany and Italy),they have developed what they hope is an objective measureof each place's historical happiness.
他們研究了四個國家（美國、英國、德國和意大利）自1820年以來出版的書籍和報紙文章，他們開發(fā)出了一種客觀的方法來衡量每個地方的歷史幸福感。
examine
vt. 仔細(xì)檢查，考試, 對…進(jìn)行考核，審查, 審問
She examines the interplay between changing gender divisions and urban change.
她研究性別差異的變化和城市變化之間的相互影響。
And their answer is that wealth does bring happiness,but some other things bring more of it.
他們的答案是，財(cái)富確實(shí)能帶來幸福，但其他一些東西能帶來更多的幸福。
以上表達(dá)在近期社況類話題中也可使用哦！例如：
Do you think that old people should be taken care of at home?
Do parents help children because they need their children to help them when they are old?
Do you think parents should limit the time that their children spend on the phone?
參考范例：
Do you think that old people should be taken care of at home?
Personally,I think it’s self-evident that the old should be taken care of in places with people who have sufficient knowledge on medical care for them, because the old people need to be examined from time to time in order to get instant treatments if there’s something wrong, so if there is someone in the family that can do this, then it’s safe to let the old be taken care of at home, otherwise, it would be better to stay in specific sanitarium.
