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Today, there are two approaches to how Americans perceive themselves. (46)"You can consider yourself valuable no matter what
Today, there are two approaches to how Americans perceive themselves. (46)"You can consider yourself valuable no matter what
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2010-05-05
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问题
Today, there are two approaches to how Americans perceive themselves.
(46)
"You can consider yourself valuable no matter what people think of you, but that’s very difficult because we are social creatures and Care what others think of us—so we improve our outward appearance because that’s really all we have.
We get our own self-image from the way in which other people view us."
Americans now have a different idea of happiness than did their 18th-century predecessors, says Nancy Pearcey, author of "Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity".
(47)
"When the Founders talked about ’the pursuit of happiness’, they were using that term in the classical definition, in which it was thought to be the result of virtue.
Happiness was something attained late in life, if at all, because it takes an entire lifetime to develop virtuous character," Mrs. Pearcey says. The Founders believed "that we may not be virtuous by nature, but by practice, virtue can become ’second nature’ to us."
Today, she says, our definitions of happiness are based on products, career and being liked by peers. (48)
"As a result, the focus of our lives tends to be on acquiring these external things instead of on becoming fuller, wiser human beings."
Yet the shift from a morality-focused society to an appearance-focused society already was under way when America was founded. Thomas Jefferson, says Mr. Ellis, was interested in improving himself by bringing out his inherent goodness—a notion that came out of the Enlightenment.
"It’s like the Army’s saying, ’Be all that you can be’, " said Mr. Ellis." It presumes that there is this natural well of goodness inside you that just needs to come out and express itself."
Despite the underlying differences, says Mr. Ellis, the end result of self-improvement is ultimately the same. (49)
Americans like self-improvement, whether physical or spiritual, because it makes them look better in the eyes of their peers or history.
The goal for the Founders was "posterity’s judgment, that history will remember you," Mr. Ellis says, but for today’s citizen, the goal is more immediate recognition by peers.
(50)
The Founders focused on character and reputation, he says, because they knew that is what would have an effect in achieving practical rewards.
"Take Franklin: He enters Philadelphia as a kid and 10 years later he’s the leading citizen," Mr. Ellis says. "You do good in order to better yourself, and the world will recognize that better self and reward it."
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答案
美国人喜欢身体和心灵上的自我改进,因为这使得他们在同类或历史的眼中看上去更好。
解析
本句为由because连接的一个复合句。because引导的原因状语从句补充说明前句"美国人喜欢自我改进"的原因;whether...or...结构为表示选择关系的插入语,用于补充说明self-improvement,表明两者都这样。self-improvement"自我改进";peers"同类"。
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