篇一：英语
never give up 永不放弃
i believe i can do something to make the world a better place
go all out to do everything我相信我可以做一件让世界变得更美好 全力以赴，尽一切
IF you don`t ever take chances, you won`t reachthe rainbows.（不抓住机会 怎能见彩虹）
If you don`t ever search, you`ll never be able to find.（不去寻找 怎能有发现）
IF you don`t attempt to get over your doubts and fears, you`ll never discover howwonderful it is to live without them. （不尝试打消疑问和恐惧 怎能知道无忧无虑地生活是多么的精彩．）
If you don`t go beyonddifficulty, you won`t grow any stronger.（不克服困难 怎能变得强大）
IF you don`t keep your dreams alive, you won`t have your dreams any longer. （不让梦想燃烧 怎能让梦想永存）
1.有志者，事竟成.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.春是挑战的欲望而不是安逸的生活。即使年过花甲,仍壮心不已.没有人痴长百岁,而伴随着的是我们抛却幻想,锤炼生活的经历。岁月让我们的皮肤起了皱纹,但缺乏激情会让我们的灵魂萎缩。焦虑、恐惧、缺乏自信则让心稽首，更让心灵的青春尘封
无论60岁还是16岁，我们每个人都有着天生的好奇心、孩子般刨根追底不厌其烦的渴求欲望、幻想游戏人生的生活方式。在你我心中有着心灵的默契：只要我们的心还能从人们的身上和大自然的怀抱中感受到美丽、希望、快乐、勇气和力量，那么我们依旧年轻无限。当幻想破灭，而你愤世嫉俗，对生活充满悲观情绪，那么你已经老了。即使在20岁的时候，只要你积极乐观的追求你心中的幻想，一直到永远，那么你在80岁的时候仍有一颗永保青春的心。
篇二：中英文演讲之差异
中西方人在思想文化上有着众多不谋而合的地方，然而差异的存在是勿容置疑的。
一、结构布局
一般说来，英文演讲的结构比中文的要清晰。英文演讲往往开宗明义地提出主题，并且提得简单明了，紧接着喜欢用一些具体事实加以论述。一些观点常常在讲故事般的形式中自然而然地被听众接受了。不用说一些普通演讲，即便是非常正式的政治性演讲也会摆出许多事实，援引许多例证。例如里根总统的就职演说在开始简单得体地表示要尽最大努力不负众望的决心后，就运用实例，他回顾到华盛顿年代，从十三州到现在的五十州，从四百万人口到现在的两亿几千万人口，伟大的发明创造还有登月探索等。他没有枯燥无味地高呼口号以示决心，而是缅怀过去，对比当今，让事实说话，有信心让美国继续繁荣。相比而言，中文演讲所用的事例没有英文演讲用的多，而且主题的位置不像英文的那么固定。中文演讲的主题常会有许多修饰语和大篇想要振奋人心的宣传性的话。在英美人看来，把事实摆得早一点可以很快吸引听众，如果一开始就是一大堆的口号，听众的胃口还没开就够了。在论述过程中，英文讲稿往往论点简单，重视“让事实说话”。在结尾，英文讲稿常是对全篇的简要概括，重申主题，这时候的重申有着深化的作用，并且提出希望或留下令人深思的问题。中文讲稿的结尾有与英文相同之处，但可能有很多一连串的呼吁口号。以上结构布局上的主要差异与中西方人的思维方式、文字习惯的不同都有关系，我在此并不是说哪个好，哪个不好。
二、遣词造句
一篇中文讲稿常会有许多成语、引语。听众则常会为演讲者引经据典而深感他知识渊博，惊讶他词藻华丽。在英美人的眼里，他们并不赞赏多用成语、谚语等，因为他们一方面觉得这些用多了成了陈词滥调，毫无新意，另一方面演讲者为什么不能用自己的话摆事实讲道理而要鹦鹉学舌似的借别人的话说自己的理呢？在造句上英文演讲善用比喻、联想。例如马丁·路德·金在他著名的'演说中曾讲道：“当这个国家的创建者写下堂皇的宪法和独立宣言文句时，他们是在开一张期票，每个美国人都要继承。这张期票是不仅对白人而且包括黑人的所有人的承诺，所有人都有不可剥夺的生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。”他从宪法、宣言这样政治领域的东西联想到经济领域的期票，非常接近美国人民的生活。而且在听众的脑海里会立刻浮现出期票的影子，有了画面的动感。这样的生动形象的比喻即使在演讲过后还能给人以回味。再如他又说：“我有一个梦想，有一天在佐治亚州的红土小丘上，从前奴隶与地主的子孙们能够一起围坐在友爱的桌旁。”这时听众的脑海里不可能不出现一幅彩色的美好画面。多少天甚至多少年过去了，演讲的大部分内容都会被淡忘，尤其是口号之类忘得最快，唯独那些生动的画面包容着演讲的“灵魂”会永远留在人们的脑海里，达到持久的效果。
三、语气态度
中国一向崇尚谦虚的美德，所以有的演讲者往往自谦地说：“我没有什么口才”、“献丑了”之类的话，这在西方人看来觉得虚假多余：确实有演说能力为什么要讲没有口才？如果真是没有口才又何必再站出来献丑？所以价值道德观的不同，说话的语气态度也不一样。在中文演讲时常可以听到“我们应该”“我们一定要”“我们必须”之类的说法，这在英文中是越来越被冷落了。因为人们厌烦管教式的口吻，越是说“必须”“一定要”越会造成逆反心理。再者听众会怀疑演讲者没有真凭实据，只会空喊口号，缺乏可信度。所以在英文中即使是说服性的演讲都很少用“We should”“We must”??
在这里有一点中英文基本相同，因为它很重要，所以在此也顺便一提，即称呼亲切，说话方式得当，拉近与听众的距离。做为听众，他们是按照自己的知识、经历、经验、价值观、感情等来理解演讲者的。为了避免疏远感，演讲者多用“朋友们”、“我们大家”之类，与听众站在一条线上。演讲者在思想上接触听众、相容听众进而影响听众，使听众无形中接受了演讲者的观点。
四、表情动作
无论是中文还是英文，演讲时都很注意声音洪亮，把握轻重缓急、抑扬顿挫。表情随着所讲内容的变化而自然地变化。（对于用母语演讲的人来说很容易理解句子的感情色彩，而用外语演讲的人恐怕就较难深刻体会词句的感情色彩了。因而有的人用外语演讲时表情麻木甚至与内容不一致。如讲到悲痛的时候表情漠然，讲到幽默的地方表情迷惘。）演讲不仅仅是语言的表达，还可以借助于非语言的方式，像刚才所说的表情，还有动作，甚至用图表、音乐等灵活的方式。这样既帮助演讲人表达了思想，又让听众更容易接受。在这一方面英文演讲者可能用的多一些。当然这个方法不要滥用，否则会削弱主题，观众觉得像在看戏，忽视了演讲本身的内容。
研究中、英文演讲的不同之处，对我们不无益处，一是可以相互借鉴，二是当用外语演讲时应掌握外语演讲的特点，不至于非驴非马，贻笑大方。以上是我的一点初步分析和实践体会，很不深刻，希望有兴趣在此方面研究的人提出更好更深的见解。
幸福的定义英文作文 篇1
When I was small, my parents always told me that I must study hard, so that I would make a lot of money and could live a happy life. To my parents, they think happiness means the bright future and money. But now as I grow up, I keep thinking about what is happiness, my recognition about happiness is very different from my parents’.
在我还小的时候，我的父母总是告诉我要努力学习，这样才能挣很多钱，过上幸福的生活。对于我的父母来说，他们认为幸福意味着美好的未来和拥有钱。但是如今随着我长大，我一直在思索着什么是幸福，我对幸福的认识和父母的很不一样。
In my eye, the meaning of happiness is very simple, it could be the small things which makes me satisfied. When I make programs in my study, I make my goal come true, I am so proud of myself, it is a happy moment for me. When I stay with my family, I talk to them and they are willing to listen to my words, we communicate happily, I am so happy about it. Well, happiness is such easy for me to touch, because I am so easy to be satisfied.
在我的眼里，幸福的意义是很简单的，它可以是让我感到满足的很小事情。当我在学习上进步了，我让自己的目标实现了，为自己感到自豪，这对于我来说也是幸福的时刻。当我和家人在一起，和他们聊天，他们也在聆听我的话，我们愉快地交流着，我为此感到幸福。是的，幸福对于我来说是如此简单就可以触摸到，因为我很容易就感到满足。
If people tell me that they don’t feel happy, I would say that they want too many things and never satisfied with the things they have. The true happiness is to have less desire.
如果人们告诉我他们不幸福，我会说他们想要的东西太多了，从来不对自己拥有的东西感到满足。真正的幸福就是少点欲望。
幸福的定义英文作文 篇2
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。
US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, describes happiness as “a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”, according to US broadcasting network PBS. This may sound straightforward enough, but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness.
据美国PBS电视台报道，《快乐-解锁心灵财富的秘密》一书的作者、美国心理学家埃德迪纳将幸福描述为“对生活满足且正面情绪占上风”。尽管这听上去足够直白，但还是没有解释出是什么来决定人们的幸福感。
Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough cash to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing or finding the perfect spouse.
很多人认为，幸福难以捉摸，幸福源自许多方面。对于不同的人来说，幸福的意义也不同。对一些人而言，幸福很简单，有足够的钱来买辆新自行车就很幸福;对其他人而言，幸福则关乎于社交活动或是找寻最佳配偶。
Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types: daily experiences of hedonic well-being; and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole. The former refers to the quality of living, whereas the latter is about overall happiness, including life goals and achievements. Happiness can cross both dimensions.
研究人员认为，幸福可以分成两类：一是日常的'享乐主义幸福，二是可评估的幸福，即人们整体思考生活的方式。前者强调生活质量，而后者则注重整体幸福感，包括人生目标和成就。幸福则可以令二者产生交叉。
Li Jun, a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic, says: “Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’s a simple yet profound topic.”
来自北京一家诊所的心理精神理疗师李俊(音译)表示：“幸福的定义既可以是人类最基本的需求得到满足，也可以是精神追求的最高境界。这是一个虽简单，却意义深远的话题。”
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said his idea of happiness always evolves. “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,” he said. “It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate.”
21岁的陈尚远(音译)现就读于南京航空航天大学，他表示自己对于幸福的理解总是不断进化。他说：“眼下幸福与与我每日的学习效率有关。毕业后，也许会同职业安全感以及休闲时间有关。”
Then there is the question of measuring happiness. Does it depend on how many friends we have, or whether we own the latest smartphone? Is it even quantifiable?
接下来的问题是：如何衡量幸福?取决于我们身边朋友的多少?是否拥有最新款的智能手机?而幸福真的可以量化吗?
Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives. Since 1972, Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been replaced by a Gross National Happiness index. It is calculated according to the peoples’ sense of being well-governed, their relationship with the environment, their satisfaction with economic development, and their sense of national belonging.
经济学家们一直试图衡量人们生活的幸福感。从1972年开始，不丹放弃国内生产总值的测算，取而代之的是“国民幸福指数”。这一数值根据人们对政府以及经济发展的满意度、与环境的关系、以及国民归属感。
In 2009, US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”. But is well-being more easily measured?
2009年，美国经济学家约瑟夫·斯蒂格里兹提议“将测量的重点从经济生产转移到人均幸福感上来。”但是，幸福真会变得更易于测量吗?
幸福的定义英文作文 篇3
Happiness is a hard thing to define.
It can be a profit in the eyes of bosses or a fashion for fashion followers. It can be a mothers expectation of waiting for her children to return home, or a commitment between lovers. It can be the light of a scientists glory, or the joy of an explorers wading to his destination.
Happiness is different for everyone.
But what is happiness?
A sentence on the Internet said: "happiness is that cats eat fish, dogs eat meat, Altman beat little monsters." A lot of people are laughing.
But perhaps this is happiness, the happiness in the plain, the simplest pure happiness.
Under the pressure of busy official business, dark officialdom and heavy hope, too many people have been reduced to material slaves. Everything is clearly priced. People gradually forget the true meaning of happiness and devote themselves to the big society with the smell of cold copper.
As a comic book says: "later, even freedom began to be forgotten."
It is not hard to imagine how sad the author of that book was when he wrote this sentence.
Living in the square lights of the building, is this happiness?
Working nine to five every day just to save money to buy a house, is that happiness?
Is it happiness to be willing to sacrifice your weekend time and work constantly for your performance?
Is it happiness to lose simplicity, freedom and innocence?
The old poem says: "life is precious, love is more valuable. If it is freedom, both can be thrown away." Is that true happiness? If it is, then we can put aside all the heavy shackles that we are carrying. Because, in this poem, there is not a word about material.
Happiness does not exist in material, no matter how beautiful the flowers will wither, what really exists is the good mood when enjoying the flowers.
Seeing an article, the heroine said, "I prefer clover. Its very similar to me. Ive been happy, Ive expected, Ive even loved, but Ive never been happy. "
In fact, happiness is around. Its just that many people cant see it.
In fact, as long as live, love, freedom, is the simplest happiness.
This is also, the greatest happiness.
幸福是个很难定义的东西。
它可以是老板们眼中的利润，也可以是潮流追随者的时装。它可以是母亲等待儿女归家的期望，也可以是情侣之间的承诺。它可以是科学家获得荣耀时的光芒，也可以是探险者拔山涉水到达目的地时的欣慰。
幸福对每个人来说都不一样。
但幸福究竟是什么？
网络上的一句话说：“幸福就是，猫吃鱼，狗吃肉，奥特曼打小怪兽。”很多人都在笑。
但也许这就是幸福，平淡中的幸福，最简单纯真的幸福。
被繁忙的公务，官场上的黑暗，沉重的希望的压制下，太多的人已沦陷为物质的奴隶。一切都被明码标价。人们逐渐淡忘幸福的真谛，投身到散发着冰冷铜臭味的大社会里。
就像一本漫画里说的一样：“后来，连自由，都开始被人忘记了。”
不难想象，那本书的作者在写这句话的时候，是怀着何等悲伤难过的心情。
栖身于大厦里的方块灯光之中，这就是幸福么？
每天朝九晚五地工作只为存钱买房，这就是幸福么？
情愿牺牲双休日的时间也要为业绩不断地工作工作工作，这就是幸福么？
丧失了简单，丧失了自由，丧失了纯真，这还算是幸福么？
那首古老的诗说：“生命诚可贵，爱情价更高，若为自由故，两者皆可抛。”这是在说真正的幸福吗？如果是的话，那现在就可以丢开一切背负于身的厚重枷锁了。因为，这首诗里，一句关于物质的话都没有啊。
幸福不存在于物质上，再美的花朵也会枯萎，真正存在的，是赏花时的美好心情。
看到一篇文章里，女主人公说：“我更喜欢三叶草，它和我很像。我曾经欢乐过，期望过，甚至爱过，但终究没有幸福过。”
其实，幸福就在身边啊。只是很多人还看不到而已。
其实，只要活着，爱着，自由着，就是最简单的幸福。
这也是，最大的幸福了。
幸福的定义英文作文 篇4
Everyone has different definitions of happiness. Some people may think that having a happy family is happiness. Having friends, happiness and no worries are all happiness. So for me, what is happiness?
Happiness, as far as Im concerned, is a kind of happiness with food, clothing and parents. Every time I hear the older generation talk about their childhood, their expressions always show a little sadness. At that time, they were still in the agricultural society. However, there were so many children born in ordinary families that they could eat well and dress well. They didnt dare to ask for anything more. Back to the real life, most people can meet the basic requirements now, and I dont have to worry about food and clothing. This is simply happiness.
Sometimes I see that there are many single parent families or helpless orphans in the magazines. Their existence always makes me deeply feel how happy my parents are. At least some people will care about you and love you, rather than no one will pay attention to you and care about you. Without my parents, I dont feel how lonely and hard it is, so Im very glad, at least Im happy at the moment.
The definition of happiness can be simple or complex. It all depends on your own views and feelings. I think a simple thing is a kind of happiness. I dont need to be too complicated. I naturally feel the ordinary people, things and things around me with my heart. This is my happiness formula.
幸福的定义，每个人不尽相同，有人或许觉得有美满家庭是幸福，有朋友、有快乐、无忧虑等……都算是幸福，那么对我来说，到底什么才是幸福？
幸福，就我个人论点来说，衣食无缺及双亲健在就是种幸福。每次听起老一辈的人说起自己小时候的事，表情总会露出些许悲伤，在当时还是个农业社会年代，可是一般家庭所出生的小孩子们为数众多，可以吃得饱、穿得暖算是不错的事了，根本不敢再奢求什么。回到现实生活看看，现在普遍人家都已可以做到基本要求，而我也能够不用忧虑衣食问题，这样简简单单的就是幸福。
有时看到报导杂志上，总会有许多的单亲家庭，或者是无依无靠的孤儿们，他们的存在，总会令我深深感受到，父母亲健在是多么的幸福，至少有人会关心你、疼爱你，而不是没人去注意你、在意你。没有父母亲的日子，真不感想像是多么孤寂、难熬的事情，所以我很庆幸，至少此刻的我是幸福的。
幸福的定义，可以是简单的，也可以是复杂的，全都在于你自己的看法与感受。我认为简简单单的事就是种幸福，不用太过于复杂，很自然的用心去感受身边普通的人、事、物，这就是我的幸福公式。
幸福的定义英文作文 篇5
My definition of happiness is not desire happiness, but bring people warm happiness.
Warm happiness is the love and care given to you by your family, or the feeling that someone cares when your friends see that you need help. The warmth of my family and friends, both of which are the driving force for me to continue to work hard, also bring me joy. My family and friends share the same happy memories with me. They always give me a helping hand when I am sad and in need, and my family supports me and encourages me to choose the things I love, which makes me feel very, very warm.
If I choose the happiness of desire, maybe my definition of happiness will be greatly changed. Desire may be to fill everything I want in my heart, but it is not happiness. Happiness should bring you enrichment, care, love and warmth. Having these is the real happiness.
Happiness is the starting point for a better start. If you dont feel better, it may be that the happiness around you and me is not enough, so try your best to feel the happiness that can bring you. Although I dont feel as much happiness as others, I dont need to compare how much happiness I have with others. As long as I can feel the beauty, I am happy.
Happiness is not only happiness, for me, it is a very important friend, it let me know that people are not alone, have family and friends will help me through difficulties and tests, they will also bring me happiness that I never feel. And my happiness also hope to bring to the people in need, even if I have not enough happiness, but I will not give up, continue to work hard to bring happiness to everyone.
我对幸福的定义不是欲望的幸福，而是带给人温暖的幸福。
温暖的幸福是家人给你的爱与关心，或着是朋友看到你需要帮忙，给你一种有人在关心的感觉。家人的温暖和朋友的温暖，这两个都是支撑我继续努力下去的动力，也带给我欢乐，家人和朋友都与我有共同美好的欢乐与回忆。他们总是在我难过与需要的时候，对我伸出援手，而且家人支持我鼓励我选择自己所爱的事物，都让我感到非常非常的温暖。
假如我选择了欲望的幸福，可能我对幸福的定义会大大的改变，欲望可能是填满自己心中所要的一切事物，但并不是幸福，幸福应该是能带给你充实、关心、爱与温暖，拥有这些才叫真正的幸福。
幸福是让美好开始的起点，如果感受不到美好，可能是围绕在你我身边的幸福不足够，所以要尽自己所能努力去感受能带给你美好的幸福。我所感受的幸福，虽然没有别人那么多，但是不用和别人比较幸福有多少，只要能感受到美好都是幸福。
幸福不仅仅是幸福，对我而言它是一位很重要的朋友，它让我了解到人不是孤单一个人，有家人与朋友会帮助我度过难关与考验，他们也会带给我从来没有感受的幸福。而我的幸福也希望能带给需要的人，就算我拥有的幸福不足，但我不会放弃儿继续努力，把幸福带给所有人。
美国梦英文作文篇一：
Three hundred years ago,the emigrants from England arrived at Maryland acrossing the Atlantic by "May Flower" to search for a "pure"land for the puritans to live.Since then American Dream has come up.America gives every person all over the world equal rights.people can achieve their dreams by hardworking.
Three hundred years later,this country has become a rich state.However,American Dream doesn't fade away.With the development of the history,it has many meanings today.What is the American Dream?different people hold different interpretations.but at any rate,American Dream contains several factors below:America offers every person an opportunity to succeed;Success depends on one's ability and effort regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position;Every person has equal rights;Every person has free belief.
When it comes to the 21st century-the information age,Bill Gates's success indicated that only if you have wisdom and talent,you can succeed in America.But American Dream has changed,compared with its original meanings.What's the true motivation behind American Dream?Some historians considered it the thirst for wealth .Pursuing money is the eternal theme of American Dream.However,the over pursuit of wealth makes American Dream turn bad and lost its attraction to people worldwide gradually.
As the changes of the times,the influence of American Dream may become less and less.An increasing number of people confess to having lost faith in the American Dream.
美国梦英文作文篇二：
What Is American Dream?
什么是美国梦?
What is the American Dream? Is it the same for all Americans? Is it a myth? Is it simply a search for a better life? How has the American Dream changed over time? Some see their dreams wither and die while others see their dreams fulfilled. Why? Everyone has dreams abut a personally fulfilled life... and what is your dream?
什么是美国梦?所有的美国人都是一样的吗?它是虚构的事吗?它是为了追求更好的生活吗?美国梦随着时间是如何改变的?有些人的梦想破灭了而有些人却实现了梦想。是什么原因呢?每个人都有自己想要实现的梦想，你的梦想是什么呢?
The term American Dream was first used by James Adams in his book The Epic of America which was written in 1931. He states: The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown tired and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to get to the fullest stature of which they are capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."
美国梦这个词最早出现在詹姆斯·亚当斯1931年写的《美国史诗》这本书中。他写道：美国梦是指渴望生活在能够让人们生活丰裕富足的热土上，每个人都有机会实现自己的价值。它是一个欧洲上流社会很难理解和
In the united States' Declaration of Independence, our founding fathers state: "... all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Might this view be considered the foundation of the American Dream?
在美国的《独立宣言》中，我们的创始人指出：“……所有的人人生而平等，创物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利，这其中包括生命权，自由权和追求幸福的权利。”这一说法也许可能被视为美国梦的基础?
Were homesteaders who left the big cities of the east to find happiness and their piece of land in the unknown wilderness of the west pursuing these Rights? Were the immigrants who came to the United States looking for their bit of life, liberty, happiness and their Dream? And what did the desire of the veteran of World War II—to settle down, to have a home, a car and a family—tell us about this Dream? Is the American Dream attainable by all Americans? Would Martin Luther King feel his Dream was attained? Did Malcolm X realize his Dream?
农场主为了寻找幸福离开了东部的.大城市，抛弃了他们在西部未知荒野上的土地，他们是在实现自己权利吗?移民来到美国，是为了自己想要的生活，追求自由、幸福和梦想吗?二战老兵的愿望又是什么呢，安定下来，有居住的房子，汽车然后组建家庭——告诉我们这就是梦想?所有美国人都能实现美国梦吗?马丁·路德金会认为自己能够梦想成真吗?马尔科姆·X实现自己的梦想了吗?
Some say, that the American Dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity—that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families—but have less time to enjoy their prosperity. Others say that the American Dream is beyond the reach of the working poor who must work two jobs for their family's survival. Yet others look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life.
有人说，美国梦已经演变成对物质繁荣的追求——为了买更高级的车，住更豪华的住宅，改善家庭经济状况，人们工作时间增长——却没有足够时间来享受他们的劳动成果。也有人说是美国梦是那些努力工作，为了养家一人兼两职，但是报酬却很低的穷人无法实现的。然而，还有一部分人开始追求新的美国梦，即注重简单而充实的生活，更少地关注经济利益。
