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1、2014考研英语基础提升真题阅读(40) 2014考研英语怎么复习，基础最重要，现在是基础复习阶段，同学们要对各个模块的知识点要加深学习，考研英语复习资料如：“2014考研英语基础提升真题阅读(40)”，希望考生下载学习。坚持=成功！ 2006Text4 Manythingsmakepeoplethinkartistsareweird.Buttheweirdestmaybethis:artists’onlyjobistoexploreemotions,andyettheychoosetofocusontheonesthatfeel
2、bad. Thiswasn’talwaysso.Theearliestformsofart,likepaintingandmusic,arethosebestsuitedforexpressingjoy.Butsomewherefromthe19thcenturyonward,moreartistsbeganseeinghappinessasmeaningless,phonyor,worstofall,boring,aswewentfromWordsworth’sdaffodilstoBaudelaire’sflowersofevi
3、l. Youcouldarguethatartbecamemoreskepticalofhappinessbecausemoderntimeshaveseensomuchmisery.Butit’snotasifearliertimesdidn’tknowperpetualwar,disasterandthemassacreofinnocents.Thereason,infact,maybejusttheopposite:thereistoomuchdamnhappinessintheworldtoday. Afterall,wh
4、atistheonemodernformofexpressionalmostcompletelydedicatedtodepictinghappiness?Advertising.Theriseofanti-happyartalmostexactlytrackstheemergenceofmassmedia,andwithit,acommercialcultureinwhichhappinessisnotjustanidealbutanideology. Peopleinearliererasweresurroundedbyremi
5、ndersofmisery.Theyworkeduntilexhausted,livedwithfewprotectionsanddiedyoung.IntheWest,beforemasscommunicationandliteracy,themostpowerfulmassmediumwasthechurch,whichremindedworshippersthattheirsoulswereindangerandthattheywouldsomedaybemeatforworms.Givenallthis,theydidnote
6、xactlyneedtheirarttobeabummertoo. TodaythemessagestheaverageWesternerissurroundedwitharenotreligiousbutcommercialandforeverhappy.Fast-foodeaters,newsanchors,textmessengers,allsmiling,smiling.Ourmagazinesfeaturebeamingcelebritiesandhappyfamiliesinperfecthomes.Andsinceth
7、esemessageshaveanagenda—tolureustoopenourwallets-theymaketheveryideaofhappinessseemunreliable.“Celebrate!”CommandedtheadsforthearthritisdrugCelebrex,beforewefoundoutitcouldincreasetheriskofheartattacks. Butwhatweforget—whatoureconomydependsonusforgetting——isthathappine
8、ssismorethanpleasurewithoutpain.Thethingsthatbringthegreatestjoycarrythegreatestpotentialforlossanddisappointm
