2021考研英語長難句復習（六十三）

　　

　　Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.

　?、貰ut what we forget -- what our economy depends on us forgetting -- is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain.

　?、赥he things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment.

　　③Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need art to tell us, as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.

　?、躀t’s a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.

　　參考譯文

　?、俚俏覀兯浀摹覀兊慕?jīng)濟依賴我們忘卻的——是：快樂絕不僅僅是沒有痛苦的快樂。

　?、趲碜?大快樂的東西也最有可能帶有損失和失望。

　?、廴缃?，我們的周圍充斥著唾手可得的幸福的承諾，我們需要藝術來告訴我們，正如宗教曾經(jīng)告訴過我們的：記得你終將死亡，一切都會結束，幸福的到來不是因為否認這一點，而是對其加以忍受。

　?、苓@一啟示甚至比葉子煙還要苦，但卻不知何故帶來了一縷清新的空氣。