哈佛大学幸福课中英文讲义.docx

1、哈佛大学幸福课中英文讲义哈佛大学幸福课第一课中英文讲义各位 早上好Hi Good morning.很高兴能回到这里Its wonderful to be back here.很高兴见到你们Wonderful to see you here.我教授这门课是因为Im teaching this class在我读本科阶段时because I wish a class like this had been taught非常希望能学习这样一门课程when I was sitting in your seat as an undergrad here.可能这门课并不是你希望的那样This does not

2、 mean it is a class you wish to be taught,也可能并不适合你nor does it mean that it is the right class for you.但希望几堂课后 你能有个大概印象But I hope to doing the next couple of lectures is giving you an idea what this class is about让你决定这门课是否适合你so that you can decide whether or not it is for you.我 1992 年来到哈佛求学I came her

3、e in大二期间 突然顿悟了And then I had a mini epiphany half way through my sophomore year.我意识到我身处让人神往大学校园I realized that I was in a wonderful place周围都是出色的同学 优秀的导师with wonderful students around me, wonderful teachers.我成绩优异I was doing well academically.擅长体育运动I was doing well in athletics.70:01:19,830 - 00:01:22

4、,670我当时在校队打壁球i was playing varsity squash at the time.社交也游刃有余I was doing well socially.一切都很顺利Everything was going well.除了一点Except for the fact.我不快乐That I was unhappy. 而且我不明白为什么And I didnt understand why.也就是在那时It was then in a matter of moments,我决定要找出原因 变得快乐that I decided that I had to find out why a

5、nd become happier.于是我将研究方向And that was when I switched my concentration 从计算机科学转向了哲学及心理系from computer science to philosophy and psychology 目标只有一个with a single question:如何变得更快乐 ?how can I become happier?渐渐地 我的确变得更快乐了Over time I did become happier.主要因为我接触了一个新的领域What contributed most to my happiness was

6、 when I encountered a new emerging field 那时并未正式命名that at that time didnt have the name that it has today.但本质上属于积极心理学范畴But essentially research that falls under or within the field ofpositive psychology.研究积极心理学Positive psychology, studying it,把其理念应用到生活中 让我无比快乐applying the ideas to my life has made me

7、 significantly happier.而且这种快乐继续着It continues to make me happier.于是我决定将其与更多的人分享And it was when I realized the impact that it had on me that I decided to share it with others.选择教授这门学科Thats when I decided that I wanted to be a teacher and teach in this field.这就是积极心理学So this is positive psychology,9504

8、号心理学课程psychology 1504.我们将一起探索这一全新And well be exploring this new,相对新兴 令人倾倒的领域relatively new and fascinating field.希望同时还能探索我们自己And hopefully, we will be exploring more than the field ourselves.我第一次开设这门课程 是在 2002 年When I first taught this class that was back in 2002,是以讨论会的形式 只有 8 名学生I taught it at a se

9、minar and had eight students.两名退出了Two dropped out.只剩我和其他六个人That left me with six.一年后The year after, 学生稍微多了一点the class became slightly larger.有 300 多人参加I had over three hundred students.到了第三年 也就是上一次开课And then third year when I taught it which was the last time,有 850 人参加I had 850 students in the class

10、, 是当时哈佛人数最多的课程making it at that point the largest course at Harvard.这引起了媒体的关注And thats when the media became interested.因为他们想知道为什么Because they wanted to understand why.他们对这一奇特现象非常好奇They wanted to understand this phenomenon that here you have a class, 竟然有比经济学导论更热门的课程thats larger than Introduction to

11、Economics.怎么可能呢 ?How could that be?于是我被请去参加各类媒体采访So I was invited by the media for interviews,报纸 广播 电视whether it was newspapers, radio, television.从这些采访中 我发现了一种有趣的模式And I started to notice a pattern during those interviews.我前去参加采访So I would walk into the interview.进行采访We would have the interview.结束后

12、 制片人或主持人会送我出来walkAnd afterwards, the producer or the interviewer would me out 说些诸如 Tal 多谢你抽空参加采访and say something to the effects of well thank you Tal for the interview. 不过你跟我想象的不太一样 的话But you know I expected you to be different.我漫不经心地问And I would ask, as nonchalant as I could of course.我无所谓 不过总得回应I

13、 didnt really care but had to ask anyway, 有何不同 ? 他们会说how different? And they would say, 这个嘛 我们以为你很外向 Well you know, we expected you to be more outgoing.下一次采访 结束时仍是如此Next interview, the end of the interview, same thing. 多谢接受采访Thank you for doing the interview. 不过 Tal 你跟我想象得不太一样 But you know Tal, I ex

14、pected you to be different.又一次 我漫不经心地问And once again, nonchalant of course. 有何不同 ?would askhow different?她说And she would say, 这个嘛 我们没想到你会这么内向 Well you know, we expected you to be less, less itrovert.下一次采访 仍是如此Next interview, same thing. 有何不同 ?How different? 这个嘛 更开朗 更外向 Well, you know, more extrovert

15、ed. More outgoing.下一次采访 这个嘛 太害羞了 Next interview. Well, you know, less shy.因为采访中我容易紧张Coz I get very nervous in interviews.差不多有几十次采访Interview after interview, literally dozens.每次都是 好交际 更开朗 More outgoing, more cheerful. 不含蓄 更外向 Less introverted, more extroverted.诸如此类And on and on.最绝的一次But here is the b

16、est one.是波士顿一家地方台So this is one of the local channels here around Boston.我去参加采访I was going to the interview.聊了很多We had a quite long interview,我觉得进行得不错which I thought was actually pretty good.采访结束And at the end of the interview,主持人是个热情开朗的男生the interviewer is a very jolly guy.他送我出门 拍着我的肩说He walks me o

17、ut and puts his hands on my shoulder, 多谢接受我们采访 and says, thank you very much for doing the interview. 然后又是那句And then the usual comes. 不过 Tal 你跟我想象得不太一样 But you know Tal, I expected you to be different.我问And I said, 有何不同 你要知道How different? Just so you understand,那时候 我已经完全被打击了by this time, my self-est

18、eem is short.不过我还是漫不经心地问But still with some resemblance of nonchalance I asked, 有何不同 ?how different?他看着我说And he looks at me and says, 我也说不上 Tal 我以为你会更高些 Well I dont know Tal. I expected you to be taller.更高些 ?什么 ?Taller? What?05 米 70.是 1 米 69 不够格传授快乐吗Five seven, well ok five six and a half is not eno

19、ugh to teach happiness? 我考虑了很久 仔细思量了And I thought about it. I thought about it a lot.整件事从头到尾The whole pattern from the beginning. 我似乎明白为什么他们期望不同了And I think I understand why they expected someone different.因为他们要说服自己 说服观众You see they had to explain to themselves as well as the audience, 这门课怎么会比经济学导论更

20、热门 ?how come this lecture is larger than the Introduction to Economics? 唯一的解释就是And the way to explain it must be that导师非常外向the teacher is very outgoing, 充满领袖气质extremely charismatic,乐观开朗 当然了 还很高very cheerful and extrovert and of course, tall.可惜我的名字少了一个 LWell, there is one L missing there.但是But.是啊Yeah

21、.真可惜If only.所以问题是So the problem though is他们找答案找错了地方that they were looking in the wrong place for the explanation.也就是说 他们不该关注信息传达者In other words, they were looking at the messenger.而应该关注信息本身What they needed to look at was the message.我怎么知道的呢Now how do I know that?因为我参与过其他大学积极心理学课You see because I see

22、 other positive psychology classes on other campuses遍及全国 乃至全球around the country and around the world.美国有超过 200 所大学开设了本课程There are over 200 hundred campuses here in United States that teach positive psychology.而且几乎其中所有院校 这门课On almost every campus where this class is taught,都是参与人数最多的或者最多的之一its either

23、one of the or the largest class.信息是关键Its about the message.越来越多的机构组织开设这门课I see more and more organizations taking up positive psychology in their,还有咨询公司as consultant companies,其中一些甚至是全球知名咨询公司some of them the leading big consultant companies are taking it on.越来越多的中学开始引入积极心理学More and more high schools

24、 are introducing positive psychology class.小学也是Elementary schools are introducing it.各国政府都对这一新领域表现出兴趣The governments around the world are expressing interest in this new emerging field.为什么 ?因为它有效Why? Because it works.它的的确确有效Because it really works.殷盛人生 快乐 幸福感这一整个领域You see this whole realm on life fl

25、ourishing,在此之前一直被心理自助运动统治recentlyon happiness, on well-being has been until dominated by the self-health movement.心理自助运动带来了什么What do we have in the self-health movement?生动有趣We have books that are very interesting, 通俗易懂的书籍that are very accessible.热情外向的宣讲者We have speakers who are very outgoing,颇具领袖气质

26、且身材高大very charismatic and tall,吸引大众参与他们的专题讨论讲座attracting the masses into these workshops, seminars and lectures.但是 有一个大大的转折But, there is a very big but here.其中许多书籍讨论都缺少实质内容Many of these books, many of these workshops and seminarslack substance.通常都言过其实 无法兑现Very often, overpromising and under-deliveri

27、ng.比如 快乐的五个关键So these are five things you need to know to be happy.成功领袖的三个要素The three things to be the great leader.51成功 快乐 完美爱情的唯一秘诀The one secret of success, happiness and a perfect love life.夸大其词 效果甚微Overpromising. Under-delivering. 再来说说学术界On the other hand, we have academia.学术界给我们带来了什么What do we

28、 have in academia?大量精确的实质内容We have a lot of rigor, a lot of substance.数据被一而再 再而三地反复分析We have datas analyzed, reanalyzed and meta-analyzed.行之有效的好东西Things that actually work, good stuff.但是 又有一个大大的转折But, and there is also a very big but here.很少有人会阅读专业学术期刊Very few people read refereed academic journals.

29、想想看 这间教室之外有多少人I mean Think about it: how many people outside this room of course读过最近 12 期个性与社会心理学杂志 ?have read the last twelve issues of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology?大多数人甚至不知道那是什么东西Most people dont even know what that means.我博士班的主任估算过The head of my PHD programs actually estimated

30、 the average academic journal article学术期刊上的一篇论文平均只有 7 人阅读is read by seven people.这话 .You know.其中还包括作者的母亲And that includes the authors mother.这话虽然是半开玩笑 但其实很可悲So you know I say half in jest but its actually really sad.因为 .作为学者 我觉得很可悲Because.certainly sad for me, as an academic.因为这些论文都非常精彩Because these things are good.非常重要They are important.能大有作为These things make a difference,甚至不仅仅是作为can even make more of a difference.但是对大众来说晦涩难懂But not accessible to most people.所以我们需要积极心理学And this is where positive psychology c