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英语翻译n It used to be said that English people take their plea

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英语翻译
n It used to be said that English people take their pleasures sadly.No doubt this would still be true if they had any pleasures to take,but the price of alcohol and tobacco in my country has provided sufficient external causes for melancholy.I have sometimes thought that the habit of taking pleasures sadly has crossed the Atlantic,and I have wondered what it is that makes so many English-speaking people somber in their outlook in spite of good health and a good income.
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曾经有人说,英国人消遣得很悲哀.毫无疑问,如果他们真的有所消遣的话,那的确是这样的,但是在我们国家,烟酒的价格却给这种悲哀提供了充足的外部原因.有时候我会想,悲哀消遣这种习惯已经跨越了大西洋,我也在想,是什么让这么多说英语的人看起来如此阴郁,尽管他们身体健康,收入颇丰.
我在美国旅行的时候曾对一种根本性的不满印象深刻,这种不满对我来说相当常见,也给社会改革者带来了难题.多数改革者认为,如果贫穷和经济不安全感都消失了,那太平盛世就到来了.但无论是在我们国家,还是在你们国家,当我看到豪华轿车中人们的脸时,我都没有看到上述改革者让我期待的喜悦表情.十有八九,我所看到的却是厌倦和不满,还有一种几乎抓狂的向往,向往某种能够愉悦腻烦品味的事物.