为什么很难定义幸福？| 原创雅思作文
前段时间辅导一个家里的朋友的孩子雅思，突然想自己也试着考一考。
于是就买了几本剑桥雅思真题集，开始研究。写作这部分除了研究雅思官方的评分标准、范文和各个分数段文章的评论，我还打算自己每天写个一两篇练练手。写好的作文我会分享在公众号，供有需要的读者参考。该系列文章禁止其他公众号转载，侵权必究。
今天分享的是剑4第二套题目的大作文。构思、写作、校对共用时30分钟。作文共281个字。
读者可以重点参考划线和加粗部分。
题目：
Happiness is considered very important in life.
Why is it difficult to define?
What factors are important in achieving happiness?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
思路：
这个题目的表述非常直接，就是两问。因此我花了大概一分钟审题和脑暴后就开始写了。首段写一写背景，第二段解释为什么定义难，第三段选了三个因素来展开，尾段参考了多篇雅思官方范文的写法。
作文/Justin
Happiness has long been a topical and timeless theme interesting many people, regardless of culture and creed. It also occurs in many novels, movies, plays, TV shows and beyond. It would be an understatement to say the idea is omnipresent.
The difficulty of defining happiness is understandable given the complexity of human experience. It is difficult because it is one of those weasel words that can mean quite different things to different people in different societies, cultures, and even times. Broadly speaking, happiness has to do with how satisfying a person feels, or to what extent the person's expectations are met. As people seek different standards, perceive phenomena differently, and set varying degrees of expectations, what is happiness to John may not give pleasure to Jane.
Yet no matter how happiness is defined, a host of factors are responsible for it. First, financial stability is a basic element for most people, as it gives them a great sense of security, and without it, it is very likely that many are anxious. Second, good health is clearly another condition. It is hard to imagine anyone who is troubled by diseases and confined to hospital can feel true happiness. Third, to be happy, it seems one needs to excel professionally. Following the famous Maslow Happiness Hierarchy, it is self-realization that brings ultimate satisfaction and happiness. This very often means people become more competent in the work they do. Of course, there are other contributing factors.
In a word, although it is hard to have a universally agreed-upon definition of happiness, we all can feel it when we experience it, and I believe getting to know ourselves better can increase our happiness.
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