1. Its director, Ruut Veenhoven, has made his life's work researching which nations are home to the happiest citizens.

数据库主管鲁特• 范荷文毕生都在研究哪个国家的人生活得最幸福。

2. Happiness itself can be defined in many different ways, it may have all kinds of components, it may be a life's work, or even no work at all, but we are, most of us, in pursuit of this elusive goal.

幸福感本身可以用各种不同的方式定义：它可能包含各种各样的成分，也可能是一件生活的作品，抑或连作品也算不上；但绝大多数的人们却仍坚持不懈地追寻这个难以捉摸的目标。

3. Farrell has dreamt of the day for more than a decade. "St Albans represents the climax of my knowledge and experience," he says. "It will be my life's work – it has to work".

法雷尔已经预想到了十几年后的事情，他说：“圣奥尔比斯代表了我的知识和经验的制高点，它会是我一生的事业——一定会成功的。”