While circumstantial factors do matter, the surprise is how small a contribution they make to our happiness.

尽管环境因素起一定作用，但它们对幸福感的贡献却少得令人惊讶。

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But I think every organization and every meeting should try to make a direct contribution and that is what the SAARC leaders have pledged themselves to do together.

但是我认为每个组织和每次会议都应试图作出直接的贡献，这也正是南亚区域合作联盟成员国领导人保证他们共同进行的工作。

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What strengths do I have that could be best used to make a meaningful contribution to the world?

在那些可以用来为世界创造出有意义的贡献的优势中，我又拥有哪些？

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On Monday, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson told the committee that eastern Europeans were filling jobs that British people did not want to do and had made a "positive contribution to the UK economy as a whole".

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Do you truly believe that all people are good, hardworking, and eager to do whatever is needed to make a valuable contribution if you just treat them nicely?

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They have to get used to being harshly criticised and dissected by those who disagree with them, and they have to accept that sometimes the people reading their work will know more about the subject than they do and may have a valuable contribution to make to their thinking.

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