“我们越是追求物质上的满足感，反而得到的更少，”瑞恩说。

"The more we seek satisfactions in material goods, the less we find them there," Ryan says.

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毕竟在美国，追求幸福是一种基本权利，但同时这又并不与物质上的富庶完全对等。

Here in America, after all, the pursuit of happiness has the status of a foundational right, coincident, but not quite identical, with material prosperity.

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倘若我们自己不明白金钱和物质上的拥有并不能带来幸福，我们就会一直追求这个目标。

If we can't convince ourselves that money and material possessions won't bring us happiness, we are forever going to be chasing that golden ring.

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