考研英语：长难句解析（2）

　　【例句】(2011阅读Text 4)

　　Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-monent joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

　　【解题技巧】符号断句 - 划出谓语 - 划出从句引导词

　　【参考译文】詹尼佛•西尼尔并没有得出抚养孩子是让父母更幸福还是更痛苦之类的定论，而是认为我们需要重新定义幸福：我们不应该把幸福理解成可以用即时的快乐来衡量的东西，而应该理解为一种过去式的状态。