1. Happiness— even in hard times—turns out the feeling is contagious, and now there is science to prove it. 

快樂(lè)—即使是在日子艱難時(shí)—也是有傳染性的情感，現(xiàn)在有科學(xué)證明這一點(diǎn)。

2. Today's study shows that happiness is contagious. It can spread from one person to another over quite a distance and can last for some time.

今天的研究表明，快樂(lè)會(huì)傳染。它會(huì)在相當(dāng)距離內(nèi)從一個(gè)人傳染給另一個(gè)人，而且會(huì)持續(xù)一段時(shí)間。

3. But happiness isn't a solitary experience. It's dependent on others. 

快樂(lè)不是一種孤立的經(jīng)歷。快樂(lè)還取決于他人。

4. Harvard researchers followed 4,739 people for twenty years, measuring how social networks, siblings, friends and neighbors are affected by the happiness of others.

哈佛大學(xué)的研究人員隨訪了4,739人達(dá)20年，測(cè)量了社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)、兄弟姐妹、朋友和鄰居是如何受到別人快樂(lè)的影響。

5. The study controlled the factors of age, gender, education and occupation.

這項(xiàng)研究對(duì)年齡、性別、教育和職業(yè)等因素進(jìn)行了對(duì)照。

6. "We found that happiness can spread like a virus through social networks. In fact, if your friend's friend's friend becomes happy, it significantly increases the chance that you will be happy."

“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)快樂(lè)能夠像病毒一樣通過(guò)社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)傳播。 事實(shí)上，如果你朋友的朋友的朋友變得快樂(lè)，這會(huì)大大增加你會(huì)快樂(lè)的可能性?！?/p>

7. Researchers found close physical proximity is essential for happiness to spread. A happy friend who lives within half a mile makes you forty-two percent more likely to be happy yourself.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，對(duì)快樂(lè)傳播來(lái)說(shuō)，物理距離上的接近是很重要的。住在距離你半英里的一位快樂(lè)的朋友，會(huì)使你快樂(lè)的可能性達(dá)42%。

8. If that same friend lives two miles away, the impact drops to twenty-two percent. 

如果同樣的兩位朋友住在相距兩英里，快樂(lè)的影響作用下降到22%。

9. Happy siblings make you fourteen percent more likely to be happy but only if they live within a mile. 

快樂(lè)的兄弟姐妹，如果住在相距一英里之內(nèi)，使你快樂(lè)的可能性有14%。

10.Happy spouses provide an eight percent of boost if they live under the same roof. 

快樂(lè)的夫妻，如果住在同一個(gè)屋檐下，增加快樂(lè)達(dá)8%。

11. Past researches shown that people who are happy have healthy hearts, they have lower levels of stress hormone so they live longer.

以往的研究表明，感到快樂(lè)的人有健康的心臟，他們的應(yīng)急激素水平較低，所有他們更長(zhǎng)壽。

12. The best news is that happiness spreads more reliably than unhappiness and the effects are more profound for people of the same gender. 

最好的消息是，比起不快樂(lè)，快樂(lè)傳染更可靠，而且對(duì)同性別的人作用更深刻。

13. The message for all of us? Happiness is infectious. The health and well-being of each and every one of us may hinge on something so profoundly basic as just being happy. 

研究給我們所有人提供什么信息呢？快樂(lè)是會(huì)傳染的。我們每個(gè)人的健康和康樂(lè)可能依賴像快樂(lè)這樣的最基本的事物。

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