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1、U5Listening1DaveMartin:HelloandwelcometoMoneyMatters.I’myourhost,DaveMartin.Tonightwe’reveryluckytohaveDr.ReginaSimmonsoftheSimmonsInstituteherewithustotalkaboutmoneyandhappiness.Asusual,we’llbetakingcallsfromyou,thelisteners.IfyouhaveaquestionforDr.Simmons,pleasecallin.Goo
2、devening,Dr.Simmons.Dr.Simmons:Goodevening,Dave.It’sgreattobehere.DaveMartin:Thepleasure’sours.Dr.Simmons,letmestartbyaskingyouthisquestion:What’stherelationshipbetweenmoneyandhappiness?Dr.Simmons:Well,Dave,arecentstudybypsychologistElizabethDunnattheUniversityofBritishColu
3、mbiaseemstoshowthat—formostofus—whatmakesushappyisgivingmoneyaway,notspendingitonourselves.That’swhatDunnsaidinarecentinterviewwithNationalGeographic.DaveMartin:Really?Howdidshediscoverthat?Dr.Simmons:Well,itwaswhenDr.Dunnstartedmakingmoremoney—uh,whenshegotajobasaprofessor
4、.Shestartedtogetinterestedinwhethermoneycouldbuyhappinessornot.Shewantedtousetheextramoneyshewasmakinginwaysthatwouldbringherhappiness.Dr.Simmons:Asascientist,shelookedforstudiesandresearchonthesubjectofmoneyanditsrelationshiptohappiness.Tohersurprise,verylittleinformationo
5、nthesubjectexisted.SoDr.Dunndecidedtodosomescientificresearchtoseeifpeoplemightgetmorehappinessfromusingtheirmoneytohelpotherpeople,ratherthanthemselves.DaveMartin:Uh-huh.Andhowdidsheresearchthistopic?Dr.Simmons:That’sagoodquestion.Letmegiveyouanexample.Inoneofherfirststudi
6、es,Dr.Dunnandherfellowresearchersgaveagroupofpeopleasmallamountofmoneyinthemorning.Theyaskedsomeofthepeopletospenditonotherpeople,andsometospenditonthemselves.Dr.Simmons:Attheendoftheday,theresearchersinterviewedeveryone.Theresearchersdiscoveredthatthepeoplewhospentthemoney
7、onotherpeoplewerehappierthanthosewhohadspentitonthemselves.Sincethen,Dr.Dunnhascompletedalotofotherresearchonmoneyandhappiness.DaveMartin:Hasshe?Oh,excuseme,butIthinkwehaveourfirstcaller.Hello,you’reontheair.Caller1:Uh,hello,Iwantedtoknowwhataresomeofthemistakespeoplemightm
8、akeiftheytrytobuyhappinesswithmoney.DaveMartin:Thankyou,caller.Dr.Simmons?Dr.Simmo