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1、UnitTenMarriageandSocietyPartOneWarm・upListeningLoveorMoney?ThereisaWebsitecalledthe"WorldDatabaseofHappiness."Itcombinesandanalyzestheresultsofhundredsofsurveysfromaroundtheworldthathavebeenconductedonlifesatisfaction.MostofthefindingsareDredictable，butafewaresurprising.Thedataba
2、semakesitclearthatthereisnotastrongconnectionbetweenmaterialwealthandgeneralconlenlmenl.Ilisaclichetosaythatmoneycarflbuyhappiness,buttheoldsayingseemstobesupportedbyresearch.Manypeoplestillclingtothebeliefthatgainingricheswillbetheanswertoalltheirproblems,yettheyareprobablymistak
3、en.Studieshavebeencarriedoutonpeoplewhoacquiredsuddenwealth,suchaslotterywinners.Inmostcases,aftertheinitialjoyhadwornoff；peoplewerenotleftwithasenseoflastinghappiness.Infact,theytendedtoreverttothewaytheyfeltbeforetheybecamerich.Previouslycontentedpeoplecontinuetobecontented,whil
4、ethosewhoweremiserablebeforesinkbackintomisery.Ifmaterialwealthdoesnotbringhappiness,thenwhatdoes?Perhapshappinesshassomethingtodowithwhereyoulive・TheauthoritiesattheWorldDatabaseonHappinesshavesurveyedlevelsofhappinessindifferentcountries.Apparently,peopleinAmerica,Canada,andSing
5、aporeareveryhappy;peoplelivinginIndiaandRussia,notsurprisingly,arenothappy.Othersurveysconsistentlypointtotheimportanceofrelationships.FamilyrelationshipsinparticularseemtobethekeytolongYermcontentment.TheWebsitesuggeststhatfallinginloveandhavingchildrenaretwoofthesituationsthatbr
6、ingthegreatesthappiness・Nowadayspeoplelooktotechnologyasanalternativesourceofsatisfaction.PeopleincreasinglyspendmoretimealonewatchingTVorsurfingtheIntemetratherthanspendingtimewithfamily.Cantechnologytrulymakepeoplehappy?Itistoodifficulttotell,butonethingissure:iftheWebsitUsresea
7、rchisaccurate,timespentwithyourfamilyisabetterinvestmentthan(imespentmakingmoney.Notes:predictable:不出所料的contentment:quiethappiness,satisfactionclingto:holdtightly,stickfirmlyacquiresuddenwealth:暴富’initial:beginningwearoff:becomelessstrong消逝，消退tend:belikelyrevert:goback恢复，冋复sinkbac
8、k:declinemisery:greatunhappinessa
