广播电视英语短句 第 85 课：感到更快乐-2

The new study found that friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves. 这项新研究发现，快乐的人的朋友更容易感到快乐。

And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness. 同时朋友之间的空间距离越近，他们对于彼此快乐的影响力越大。

For example, a person was twenty percent more likely to feel happy if a friend living within one and a half kilometers was also happy. 例如，如果一个人有一个快乐的朋友居住在离他 1.5 公里的范围内，这个人有 20% 的可能会感到快乐。

Having a happy neighbor who lived next door increased an individual's chance of being happy by thirty-four percent. 如果隔壁就住着一个快乐的邻居，那么这个人感到快乐的机会将增加 34% 。

The effects of friends' happiness lasted for up to a year. 而朋友们的快乐对个人的影响能够持续一年之久。

The researchers found that happiness really is contagious. 研究人员发现快乐真是会传播的。