广播电视英语短句 第 85 课：感到更快乐-4

Another finding is that people who are married or work together do not have as much of an effect on happiness as friends do. 另外一个发现是婚姻伴侣和同事对于快乐的影响并不如朋友这么大。

The findings appeared in the British Medical Journal. The National Institute on Aging in the United States helped pay for the study. 以上研究发表在英国医学期刊上。美国国立老化研究所提供了经费支持。

The study is described as the first to demonstrate the indirect spread of happiness. 这个研究被认为首次证明了快乐的间接传播。

In other words, that your emotions can be affected by someone you do not directly know. 换句话说，你的情绪能够被一些非直接认识的人所影响。

Earlier studies by the two researchers described the effects of social networks on obesity and efforts to stop smoking. 两位研究者的更早期研究阐述了社交网络对肥胖和戒烟的影响。

The new study shows that happiness spreads through social networks like an emotional virus -- a virus people would be happy to catch. 这项新的研究表明，就像“情绪病毒”——一种人人都乐于感染的病毒——一样，快乐通过社交网络在传播。