《中英對照讀新聞》Denmark is happiest place in the world 丹麥是世界最快樂的地方

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If you're looking for happiness, go and live in Denmark.

如果你正在尋找快樂，去住丹麥。

It is the happiest country in the world while Burundi in Africa is the most unhappy, according to a report by a British scientist.

據一位英國科學家的報告指出，丹麥是全世界最快樂的國家，非洲的蒲隆地則是最不快樂。

Adrian White, an analytical social psychologist at the University of Leicester in central England, based his study on data from 178 countries and 100 global studies from the likes of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation.

英格蘭中部的萊斯特大學社會分析心理學者阿德里安．懷特的研究係以178國的資料與100份聯合國、世界衛生組織等國際組織的全球性研究為基礎。

"We're looking much more at whether you are satisfied with your life in general," White said. "Whether you are satisfied with your situation and environment." The main factors that affected happiness were health provision, wealth and education, according to White who said his research had produced the "first world map of happiness."

「我們更著眼於總體而言，你是否滿意你的生活，」懷特說。「你是否滿意身處的情況與環境。」懷特表示，影響快樂與否的主要因素是醫療照護、財富與教育。懷特說，他的研究已催生「全球第一份快樂地圖」。

Following behind Denmark came Switzerland, Austria, Iceland and the Bahamas. At the bottom came the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Burundi. The United States came in at 23rd, Britain was in 41st place, Germany 35th and France 62nd.

緊跟在丹麥之後的是瑞士、奧地利、冰島與巴哈馬。敬陪末座的是剛果民主共和國、辛巴威與蒲隆地。美國排名23、英國第41位、德國第35、法國62。

"Smaller countries tend to be a little happier because there is a stronger sense of collectivism and then you also have the aesthetic qualities of a country," White said. "We were surprised to see countries in Asia scoring so low, with China 82nd, Japan 90th, and India 125th."

「小國多半較快樂，因為有較強的集體意識，從而有自為一個國家的美感特質，」懷特說。「看到亞洲國家得分如此低，我們感到驚訝︰中國排名第82、日本90、印度125。」

新聞辭典

like︰在此作名詞，指類似的事物，文中指諸如聯合國和世衛組織的組織。

provision： 供應、預備，make provision預做安排；複數形則有糧食、規定等意思，running out of provisions 糧食將用盡；according to the provisions of the Act根據該法規定。

aesthetic：美學的、審美的，an aesthetic person 有審美眼光的人。