雙語閱讀：顏值和幽默程度有關(guān)

　　摘要：如果你想找一位幽默的伴侶，他們講笑話的能力或許并沒有你想象得那么重要。因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)家稱，我們笑還是不笑更多地取決于我們對這個人的喜歡程度，而不是他是否真的風(fēng)趣。

　　Why good looks make you funnier: Research findswomen will laugh at a man's jokes if she thinks he'sattractive.If you're looking for a mate with a goodsense of humour, their ability to tell a joke may beless important than you think.For scientists say thatwhether we laugh or not depends more on howmuch we like a person than if they really are funny.

　　Sophie Scott, a professor of neuroscience atUniversity College London, said: 'You hear women say, I really fancy him, he really makes melaugh.'What she means is, he's really attractive and I laugh because I fancy him. It's to do withhow much they like him.'

　　如果你想找一位幽默的伴侶，他們講笑話的能力或許并沒有你想象得那么重要。因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)家稱，我們笑還是不笑更多地取決于我們對這個人的喜歡程度，而不是他是否真的風(fēng)趣。

　　英國倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院(University College London)的神經(jīng)科學(xué)教授索菲·斯科特(Sophie Scott)表示：“你經(jīng)常會聽到女人們說我真地很喜歡他，他總讓我開懷大笑。“其實(shí)她真正想說的是：他太有魅力了，我會笑是因?yàn)槲蚁矚g他。這其實(shí)和她們喜歡那個人的程度有關(guān)。”

　　She told the British Science Festival in Bradford that laughter seems to have its roots deep inevolution, and remains 'extremely socially important'.'When you laugh with people you showyou agree with them,' she said. 'You are showing you like them – if you didn't you wouldwithhold that laughter.'

　　她在布拉德福德(Bradford)舉行的英國科學(xué)節(jié)(British Science Festival)上說，笑容似乎是起源于進(jìn)化，并且現(xiàn)在仍然有著“極其重要的社會意義”。她說：“你和別人一起笑證明你認(rèn)同他們，你在向他們表現(xiàn)你的青睞，否則你將會克制你的笑容。”

　　Laughter can also diffuse tension in established relationships, with couples who laughtogether, staying together.The professor's own research found that laughter, unlike the sweetsigh of contentment or the cheer of triumph, are cross-cultural, with people with remoteparts of Africa recognising when a Westerner is amused and vice versa.

　　在已經(jīng)建立起來的關(guān)系中，笑容還可以緩解緊張感，一起歡笑的夫妻感情維系得更好。斯科特教授的個人研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，笑容不同于滿足的甜蜜嘆息和勝利的歡呼。笑容是跨文化的，來自非洲偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)的人們能夠辨認(rèn)出西方人是否感到開心，反之亦然。

　　She said: 'It's looking like laughter might be an emotion that is part of our evolutionaryhistory, it's part of our make-up.'Laughter, it seems, helps us in all sorts of situations.

　　她說：“笑這種情感看來像是我們進(jìn)化歷史的一部分，也是我們性格的一部分”。笑聲似乎能幫助我們?nèi)谌敫鞣N場合。'

　　It is an emotion you primarily find in social settings - you are 30 times more likely to laugh ifyou are with somebody else than if you are on your own.Professor Scott said: 'It seems to be asocially extremely important emotion.

　　斯科特教授說：“這似乎是一種極具社會意義的情感。”“在各種社交場合，笑這種情緒是最容易發(fā)現(xiàn)的——和別人在一起時(shí)你笑的可能性比你一個人待著時(shí)高30倍”。

　　‘And you will laugh more if you know them and you will laugh more if you like them.'If you askhuman beings when do you laugh, they talk about jokes and they talk about comedy andhumour.

　　如果你認(rèn)識他們，你笑的次數(shù)會更多，如果你喜歡他們，你笑的次數(shù)也會更多。如果你問別人他們什么時(shí)候會笑，他們會談笑話、喜劇和幽默。

　　'If you look at when they laugh, it's in the interactions that you find the most laughter, whichmeans that in practice that you laugh most during conversations with otherpeople.'Interestingly, you are still very rarely laughing at jokes.'

　　如果你們觀察他們笑的時(shí)機(jī)，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)人們在互動的時(shí)候笑得最多，也就是說實(shí)際上在與他人進(jìn)行對話的時(shí)候人們最可能笑。“有趣的是，你其實(shí)很少因?yàn)樾υ挾Α?rdquo;

　　The professor advises us all to make time to laugh.She said that while some people go tocomedy clubs or even do laughter yoga – the term for a self-help group in which people forcethemselves to laugh – nothing beats having a good giggle with your friends.

　　斯科特教授建議我們抽出時(shí)間多笑一笑。她說，有些人會去看喜劇或是做大笑瑜伽(指人們強(qiáng)迫自己歡笑的自助團(tuán)體)，但沒有什么比得上跟朋友一起大笑一場。

　　Professor Scott said: 'At its heart, the natural place where you find laughter is in interactions,so I would say give yourself as many opportunities to laugh with the people who make youlaugh.'Don't think that is time wasted, it is probably one of the best things you can do withyour time.'

　　斯科特教授說：“從本質(zhì)上說，互動中自然而然會產(chǎn)生笑聲，所以我覺得你應(yīng)該盡可能抓住機(jī)會，跟能令你開懷的人一起歡笑。”“別覺得這是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，這或許是你能利用時(shí)間做的最棒的事情之一。”