1. Happiness— even in hard times—turns out the feeling is contagious, and now there is science to prove it. 

快乐—即使是在日子艰难时—也是有传染性的情感，现在有科学证明这一点。

2. Today's study shows that happiness is contagious. It can spread from one person to another over quite a distance and can last for some time.

今天的研究表明，快乐会传染。它会在相当距离内从一个人传染给另一个人，而且会持续一段时间。

3. But happiness isn't a solitary experience. It's dependent on others. 

快乐不是一种孤立的经历。快乐还取决于他人。

4. Harvard researchers followed 4,739 people for twenty years, measuring how social networks, siblings, friends and neighbors are affected by the happiness of others.

哈佛大学的研究人员随访了4,739人达20年，测量了社交网络、兄弟姐妹、朋友和邻居是如何受到别人快乐的影响。

5. The study controlled the factors of age, gender, education and occupation.

这项研究对年龄、性别、教育和职业等因素进行了对照。

6. "We found that happiness can spread like a virus through social networks. In fact, if your friend's friend's friend becomes happy, it significantly increases the chance that you will be happy."

“我们发现快乐能够像病毒一样通过社交网络传播。 事实上，如果你朋友的朋友的朋友变得快乐，这会大大增加你会快乐的可能性。”

7. Researchers found close physical proximity is essential for happiness to spread. A happy friend who lives within half a mile makes you forty-two percent more likely to be happy yourself.

研究人员发现，对快乐传播来说，物理距离上的接近是很重要的。住在距离你半英里的一位快乐的朋友，会使你快乐的可能性达42%。

8. If that same friend lives two miles away, the impact drops to twenty-two percent. 

如果同样的两位朋友住在相距两英里，快乐的影响作用下降到22%。

9. Happy siblings make you fourteen percent more likely to be happy but only if they live within a mile. 

快乐的兄弟姐妹，如果住在相距一英里之内，使你快乐的可能性有14%。

10.Happy spouses provide an eight percent of boost if they live under the same roof. 

快乐的夫妻，如果住在同一个屋檐下，增加快乐达8%。

11. Past researches shown that people who are happy have healthy hearts, they have lower levels of stress hormone so they live longer.

以往的研究表明，感到快乐的人有健康的心脏，他们的应急激素水平较低，所有他们更长寿。

12. The best news is that happiness spreads more reliably than unhappiness and the effects are more profound for people of the same gender. 

最好的消息是，比起不快乐，快乐传染更可靠，而且对同性别的人作用更深刻。

13. The message for all of us? Happiness is infectious. The health and well-being of each and every one of us may hinge on something so profoundly basic as just being happy. 

研究给我们所有人提供什么信息呢？快乐是会传染的。我们每个人的健康和康乐可能依赖像快乐这样的最基本的事物。

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