雙語閱讀：顏值和幽默程度有關

摘要：如果你想找一位幽默的伴侶，他們講笑話的能力或許並沒有你想象得那麼重要。因爲科學家稱，我們笑還是不笑更多地取決於我們對這個人的喜歡程度，而不是他是否真的風趣。

Why good looks make you funnier: Research findswomen will laugh at a man's jokes if she thinks he' you're looking for a mate with a goodsense of humour, their ability to tell a joke may beless important than you 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並沒有你想象得那麼重要。因爲科學家稱，我們笑還是不笑更多地取決於我們對這個人的喜歡程度，而不是他是否真的風趣。

英國倫敦大學學院(University College London)的神經科學教授索菲·斯科特(Sophie Scott)表示：“你經常會聽到女人們說我真地很喜歡他，他總讓我開懷大笑。“其實她真正想說的是：他太有魅力了，我會笑是因爲我喜歡他。這其實和她們喜歡那個人的程度有關。”

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)舉行的英國科學節(British Science Festival)上說，笑容似乎是起源於進化，並且現在仍然有着“極其重要的社會意義”。她說：“你和別人一起笑證明你認同他們，你在向他們表現你的青睞，否則你將會剋制你的笑容。”

Laughter can also diffuse tension in established relationships, with couples who laughtogether, staying 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.

在已經建立起來的關係中，笑容還可以緩解緊張感，一起歡笑的夫妻感情維繫得更好。斯科特教授的個人研究發現，笑容不同於滿足的甜蜜嘆息和勝利的歡呼。笑容是跨文化的，來自非洲偏遠地區的人們能夠辨認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融入各種場合。'

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 essor 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現的——和別人在一起時你笑的可能性比你一個人待着時高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.

如果你認識他們，你笑的次數會更多，如果你喜歡他們，你笑的次數也會更多。如果你問別人他們什麼時候會笑，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機，你會發現人們在互動的時候笑得最多，也就是說實際上在與他人進行對話的時候人們最可能笑。“有趣的是，你其實很少因爲笑話而笑。”

The professor advises us all to make time to 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(指人們強迫自己歡笑的自助團體)，但沒有什麼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：“從本質上說，互動中自然而然會產生笑聲，所以我覺得你應該儘可能抓住機會，跟能令你開懷的人一起歡笑。”“別覺得這是在浪費時間，這或許是你能利用時間做的最棒的事情之一。”