新奇事件簿 有钱人更坏

A researcher has made a report that says having a lot of money makes you a bad person. Professor Paul Piffspent ten years looking at the personalities¹ of rich people and found that their behaviour was very different to the behaviour of poor people. Dr Piff said rich people are more likely to break rules, not follow the law, and not care about other people. He also said wealthy people cheat more at games and are less likely to help other people. Professor Piff told the BBC that: "Wealth makes you more [worried about] your owninterests, your own desires, your own welfare." He added that rich people think their own goals and needs are the most important thing in their life.

研究人员的一份报告称太多钱将使你变坏。保罗·披拂教授用了十年的时间来调查富人的性格特征，他发现富人与穷人的行为特征非常相像。披拂博士认为富人更有可能违反规则，不遵守法律，不关心他人。他还称富人在玩游戏时更容易作弊，他们不愿意帮助他人。披拂教授告诉BBC说：“财富更让人们担心自己的利益，自己的欲望以及自己的福利。”他还称富人把自己的目标和需求看作是生命中最重要的事情。

Professor Piff also found that poorer people are more generous than rich people. The poor give a higher percentage of their money to help others than the rich. He said poorer people give one-and-a-half times as much as richer people. He said: "The wealthier you are, the less generous you are. You give significantly² smaller portions³ away to [other people]." However, he did say that rich people could change their behaviourand become nicer and more generous. He said rich people can help others more if you tell them that giving and helping⁴ is a good thing. He said: "Reminding people of the benefits of cooperation, or the advantages of community, causes wealthier individuals to be just as [giving] as poor people."

披拂教授还发现穷人比富人更慷慨。贫穷比富人更会去帮助他人。他说穷人给予的比例比富人高出了1.5倍。他说：“你越富有，你越小气。”他说：“你越富有，你给予别人的越少。”但是，他还说穷人也可以改变自己的行为，变得更加友爱，更加慷慨。但是如果你告诉他们帮助和给予是一件好事的话，那么富人也是能够帮助他人的。他说：“让人们知道合作的好处，或是社区的优势，这样的话，富人也会和穷人一样拥有奉献精神。

1 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

2 significantly   

adv.意味深长地；值得注目地

参考例句：

• Prices did not alter significantly during 2004. 2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。
• American English is significantly different from British English. 美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。

3 portions   

一部分( portion的名词复数 )； 一份遗产（或赠与的财产）； 分享的部份； 嫁妆

参考例句：

• Three portions of fish and chips, please. 请来三份炸鱼薯条。
• supersize portions of fries 超大份炸薯条

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。