新奇事件簿 金钱可以买到幸福（在线收听）

A song from the famous English pop group the Beatles told us that money can't buy us love. Many people also believe that money cannot buy happiness. In fact, there is an expression that says money is the root of all evil. However, a new study from Cambridge University suggests that money can buy you happiness. Researchers conducted a study on the spending habits of customers in a bank. They compared what the bank customers bought with their personality. The research team compared the personalities of 625 people with a list of how they spent their money. The conclusion of the study was that what people buy can lead to happiness, but only if they buy the right things.

甲壳虫乐队的一首非常有名的歌曲告诉我们金钱不能买到爱。很多人也认为金钱不能买到幸福。实际上，还有一种说法是金钱是万恶之源。然而，剑桥大学的研究显示金钱可以买到幸福。研究者就消费者在银行的消费习惯做了一项调查。他们把人们所购买的东西和人们个性作对比。研究团队把625名消费者的个性和他们的购物清单作对比。研究结果显示人们所购买的东西确实可以给人们带来幸福感，但是这种情况仅限于人们购买的东西适合自己。

One of the researchers believes the study may change the way people think about money and happiness. He said it showed, "that spending can increase our happiness when it is spent on goods and services that fit our personalities". He said Internet companies could use information about people's happiness to recommend products and services that make people happier. Another researcher said spending money could be more important in our lives than we thought. She said: "Spending money on products that help us express who we are as individuals could turn out to be as important to our well-being as finding the right job, the right neighbourhood or even the right friends and partners."

一名研究者认为这项研究可能会改变人们对金钱和幸福的看法。他说研究显示：“当人们购买的产品或者服务适合自己的个性，那么消费能够提升我们的幸福感。”他说互联网公司可以利用与人们幸福感相关的信息来推荐能够让人们感到更幸福的产品和服务。另一名研究者称金钱消费在我们的生活中可能比我们想象的还要重要。她说：“我们购买能够表达自我的产品对于我们的幸福感，找到合适的工作，合适的邻居，甚至是合适的朋友和伙伴是同等重要的。”