研究发现可能存在幸福基因

Happinessis in your genes it seems, according to research that shows the more people in a country who have a particularly gene, the happier the nation will be.

一项研究发现可能存在幸福基因，国家的居民拥有的这种特殊基因越多，他们就会越幸福。

The DNA in question, the FAAH gene, makes a protein that affects feelings of pleasure and pain. People with a particular version of it tend to be cheerier souls.

However,wealth and health were found to have little effect on happiness. There searchers said the find could help explain why some of the world's poorest nations are also the happiest.

The team from Bulgaria and Hong Kong looked at whether there was a link between levels of the FAAH gene in a population and number of people who said they were 'very happy' in global study of life satisfaction.

Sweden -one of the happiest countries in Europe and in the world - also had lots of happy DNA. Some 26.3 percent of Swedes have the happiness gene, compared to 23 percent of Britons, 21 percent of the French and 20 percent of Germans.

The happiness gene is even rarer in southern Europe, where it is found in 18 percent of Greeks and just 12 percent of Italians.

Further afield, Ghana, Nigeria, Mexico and Columbia all came out near the top in the happiness league - and sported high rates of the gene.

In contrast, the peoples of Iraq, Jordan, China were among the least likely torate themselves as 'very happy' and also had the lowest levels of the gene.

But the gene and an optimistic outlook didn't always go hand in hand.

For instance, Russians and Estonians score very low on happiness, despite having the 'right' DNA, the Journal of Happiness Studies reports.

1 gene

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。

• The targeting of gene therapy has beenpaid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

2 genes

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, soyou should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。来自《简明英汉词典》

• Differences will help to reveal thefunctions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

3 DNA

(缩)deoxyribonucleicacid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。

• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

4 version

n.版本；型号；叙述，说法

参考例句：

• His version of the events is puresupposition.他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。

•  What is your version of this matter?你对这件事情的看法 怎么样？

5 outlook

n.观点，见解；展望，前景

参考例句：

• The outlook for the economy is bright.经济前景光明。

•  Her outlook gradually widens.她的眼光渐渐开阔了。

6 instance

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？

• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

7 journal

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。

• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。