你所不知道的快乐秘笈：亲友相聚

　　Time for Family，Friends，and Community 与家人的天伦之乐、与好友的相聚、交往

　　In the growing field of happiness research, one thing is overwhelmingly clear. People who are socially engaged are more likely to be happy--and less likely to be depressed--than those who aren't.

　　在不断增长的快乐研究领域里,有一件事情是绝对清楚的。忙碌于社会交往的人们比起那些没有社交的人们多些快乐，少些忧郁。

　　In fact, Time Magazine poll found that the four most significant sources of happiness—children (77 percent), friendships (76 percent), contributing to the lives of others (75 percent), and spouse/partner (73 percent)—all involved spending meaningful time with other people.

　　实际上，《时代》杂志民意调查发现了快乐的4个最重要来源——孩子(77%)、友谊(76%)、为他人奉献(75%)以及配偶或伴侣(73%)，都涉及与他人共享美好时光这一点。

　　The problem: "We're so caught up with extraordinary work burdens, we don't have time to enjoy the people we love or contribute to the lives of others," says Post.

　　问题是：“我们的工作负担如此沉重，我们没有时间与所爱的人享受共度时光的乐趣，也没有时间为他人奉献。” 波斯特说道。

　　That time crunch is quite real, says John de Graaf, president of the public policy organization Take Back Your Time. "Compared to 30 years ago, the average family now spends an extra 500 hours per year working outside the home."

　　公共政策组织“找回你的时光”的负责人约翰·德·格拉夫说时间短缺带来的危机是千真万确的，“与30年前相比较，平均每个家庭现在每年多花500个小时在工作上。”

　　We're also spending more time getting to work and back.

　　我们也花了更多的时间往返于工作和回家的路上。

　　"Traffic is getting worse and we're not investing in mass transit," says de Graaf. "Most of the data I've seen shows that we've doubled our average commute times in the past generation."

　　“交通变得越来越糟糕，而我们没有在大众交通上投资，”德·格拉夫说，“我所看到的大多数据显示我们平均每

　　Obviously, it depends on where you live--and where you work. Those most impacted: affluent families who chose even larger homes over living closer to work, and younger families who are priced out of homes of any size closer to centers of employment.

　　显然，这取决于你住在何处，以及你在哪里工作。最受影响的人群：为了住大一些的房子而宁愿离工作地点远一些的富裕家庭，以及被办公中心附近高昂的