为快乐打分：世界上最幸福的国家(组图)

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你为自己的幸福打几分

　　"Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are?"

　　“如果把一切因素考虑在内，从1到10划为十个等级，你会为自己的幸福程度打几分？”

　　With that question and global surveys, the folks at the World Database of Happiness have ranked the nations on a happiness scale.

　　世界国民幸福水平数据库的工作人员用这个问题在全世界范围进行调查，他们将各个国家根据其国民的幸福水平做出了排名。

　　The Netherlands is one of the world's rather happy countries, its industrial capital, Rotterdam, is home to the database, housed at Reassume University. Its director, Ruut Veenhoven, has made his life's work researching which nations are home to the happiest citizens.

　　荷兰就是世界上相当幸福的国家之一，世界国民幸福水平数据库就设在其工业中心鹿特丹的伊拉斯姆斯大学。数据库主管鲁特• 范荷文毕生都在研究哪个国家的人生活得最幸福。

　　Veenhoven's research shows that Scandinavian nations come out on top, making up five of the 13 happiest nations. Denmark tops the list as a whole--its citizens rank their average happiness as 8.2 on a 10-point scale. Switzerland's citizens closely trail the Danish, each reporting an average happiness level of 8.1, followed by Iceland (7.8).

　　范荷文的研究显示，北欧国家的人位居幸福前列，在13个最快乐的国家中，北欧就占了5个。丹麦的排名位居榜首——在10分制的评分中，丹麦人平均给自己的幸福水平打了8.2分。瑞士人紧随其后，给自己的幸福水平平均打到8.1分，接下来是冰岛(7.8分)。