双语阅读英语外刊精讲：节省时间能带来幸福(上)

2019-03-24 10:18:00来源：酷学英语

　　"When we feel like our to-do lists are longer than the hours that we have time in the day to complete them, we can feel as if our life is spiraling out of control, thereby undermining our personal well-being."

　　“当我们感觉一天中的可用时间不够完成要做的事时，我们就会觉得生活正在失去控制，继而破坏我们的个人幸福。”

　　Well, if time is money, Whillans and her team wondered whether money that's used to buy time could offer some relief. Like paying someone else to clean the house, mow the lawn, or deliver the groceries.

　　如果时间就是金钱，威兰斯和她的团队想知道，用来买时间的金钱是否会给人带来安慰。比如雇人打扫房子、修剪草坪或者送货上门。

　　To find out, the researchers asked more than 6,000 people from the U.S., Canada, Denmark, and the Netherlands to rate their overall satisfaction with life, and to estimate how much money they lay out each month to outsource unenjoyable daily tasks or otherwise purchase some time off.

　　为了找到答案，研究人员请来自美国、加拿大、丹麦和荷兰的6000多人对他们生活的总体满意度进行评估，并估算他们每个月会花多少钱外包无趣的日常工作或通过其他方式花钱节省时间。

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