六级阅读精选文：快乐成长的重要性

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Money may not buy you happiness, but having a happy childhood can make you lots of money.
钱可能买不来快乐，不过若有个快乐的童年，长大后成为富翁的机会会更大。  
. O1 U, O5 q( E2 T) @& \* @; X+ jA study has found that children with a sunny disposition go on to earn more as adults, even if their parents were not educated or high earners. And within the same family, it is the happiest siblings who tend to earn the most.
9 W" z& @- r( X一项研究表明：童年性格开朗的小孩，长大以后赚钱更多；无论其出生在富贵还是清贫人家。并且，在同一个家族中，最快乐的孩子长大以后赚的最多。  中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
, u; o$ C5 l- P3 PIt will come as no surprise to self-made billionaire Sir Richard Branson, who has said in the past he was ‘extremely lucky’ to have had such a happy childhood with ‘wonderful, understanding’ parents.
4 N0 x, m( Y1 `5 w; }% c这项研究结果对白手起家的亿万富翁Richard Branson爵士（维京集团创始人）来说毫不意外。他自己曾说过，童年的自己是个非常幸运的孩子，因为他有一对善解人意的父母。  
" t# I* }. v& Q! n. M4 f; H- X* OThe study examined the happiness levels of 90,000 children and young adults in the U.S., and compared the data to their levels of income as adults. Even when other factors were taken into account, the economists carrying out the study found that happiness levels when young clearly determined higher earnings in later life.
' A7 t! ]6 c6 S8 n( L7 A1 r; k该研究测试了美国9万个青少年的快乐程度，并与他们成年后的收入相比较。虽然研究里也含有其他影响因素，但经济学家们发现，年少时的快乐指数显著地决定了成年的收入水平。  
For example, those whose life satisfaction increased by one point on a scale of one to five at the age of 22 were likely to earn