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Finland is known for long cold winters, its beautiful forests and its extensive welfare system.
芬兰因漫长，寒冷的冬季而闻名，它有美丽的森林和广泛的福利体系。
Its economy is comparable to other European economies. So what makes the Finns such a happy nation? They themselves are not quite sure.
其经济可以和其它欧洲国家相提并论，但是什么让芬兰成为了一个幸福国家？他们自己并不确定。
Our economy is doing fine, and I don't know, maybe we're really close to the nature?"
我们的经济还可以，我不知道，我们更贴近自然？
It certainly is not the weather. It can't be because of the climate.
当然不是天气，不可能是因为气候。
We've had such a long and dark winter. But maybe it's the level of security.
我们的冬季很长，而且夜晚很长，或许是安全水平。
It's safe here. You don't have to be scared all the time, and you can trust people.
这里很安全，你不用一直担惊受怕，你可以信任其他人。
The happiness in Finland is boosted by access to nature, safety, affordable child care,
芬兰的幸福是因贴近自然，安全，以及亲民的儿童保育价格而得到提高。
free education and heavily subsidized health care. The other top 10 countries ranked high for similar reasons.
免费教育，以及对医疗保健的高额补贴，其它前十名国家的上榜原因类似。
It is understandable why conflict-ridden countries such as South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan would rank low.
这也就明白了为什么遭到冲突洗礼的国家，比如南苏丹，中非共和国以及阿富汗排名很低。
But the United States, the world's most powerful country and No. 1 economy, continued to slide, dropping to 19th place this year.
但作为世界头号强国，经济第一的美国却持续下滑，今年已下滑到第十九位。
The report attributes the U.S. decline to depression caused mainly by addictions, ranging from substance abuse to gambling and digital media.
报告将美国的下滑归结为上瘾引发的抑郁，这些包括药物滥用，赌博以及数码媒体。
The countries that have seen the biggest gains in the past decade are in central and eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and several in Latin America.
过去十年增长最快的国家来自欧洲中部和东部，撒哈拉以南的非洲以及拉丁美洲的几个国家。
Yemen, India, Syria, Botswana and Venezuela have experienced the largest declines.
也门、印度、叙利亚、博茨瓦纳以及委内瑞拉遭遇最大幅度锐减。
The report looked into factors that could affect the happiness of a nation,
该报道调查了可能影响国家幸福指数的因素，
including economic output, social support, governance, healthy life expectancy, absence of corruption and generosity.
包括经济产出、社会支持、管理方法、健康的预期寿命、无贪污以及慷慨。
It found that people tend to feel happier if they help others, but if they do so by choice.
报告发现乐于帮助的人往往感到更幸福，前提是他们是自愿的。
The increased time spent on social media is linked to a decline in happiness, especially among adolescents.
花费在社媒上的时间日益增加，这与幸福下降有关，特别是青少年的幸福。
Happy people are more likely to vote for the incumbent.
幸福的人更容易为现任官员投票。
Recent gains of populist politicians could be the result of their ability to appeal to unhappy voters.
近期增多的民粹主义政客或许是他们有能力吸引不幸福选民。
The report stresses that there are many variables that can affect a nation's happiness, and no simple explanations are applicable to all.
报告强调称，还有许多可以影响国家幸福的可变因素，所有这些不能用一个简单的原因加以解释。
You just need to remind yourself when you feel about complaining about the weather, that we're really happy here. We're on our way to afternoon tea!
你只需要提醒自己，当你要抱怨天气时，我们在这里很幸福，我们要去喝下午茶了。
One thing seems invariable: Sunny weather does not guarantee happiness.
有一点似乎是不变的，阳光明媚无法保证幸福。
Zlatica Hoke VOA news, Washington
斯拉迪克·霍克，VOA新闻，华盛顿报道。
