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导读：想必很多人都曾有过遗失钱包的经历，散了钱财且不说，一堆的证件还有银行卡补办起来不知道有多麻烦。英国最新的一项社会实验发现，博物馆成为“遗失钱包的最佳地点，因为与其他场所相比，失主们更有可能失而复得。
Researchers found almost half of wallets misplaced at cultural centres were retrieved by their owners.
研究者发现那些在文化中心遗失的钱包中，有近半数最终归还失主。
The social experiment, carried out across five British cities, found that a third of wallets dropped in shopping centres were also returned.
该项社会实验在英国的5个城市中进行，实验人外还发现遗失在购物中心的钱包，有三分之一物归原主。
But not a single wallet dropped in cafés or public transport was handed in.
但在公共交通工具上或在 咖啡馆“丢失的”钱包从未被归还。
Researchers dropped 100 wallets at various locations in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff and Leeds, with each one containing £10 cash, a photograph, receipts, stamps and contact details for their owners.
在伦敦、伯明翰、格拉斯哥、加地夫以及利兹这几个城市中，研究者们将100个钱包遗失在城市的各个角落，每个钱包都装有10英镑现金、一张照片、票据、邮票以及失主的联系信息。
They found one in every five wallets was handed back. People in the British capital the most honest while those from Birmingham the most dishonest.
他们发现有五分之一的钱包被归还给失主。伦敦人表现最佳，相比之下，伯明翰人在“物归原主”上表现得差强人意。
