妹子们找高的吧！夫妇身高差和幸福感成正比

 　　Shared interests, a sense of humour and a healthy sex life may all go a long way to creating a satisfying marriage.

　　拥有共同的兴趣爱好、富有幽默感和健康的夫妻生活对创造美满婚姻均大有裨益。

　　‘Although it has been known that women prefer tall men in mating for evolutionary¹ reasons, no study has investigated whether a taller husband makes his wife happier,’ said researcher Kitae Sohn, from Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea.

　　“尽管众所周知出于进化的原因，女性更喜欢高个子男性，目前尚无调查研究高个子丈夫是否可以让其妻更幸福，”韩国首尔建国大学研究员孙基泰如是说。

　　A greater height difference in a couple was positively² related to the wife’s happiness. He added that the relationship between height and happiness ‘gradually weakened over time and entirely³ dissipated by 18 years of marital⁴ duration’.

　　夫妇身高差与妻子幸福感正相关。他补充说，身高和幸福感的关系会随时间推移而弱化，直到婚姻进入18个年头后完全消解。

　　Dr Sohn, who analysed data from 7,850 women collected from a long-term population survey, said there could be many reasons why a taller man was linked to a happier wife.

　　孙基泰从一项历时较长的人口调查中收集了7850名女性的数据，称男性个子偏高与妻子更为幸福相关联，其后有诸多原因。

　　One is the intrinsic value of height; that is, women simply like tall men, while unable to say why.

　　原因之一是身高的内在价值，即女性就是莫名喜欢高个子男性。

　　This is similar to people favouring fatty, salty, and sugary foods without knowing exactly why: such foods are essential to survival but were scarce as humans evolved - hence craving⁵ for such foods increased reproductive fitness in the past.

　　这个和人们说不清为何喜欢高脂、偏咸或偏甜的食物一样，即这些食物对于人类生存至关重要，但随着人类进化，这些食物数量稀少，因而在过去对这些食物有渴求能增加生育能力。

1 evolutionary   

adj.进化的；演化的，演变的；[生]进化论的

参考例句：

• Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
• These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。

2 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

5 craving   

n.渴望,热望

参考例句：

• a craving for chocolate 非常想吃巧克力
• She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps. 她不吃正餐，以便满足自己吃巧克力和炸薯片的渴望。