英语新闻听写 夏天就应该去开出租:晴天出租车小费会增加哦（在线收听）

For taxi drivers, there’s now a reason to enjoy sunny days even more: Sunshine drives up cab tips, according to research published this month. The study tracked weather and nearly 14 million taxi rides in New York City over a 10-month period and found that a shift from a dark sky to full sunshine was linked to a 0.7% increase in tipping. That’s no big deal for one ride, but over dozens of trips a day, it adds up—accounting for an estimated daily increase of $17,466 in cab tips citywide.

对出租车司机而言，这个夏天更有理由来好好享受了：根据本月发布的一项研究，晴天会增加出租车的小费。这项研究追踪了在各种天气情况下，纽约市1400万出租车司机10个月以来的载客记录，发现天气的改变与0.7%的小费增加有关 。这对一次载客来说可能无关紧要，但是对一天的几十次载客而言，加起来——全市出租车小费收入每天预计能增长17466美元。

With taxi trips being a fairly standardized experience--unlike restaurants, which range dramatically in food quality and atmosphere--the researchers argue that taxicabs are a great model for understanding general tipping behavior, a practice that makes up billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. Researchers couldn’t definitively say why sunshine drove up tips, but suggested it was linked to better moods, which have previously been shown to improve with sunlight.

出租车与饭店不同，各个饭店的食物质量和氛围相差很大，但是乘坐出租车的体验相对而言比较一致，所以研究人员认为出租车行业是了解总体小费行为的最佳领域，美国人付小费的行为每年都能为经济贡献数百万美元。研究人员并不确定为什么晴天小费会增加，但是暗指它可能跟好心情有关，此前有研究表明晴天能改善人们的心情。