雅思阅读：聪明人更喜欢独处

Smart people may be far happier with their own company than meeting friends.

比起和朋友见面，聪明的人自己独处时更快乐。

A new study has found that for intelligent people, the more frequently they socialise with friends, the less satisfied they are with life.

比较新研究发现，聪明的人和朋友们社交越频繁，他们对生活的满足感越低。

The findings come from two evolutionary psychologists who challenge the modern view that the more social contact we have the happier we will likely be.

这项发现来自于两位进化心理学家，他们要挑战当代人的这个观点：社交生活越丰富，我们的幸福感越强。

Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics and Norman Li of Singapore Management University propose that the core social skills developed in our ancient past still hold sway over our happiness today.

伦敦经济学院的禅洲金泽和新加坡管理大学的诺曼·李认为，发源于古代社会的核心社交能力依然主导着我们今天的幸福。

They propose that the 'savannah theory' is at the root of modern happiness. This theory dictates that the factors which made early humans satisfied are still true with modern life.

他们认为，“草原理论”是影响现代人幸福感的根源。该理论认为，那些令早期人类感到满足的因素，在现代生活中依然发挥着作用。