“如果你有能力获得一枚奥运会金牌、银牌或铜牌,你更喜欢哪一个?”绝大多数人都会断定,银牌获得者会比铜牌获得者更快乐些,因为他获得了更高的荣誉。但事实上并非如此。调查研究显示,铜牌获得者虽然只是站在了第三名的位置上,但他们比第二名银牌获得者要快乐很多。奥运会选手们这样解释他们获得奖牌的感受:第三名会因为赢得了一枚宝贵的奖牌而激动得颤抖;另一方面,第二名则会因为没能成为第一而自我感觉像个失败者。选自《广州日报》 “If you have the ability to get an Olympic gold, silver or bronze medal, which one do you prefer?” Most people will conclude that a silver medalist will be happier than a bronze medalist because he gains a higher honor. But in fact it is not. Research shows that although the bronze medalists are only in third place, they are much happier than the second-place silver medalist. Olympic athletes explained how they got the medal: The third place was trembling for winning a valuable medal; the second, on the other hand, felt like a loser because she did not make it to number one . From “Guangzhou Daily”