新概念雙語(yǔ)：長(zhǎng)得漂亮就夠了：顏值越高收入越高

You might be only a pretty face, but it seems that’s all you need to get on in today’s world of work.

除了長(zhǎng)得漂亮，你可能什么都沒有，但在如今的職場(chǎng)中那可能就夠了。

A study has found beautiful people do better in their careers – even after their youthful good looks have begun to fade. At each career stage studied, pretty people held more prestigious jobs than plain Janes.

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，具有外貌優(yōu)勢(shì)的人在職業(yè)生涯中會(huì)做得更好;即使他們青春不再，也是如此。在職業(yè)生涯的每個(gè)階段，漂亮的人都勝過那些長(zhǎng)相平平的人。

The researchers said attractive sorts may gravitate to good jobs because they are more confident. Alternatively, the plain may be penalised by employers.

研究者指出，長(zhǎng)相優(yōu)勢(shì)的確會(huì)帶來(lái)更好的工作，因?yàn)樗麄儠?huì)更有自信。相反，普通人則會(huì)在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中處于不利的地位。

The British and Italian team used decades of data on more than 8,000 men and women who left school in Wisconsin in the US in 1957.

一組來(lái)自英國(guó)和意大利的老師運(yùn)用來(lái)自美國(guó)威斯康辛州的8000名畢業(yè)于1957年的人們做了一個(gè)長(zhǎng)達(dá)幾十年的研究。

This included information about employment at various points in life, school photos that were used to rate their looks and information about their education and their parents’ social class.

這項(xiàng)研究包括的數(shù)據(jù)如下：這些人在不同階段的雇傭狀況、用于評(píng)判外貌的在校照片、教育信息及他們父母的社會(huì)地位。

Those rated the most attractive on leaving school tended to have better jobs and more prestigious careers, even when close to retirement. The finding held even when other factors, such as intelligence and education, were taken into account.

研究表明，那些被評(píng)為具有外貌優(yōu)勢(shì)的人畢業(yè)后容易找到相對(duì)而言較好的工作，并在職業(yè)生涯中發(fā)展得更好，即使是快退休的時(shí)候。同時(shí)，這項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)將其他因素，例如聰明與否和教育背景也考慮在內(nèi)。

Researcher Gundi Knies said good looking people may benefit from a "beauty premium". She added: "We found facial attractiveness is important in determining people’s occupational prestige at the beginning of the career as it is in the middle or at the end. It is also possible the good looking have the confidence to aim higher. "

研究員柯尼斯認(rèn)為長(zhǎng)得好看的人很可能會(huì)享受到一種“美麗優(yōu)待”。她稱：“我們發(fā)現(xiàn)外表的吸引力無(wú)論在職業(yè)的起步、中期或最終階段都非常重要。這也有可能是因?yàn)橥獗淼膬?yōu)勢(shì)使他們有信心將目標(biāo)定得更高。”

Previous studies have shown that attractive people are usually hired sooner, get promotions more quickly and earn up to four per cent more than their colleagues who are less aesthetically pleasing.

之前還有一些研究表明：長(zhǎng)相好看的人通常會(huì)更容易找到工作，也會(huì)比其他人更快地晉升。更重要的是，他們會(huì)比長(zhǎng)相平平的同事們賺得更多——平均高出四個(gè)百分點(diǎn)。