英語短文：獨生子女更幸福
英語短文：
A UK study has claimed that only-children are more contented than those with siblings because they do not have to fight for their parents' attention。
澳大利亞《每日電訊報》14日報道稱，英國一項研究發現，比起家有兄弟姐妹的孩子，獨生子女的生活更加幸福，因為后者不必為爭得父母的寵愛而明爭暗斗。
Thirty-one percent of children said they were hit, kicked or pushed by a sibling "quite a lot" or "a lot." Almost a third of teenagers said they were called "nasty names" and 18 percent said their belongings had been taken by a brother or sister. In all, 54 percent of siblings said they had been involved in some form of bullying。
研究報告中，31%的孩子稱受到兄弟姐妹拳打腳踢推推搡搡的次數“較多”甚至“非常多”。而幾乎三分之一的青少年反應自己常被兄弟姐妹冠以“惡意綽號”，其中有18%的孩子報告稱哥哥姐姐會奪己所愛。總體來說，54%的“為姐為哥”者承認自己曾“恃強凌弱”。
Figures from a study tracking the lives of 100,000 people in 40,000 British homes suggest only-children could be happier because they receive all the attention from their parents and do not have to fight for praise or assistance。
該研究跟蹤調查了來自4萬個英國家庭的10萬人口，調查結果表明，獨生子女可能更為幸福，因為他們能夠從父母處獲得更多的注意力，且不必為得到表揚、獲得鼓勵而明爭暗斗。
The conclusion was supported by Hollywood actress Natalie Portman: "I would never have been an actress if I weren't an only child because my parents would never have let me be the star of the family at the expense of another child."
好萊塢女星娜塔莉-波特曼擁護該結論道：“如果我不是獨生子女，我就永遠不會成為一個女演員。因為父母不可能為了讓我成為一個明星，而犧牲掉另外一個孩子的前途。”
University of Warwick professor Dieter Wolke said: "from anecdotal reports, quarreling siblings increase stress for parents, and some just give up intervening or intervene inconsistently, leaving the field wide open for the bully sibling."
英國華威大學教授迪特爾-沃克說道：“從一些有趣的報告中我們發現，兄弟姐妹吵成一團會讓父母頭痛不已，一些家長于是放棄‘調停’，或者減少‘調停’的次數，致使大欺小的現象屢屢發生。”
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