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Wednesday – not Monday – is the worst day of the week, according to research by two American applied mathematicians.

Wednesday – not Monday – is the worst day of the week, according to research by two American applied mathematicians.

Professors Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds, of Vermont University, analysed words used in 2.4 million internet blogs such as Twitter, giving a score out of nine depending on how positive they were.

Words like free, fun, and rainbow all scored above eight, while words such as betray, cruel, hatred3 and suffocate4 all scored less than two.

Saturday and Sunday rated predictably well but, perhaps surprisingly, Monday came out as the second happiest day of the week, partly because people were still reminiscing about the weekend. However by Wednesday, these feelings had subsided5.

Professor Danforth said: "People's daily experience is being reflected somewhat in what they're saying. And this is more of a story, we think, for Twitter messages, which we've just started to pay attention to, about a year ago.

"They think they are communicating with friends, but since blogs are public we're just looking over their shoulders.

"The weekends tend to be fairly happy and Wednesday turned out to be the saddest day."

He said using the internet in this way enabled them to rate happiness based on higher numbers of people than previous studies.

"What we're attempting to do is measure collective happiness on a much larger scale, similar to measuring the temperature outside," Professor Danforth said.

"The energy of a few molecules6 bouncing around doesn't give a good indication of heat, you need billions or more."

美国两位应用数学家研究发现,一周中最郁闷的一天是周三,而不是周一。

佛蒙特大学的克里斯托弗•丹福思和彼得•多兹教授对在Twitter等网站上的240万篇博客中使用的词语进行了分析,并将其按照积极程度从1到9打分。

自由、乐趣、彩虹等词语的得分都在8分以上,而背叛、残忍、仇恨和窒息等词语的得分都在2分以下。

不出所料,周六和周日得分很高;但可能让人意外的是,周一在一周的快乐排行榜中名列第二,这部分是因为人们还沉浸在周末的快乐之中。然而到了周三,这种情绪已渐渐消退。

丹福思教授说:“从某种程度上来说,人们每天的经历可反映在他们的谈话里。我们认为,对于Twitter上的那些信息来说,它们更像是一个故事。我们大约在一年前才开始关注这个问题。”

“他们觉得自己是在和朋友们交流,但因为博客是公开的,所以我们只是在‘窥探’。”

“周末是一周中非常愉快的两天,而周三则是一周中最郁闷的一天。”

他表示,与之前的研究相比,利用网络进行研究可以让他们对更多的人展开调查。

丹福思教授说:“我们想评定更大范围人群的集体快乐指数,就像测量室外温度一样。”

“仅测定几个活跃分子的热量无法得出准确的温度,你需要数十亿个分子甚至更多。”

Vocabulary:

subside:to sink to a low or lower level(减退,平息)

look over one's shoulders: be careful;watch for danger(小心提防)



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1 applied Tz2zXA     
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
参考例句:
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
2 mathematicians bca28c194cb123ba0303d3afafc32cb4     
数学家( mathematician的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? 你以为我们的数学家做不到这一点吗? 来自英汉文学
  • Mathematicians can solve problems with two variables. 数学家们可以用两个变数来解决问题。 来自哲学部分
3 hatred T5Gyg     
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
参考例句:
  • He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
  • The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
4 suffocate CHNzm     
vt.使窒息,使缺氧,阻碍;vi.窒息,窒息而亡,阻碍发展
参考例句:
  • If you shut all the windows,I will suffocate.如果你把窗户全部关起来,我就会闷死。
  • The stale air made us suffocate.浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
5 subsided 1bda21cef31764468020a8c83598cc0d     
v.(土地)下陷(因在地下采矿)( subside的过去式和过去分词 );减弱;下降至较低或正常水平;一下子坐在椅子等上
参考例句:
  • After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后,部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚, 暴风雨已经过去,四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 molecules 187c25e49d45ad10b2f266c1fa7a8d49     
分子( molecule的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里,大分子裂变为小分子。
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