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When I was a child, I always wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to save the world and make everyone happy.
小時候，我一直夢想成為一個超級英雄。我想要拯救世界并讓所有人快樂。
But I knew that I'd need superpowers to make my dreams come true.
但我知道我需要擁有超能力來實現(xiàn)夢想。
So I used to embark on these imaginary journeys to find intergalactic objects from planet Krypton, which was a lot of fun, but didn't yield much result.
于是我經(jīng)常幻想在銀河間尋找超人的故鄉(xiāng)氪星，這可有意思了，只不過一直沒有找到。
When I grew up and realized that science fiction was not a good source for superpowers,
長大以后，我才明白科幻小說并不是超能力的源頭，
I decided instead to embark on a journey of real science, to find a more useful truth.
我于是決定踏上真正的科學(xué)旅程尋找更有意義的真相。
I started my journey in California, with a UC Berkeley 30-year longitudinal study that examined the photos of students in an old yearbook,
加利福尼亞州是我旅程的起點，我學(xué)習(xí)了加州大學(xué)伯克利分校一項長達30年的研究，這項研究對一本舊年冊上學(xué)生的照片進行了分析，
and tried to measure their success and well-being throughout their life.
試圖對他們畢生的成功與幸福進行測量。
By measuring the students' smiles, researchers were able to predict how fulfilling and long-lasting a subject's marriage would be,
通過衡量學(xué)生的微笑，研究者們得以預(yù)測一個研究對象的婚姻，持續(xù)時間與美滿程度
how well she would score on standardized tests of well-being, and how inspiring she would be to others.
她在幸福感標(biāo)準(zhǔn)考試中能夠得多少分，以及她能給其他人帶來多少啟發(fā)。
In another yearbook, I stumbled upon Barry Obama's picture. When I first saw his picture, I thought that his superpowers came from his super collar.
在另一本年冊中，我翻到了巴里·奧巴馬的照片。第一眼看到這張照片時，我以為他的超能力是來自于他超大的領(lǐng)子。
But now I know it was all in his smile.
但是現(xiàn)在我知道其實是來自他的微笑。
