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導讀：想必很多人都曾有過遺失錢包的經歷，散了錢財且不說，一堆的證件還有銀行卡補辦起來不知道有多麻煩。英國最新的一項社會實驗發現，博物館成為“遺失錢包的最佳地點，因為與其他場所相比，失主們更有可能失而復得。
Researchers found almost half of wallets misplaced at cultural centres were retrieved by their owners.
研究者發現那些在文化中心遺失的錢包中，有近半數最終歸還失主。
The social experiment, carried out across five British cities, found that a third of wallets dropped in shopping centres were also returned.
該項社會實驗在英國的5個城市中進行，實驗人外還發現遺失在購物中心的錢包，有三分之一物歸原主。
But not a single wallet dropped in cafés or public transport was handed in.
但在公共交通工具上或在 咖啡館“丟失的”錢包從未被歸還。
Researchers dropped 100 wallets at various locations in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Cardiff and Leeds, with each one containing £10 cash, a photograph, receipts, stamps and contact details for their owners.
在倫敦、伯明翰、格拉斯哥、加地夫以及利茲這幾個城市中，研究者們將100個錢包遺失在城市的各個角落，每個錢包都裝有10英鎊現金、一張照片、票據、郵票以及失主的聯系信息。
They found one in every five wallets was handed back. People in the British capital the most honest while those from Birmingham the most dishonest.
他們發現有五分之一的錢包被歸還給失主。倫敦人表現最佳，相比之下，伯明翰人在“物歸原主”上表現得差強人意。
