夫妻長得像是巧合嗎？不，那是定律！

看看下面的幾組圖片，不知道你有沒有覺得這些夫妻很有夫妻相？

你是否也困惑過為什麼很多夫妻長得一樣呢？下面這篇英文就很好地解答這個困惑。文章選自Reader"s Digest ，原文題目是 Think Married People Look Alike? Science Explains Why 作者 Lauren Rearick 英語閱讀能力強的同學直接看英文，其餘同學參考小編的簡單翻譯概括。

Think of your favorite married couple or even your own spouse and you may notice a striking resemblance in facial features. whether it』s full cheeks, a strong nose, the same soft brown eyes, or the same jet black hair. You might chalk it up to coincidence or just your imagination, but a new study suggests that there』s a reason married couples look alike.

這一段大意：為什麼你欽佩羨慕的夫妻都長得很像？你可能會覺得是巧合，但是最新研究表明夫妻長得像是有原因的。

生詞：1. spouse 配偶，夫妻 2.resemblance 相似 3. chalk sth up to 把某事歸咎於... 4. suggest 顯示，暗示

The short version: We tend to be attracted to our own kind. According to research in the journal PLOS Genetics, married couples often appear to resemble each other because of a human tendency to marry someone with the same ancestry, but this trend may be on the wane.

這一段大意：簡單說來，原因只有一個：我們常常被那些和自己有同樣特徵的人吸引住（黑體字這句話是全文的中心句，讀不懂就難以理解整篇文章）。研究表明人們傾向於和自己有共同祖先的人結婚（也就是同族易於通婚），當然這個趨勢漸漸變弱。

生詞： 1.tend to 趨向 2. tendency 趨勢 3. ancestry 祖宗，血統 4. on the wane 逐漸衰落

For the study, researchers Ronnie Sebro of the University of Pennsylvania, along with Josée Dupuis from the Boston University School of Public Health and Neil Risch from the University of California, San Francisco, looked at genomic data to determine the ancestry of more than 800 participating spouse pairs from varying genetic backgrounds and ancestry. Based on their data, they discovered generations of spouses who are more genetically similar to each other than might otherwise be expected. Perhaps more surprisingly, that pattern is shifting. The study authors write: 「Until recently, most people selected a spouse from within their local community, and that person often had the same ancestry,」 adding, 「the genetic structure created by these mating patterns in the population has decreased over time.」

這一段大意：專家學者從基因組數據角度出發，先後研究了800對不同基因背景的夫妻。研究得出結論：長得像的夫妻在基因組數據方面相識度很高。因為人們習慣從當地選擇配偶，所以易於有共同的血統，長得像不足為奇。但是研究中也發現，因為基因結構相似而長得像的夫妻人口數量在下降（意思是不同基因結構的夫妻長得像的比例逐漸增加了）

生詞：1.genomic data 基因數據 2. participate 參與，參加 3. shift 改變

It』s unclear why the tendency to select a mate with similar physical characteristics is becoming less and less common, but Internet access, our increasing globalization, and greater mingling of people with different ancestry may play a role.

這一段大意：目前尚且不知道為什麼選擇和自己身體特徵類似的人作為配偶的這個趨勢變得沒有那麼普遍了。但是網路的發展，全球化的進程，以及不同血統人們之間的融合應該都發揮了一定的作用。

生詞：1. physical characteristics 身體特徵 2. globalization 全球化 3. mingling 混合

Though we may be less and less likely to choose genetically similar mates going forward, that doesn』t mean spouses will stop looking alike. In an earlier study, couples were photographed as newlyweds and then again 25 years later. The resulting photographs illustrate that over time, couples begin to look alike. Researchers attribute this resemblance to a happy marriage and the close quarters that couples share, which leads them to share facial expressions. For example, if your partner laughs often and causes you to laugh often, you』re both likely to develop laugh lines. This might be a good sign though since research shows that couples who laugh together, stay together.

這一段大意：雖然往後人們選擇基因相似配偶的可能性越來越小了（同族通婚的可能性減弱），但是並不意味著夫妻長得相似的可能性變小。曾經就有人研究對比過，一對在結婚照上顯得不太像的夫妻，25年之後再度合影，他們變得像了。研究者把這個歸功於和諧美滿的婚姻生活和他們長期近距離的臉部表情分享。比如你的愛人經常開懷大笑，當然也會引起你的開懷大笑，這樣一來，你們自然可以同步發展笑紋啦！長得不像才怪呢。

生詞：1. illustrate 說明，顯示 2. attribute to 把...歸咎於 3. laugh line 笑紋

這篇文章不知道你能否讀明白？老外的思維和我們不一樣，讀起來略有難度。仔細分析，小編覺得人家寫得很好哦！現在把文章和大家理順一下。

夫妻長得像，其實只有一個原因，總結起來就是：We tend to be attracted to our own kind. （物以類聚，人以群分；或者相似相融）！這個原因可以分兩個方面來看。首先，同族算是一個相似。同族的人更容易通婚，基因相識長得像的可能性自然更大，但是同族結婚的趨勢已經逐漸減弱；其次，興趣愛好接近算是一個相似。隨著網路的發展，人類交往的全球化，各個民族之間相互融合，這個時候不同種族也是可以通婚的，夫妻長相為什麼相似呢？因為夫妻是通過興趣愛好走到一起的，他們性格相似，生活習慣也一致，相互影響著各自的方方面面，經過長久的磨合，長相也逐漸變得相似了。

所以，這句話還是蠻有道理的：We tend to be attracted to our own kind.

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