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　　                                    The World Happiest Countries
       The United Nations has been sharing World Happiness Report since 2012, and the report in 2017 is finally here, before World Happiness Day on March 20th. Everyone is excited to see which country among 165 countries in the world is the happiest this year.
       Some people even thought that happiness is a better measure of human welfare than the measures of education, health, and income. It also helps remind the governments of how people feel, and what people are expecting from them, and they would have a better chance to come up with friendlier policies.
      This year, Denmark is right behind Norway, and then closely followed by Iceland, Switzerland and Finland. The top four are the same as 2016, but the rank is different from 2016. We learned some facts from this report. People in the happiest countries are more likely to have longer lives, have more social supports, and have more freedom to make life choices, and so on.
       The report is also sending important messages. It tells people that being a happy country doesn’t mean it has to make lots of money. If people are generous and like to share, they are more likely to feel happy. For example, in Norway, it is not an unusual sight to see people painting each other’s house although they can certainly pay someone else to do that, or can surely ask for money after the job is done. However, they don’t do that. This simply share. This is also why Norway is the top on the list of the world’s happiest countries this year.

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【題組】47.What does It mean?
(A) Norway.
(B) Happiness.
(C) The World Happiness Report.
(D) The messages from the United Nations.