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March 20 is the United Nations' International Day of Happiness. 

3月20日是联合国国际幸福日。 

For many years, northern European countries, especially Finland, have been named among the happiest countries on Earth. The United States has never made it into the top 10. 

多年来，北欧国家，尤其是芬兰，一直被评为地球上最幸福的国家之一。美国从未进入过前十名。 

But California state lawmaker Anthony Rendon is hoping he can do something about happiness in the most populous American state. 

但加利福尼亚州议员安东尼·伦登希望他能为这个美国人口最多的州的幸福做点什么。 

In his free time, Rendon likes to stay away from the workplace and spend time with his 4-year-old daughter at his home near Los Angeles. Recently, he took her ice skating and to an indoor play area. He said those are the “things that make me happy.” 

在空闲时间，伦登喜欢远离工作场所，在洛杉矶附近的家中与 4 岁的女儿共度时光。最近，他带她滑冰，去了室内游乐区。他说这些是“让我快乐的事情”。 

As one of the longest-serving leaders in the California legislature, Rendon is now trying to make happiness more central to policymaking in his last year in office. He created a first-in-the-nation group to study the issue of happiness. The group is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes. 

作为加州立法机关任职时间最长的领导人之一，伦登现在正努力让幸福在他任期的最后一年中成为政策制定的核心。他创建了一个全国首个研究幸福问题的小组。该小组被称为幸福和公共政策成果特别委员会。 

Rendon said it would be “silly” for lawmakers to not study how they can make people happier. “Because if we have everybody clothed, everybody housed, everybody has a job and they’re miserable, then we’ve failed at what we’re trying to do,” he said. 

伦登表示，立法者如果不研究如何让人们更幸福，那将是“愚蠢的”。“因为如果我们让每个人都有衣服穿，每个人都有住处，每个人都有工作，但他们都很痛苦，那么我们就失败了，”他说。