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Being happy is more important to children than being famous or rich, a survey reveals.
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Being happy is more important to children than being famous or rich, a survey reveals.
The poll of British primary school children also found that terrorism was considered the worst thing in the world - and that Simon Cowell was thought to be more famous than Jesus.
If children ran the world they would most want to ban knives and guns and have more school holidays.
The nation-wide drive to tackle the obesity epidemic appears to have registered with children, as fear of being fat has shot up the list of worries among the under-10s to number three, up from ninth place last year.
The survey of 1,800 children across the UK was carried out to mark National Kids' Day on December 18.
Spokesman Patricia Murchie said: "The idea is to give preteens a national voice for their views in a very simple format.
"This age group has some very clear ideas on how the world could be changed for the better but is very rarely given the opportunity to express them."
Marriage appears to have risen in popularity among children with 82 per cent saying they will wed when they grow up compared with 76 per cent in 2006 and 72 per cent in 2005.
This is how the youngsters expressed their views:
What is the very best thing in the world: 1 Being happy. 2 Being famous. 3 Being healthy. 4 Being rich. 5 Families. 6 Good looks. 7 Nice food. 8 Friends. 9 Computer games. 10 Holidays.
What are the very worst: 1 Terrorists. 2 Drunks. 3 Being fat. 4 Bullies. 5 Illness. 6 Dying. 7 Divorce. 8 School. 9 Telling lies. 10 Wars.
Who is the most famous person in the world: 1 The Queen. 2 Harry Potter. 3 God. 4 Father Christmas. 5 Simon Cowell. 6 Jesus. 7 Jonny Wilkinson. 8 Spider-Man. 9 Prince William. 10 David Cameron.
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(Agencies)
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一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，在孩子們心目中，“快樂(lè)”比“成名”或“富有”更重要。
該項(xiàng)針對(duì)英國(guó)小學(xué)生的民意調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，“恐怖主義”被認(rèn)為是世界上最糟糕的事情；（美國(guó)偶像評(píng)委）西蒙?考維爾在孩子們心目中的知名度甚至超過(guò)了耶穌。
如果孩子們有朝一日成為世界的主人，他們最希望禁用刀和槍支，還會(huì)延長(zhǎng)學(xué)校假期。
英國(guó)全國(guó)范圍內(nèi)興起的“減肥運(yùn)動(dòng)”似乎也影響到了孩子。在10歲以下孩子最擔(dān)心的問(wèn)題排行榜中，“擔(dān)心長(zhǎng)胖”從去年的第九位升至第三位。
這項(xiàng)調(diào)查共有1800名英國(guó)兒童參加，主要是為了慶祝昨天（12月18日）的“全國(guó)兒童節(jié)”。
發(fā)言人帕特里西亞?穆歇爾說(shuō)：“開(kāi)展這項(xiàng)調(diào)查主要是為了讓孩子們能以一種十分簡(jiǎn)單的方式來(lái)表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)?！?/font>
“10歲至13歲的孩子對(duì)于‘如何讓世界變得更加美好’有一些十分明確的想法，但卻很少有機(jī)會(huì)將它們表達(dá)出來(lái)?！?/font>
孩子們對(duì)于“婚姻”的興趣似乎有所增長(zhǎng)。82%的孩子稱他們長(zhǎng)大后會(huì)結(jié)婚，而去年和前年的這一比例則分別為76%和72%。
該項(xiàng)調(diào)查的結(jié)果如下：
世界上最美好的事情：1、快樂(lè) 2、成名 3、健康 4、富有5、家庭 6、外表出眾 7、美食 8、朋友 9、電腦游戲 10、放假
世界上最糟糕的事情：1、恐怖分子 2、喝醉 3、肥胖 4、欺辱別人 5、生病 6、死亡 7、離婚 8、學(xué)校 9、說(shuō)謊 10、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)
世界上最著名的人：1、女王 2、哈利?波特 3、上帝 4、圣誕老人 5、西蒙?考威爾 6、耶穌 7、約翰尼?維爾金森（英國(guó)橄欖球星） 8、蜘蛛人 9、威廉王子 10、大衛(wèi)?卡梅倫（英國(guó)政治家，現(xiàn)任在野保守黨領(lǐng)袖）
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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