The French and Germans, some might say perhaps not surprisingly，fall far behind Britons.

　　Bottom of the pile are Poles(波兰人) , who, it seems, are twice as unwilling to give a smile as Britons.

　　Piotr Szarota, a psychologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences, analyzed 2,000 photos accompanying Internet messages sent by men

　　and women from nine European countries.

　　He found the residents of Eastern nations to smile less often than those in the West，with Poles the coldest of all.

　　Dr.Szarota, whose findings are published in the Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, said this might be due to a“postCommunist mentality (后共产主义心理)”．

　　He added：“East Europeans, generally regarded as less confident and less friendly，would be less likely to smile.”

　　However, differences in quality of life cannot fully explain the results, with France and Germany both sitting towards the bottom of the league table.

　　With fewer than half the French and Germans pictured smiling，they were more upset than Slovenians (斯洛文尼亚人) and Czechs (捷克人)．

　　This may be because，like the Poles，the French and Germans encourage honesty，preferring to show their true feelings，rather than mask them with a smile.

　　In contrast，Dr.Szarota said that Britons，who topped the table with more than 70 percent of those pictured smiling，may be too polite to show how they really feel.

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