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解读身高与成功的关系 A tall order: Linking height and success Its often been suggested that the CEOs of the Fortune 500 are of above-average height. Weve never done the number-crunching ourselves, but unofficial studies suggest the assertion has merit. Arianne Cohen, the 63 author of The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High, maintains there is a tangible correlation between height and success -- and offers up a variety of theories on why tall people tend to thrive in business and elsewhere. Fortune recently sat down with Cohen to talk about the role height plays in the workplace. 经常会有人提到，《财富》500强企业的CEO身高都在平均线以上。我们从未亲自调查过相关数据，但是非官方研究表明这一说法并非空穴来风。身高超过1.9米（6英尺3英寸）的埃尔瑞娜?科恩（Arianne Cohen）是《高个子之书：至高点的生命礼赞》(The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High)一书的作者，认为身高和成功的确相关，并且提供了一系列理论说明为什么高个子的人更容易在商界和其他领域取得成功。《财富》最近采访了科恩，她就身高在职场中的影响发表了自己的意见。 So theres really a connection between height and success? 身高和成功真的有关吗？ Its huge. Tall people make an average of $789 per inch per year (for every inch above a person of average height) and this has been shown repeatedly in a set of four large-scale salary survey studies over 50 years in both the U.K. and the U.S. 关系很大。高个子的人每高出平均身高1英寸（2.54厘米）每年就多赚789美元。过去50年中这个数字在对英国和美国所做的四项大型薪酬调查研究中都反复出现。 Numerous studies show that when bosses are given real and fictitious resumes of two competent employees, theres about a 70% chance that bosses will pick the taller person for the job. In follow-up studies where the managers were asked to rate the employees coming in to the job, they gave flying color reviews to the tall people, which is hilarious because none of the employees had even done anything yet. The clear implication of this is that tall people are perceived as very competent before they ever display proof that they are. 大量研究表明，当面对两个称职的求职者递来的有真有假的简历时，70%的情况下老板都会选择个子高的那一个。在后续调查中，每当经理被问及如何评价即将上任的员工，他们总会对高个子流露溢美之词。这点实在是很滑稽，因为这些员工还什么都没有做。从这不难看出人们先入为主地认为个子高的人能力也卓尔不群。 Why is that the case? 为何会如此？ One reason tall people are successful is that they are