C an Money Buy Happiness? The old saying (say) that “ money can’t buy 1 ___ (happy) ” is quite wrong, with even quite small lottery wins or inheritances able to produce 2 ___ (last) contentment, new research 3 ___ (publish) in Britain has shown. P rofessors Andrew Oswald and Jonathan Gardner of Warwick University in central England tracked 9,000 families over the past decade to study whether there was a 4 ___ (connect) between cash windfalls ( 意外之财 ) and contentment. “ We find a very strong link between cash falling on you and 5 ___ (high) contentment and better mental health in the 6 ___ (follow) year, ” said Oswald. “ We have found effects from even tiny windfalls of 1,000 pounds. A nd the more you get, the 7 ___ (good) you feel. ” A windfall of a million pounds , the research showed, would be enough to transform even the most 8 ___ (misery) person into a picture of joy. B ut Oswald stressed that the research looked at the average person, and could not account for everyone. T he Sun newspaper, for example, carried a story about a drunk who won 9 ___ (near) two million pounds on Britain ’ s National Lottery two years ago but ended up 10 ___ (drink) himself to death.