Now, some of you who are very cynical and/or very good looking might wonder

现在你们中有持怀疑态度同时可能又长得好看的人会想
"Yes, but good-looking people like me actually are smarter,

像我这样长得好看的人确实更聪明
more competent, more social and morally better."

更能干更会交际更有道德
This is not a crazy response. It is--it could be, for instance,

这是很正常的反应这可能是因为例如
that the advantages of being good looking make your life run a lot easier.

长得好看这一优点让你的生活变得更顺利
Teachers are more responsive to you, people treat you better,

老师给予你更多的回应人们对你更好
you have more opportunities to make your way through the world,

你有更多机会来完成你想做的事情
you make more money, you have more access to things,

你能赚更多的钱你能得到更多资源
and that could, in turn, cause you to improve your life.

从而反过来让你提高你的生活质量
This would be what's known in the Bible as a "Matthew effect."

这就是圣经里所说的马太效应
A Matthew effect is a developmental psychology phrase

马太效应是用来概括一种现象的
for the sort of thing where, well, as Jesus said,

一个发展心理学的术语正如耶稣说的