Lake Wobegon

We want to live in Lake Wobegon where every child is above average ,

我们想住在沃比冈湖，那里每一个孩子的智商都高于平均水平。

And the Lake Wobegon effect in psychology involves a systematic bias to see ourselves as better than average .

心理学上的乌比冈效应是说人都会，偏心地认为自己比一般人优秀。

This has been called the " Lake Wobegon effect " based on Garrison Keillor 's story about a place where all the children are above average .

这个就叫“乌比冈湖效应”，名字源于Garrison，Keillor的一个故事，故事里有个地方的小孩子比一般孩子都优秀。

Many students nonetheless express optimism , though perhaps that is simply the Lake Wobegon effect : They might believe they 're all above-average after years of positive reinforcement from their parents .

许多学生还是表现出乐观态度，尽管这可能只是乌比冈湖效应（LakeWobegoneffect，注：指人们对于自身的性格和能力等抱有不切实际的乐观态度）的体现——他们可能是认为自己经过父母多年的积极培养后比普通人优秀。

But this can trigger the Lake Wobegon effect , where , as in Garrison Keillor 's fictional town , everyone wants to be paid above average .

但这可能引发沃比根湖（LakeWobegon）效应——因为在盖瑞森•凯勒（GarrisonKeillor）的虚构小镇里，每个人都希望拿到高于平均值的薪酬。

It was like some warped version of Garrison Keillor 's Lake Wobegon , " where all the women are strong , all the men are good looking and all the children are above average . "

这就像是扭曲了的盖瑞森•凯勒（GarrisonKeillor）的沃比根湖（LakeWobegon），“那里所有的女人都很强壮，所有的男人都很英俊，所有的孩子都优于平均水平”。