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Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study in 2008. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
人越長大幸福越少還是越多呢？如果你的回答是越多，那你就對了！2008年的一份研究表明，人在50歲后通常更快樂，煩惱更少。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，事實上人在85歲時比18歲時更幸福。
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States in two thousand eight. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
這是蓋洛普2008年對美國34萬成年人的調(diào)查得出的結(jié)論，當時的被調(diào)查者年齡在18歲到85歲之間。
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
紐約石溪大學(xué)精神病學(xué)和行為科學(xué)系的亞瑟·斯通領(lǐng)導(dǎo)進行了這項研究，他的團隊發(fā)現(xiàn)，22歲到25歲之間人的壓力水平。人在50歲后壓力水平急劇下降。
Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
最年輕的青年和剛過70歲的人幸福值，而最不可能有負面情緒的是七八十歲的人。
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，隨著年齡的增長，男人和女人有著相似的情緒模式。然而，各個年齡的女性經(jīng)歷的悲傷、壓力和擔憂都比男人多。
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
研究者還考慮了可能影響因素，諸如有小孩子、失業(yè)或單身。但他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這些因素并不影響與年齡有關(guān)的幸福和快樂水平。
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
那么，為何年齡越大越幸福呢？一個理論是，隨著年齡漸長，人們會對自己所擁有的東西更加感激，能更好地控制情緒。他們用于考慮糟糕體驗的時間更少。
The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
這些發(fā)現(xiàn)發(fā)表在《國家科學(xué)研究院學(xué)報》。
Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age. In a study, people in their eighties reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep.
與年齡明顯同時增長的不僅有幸福，在一項研究中，80多歲的人顯示的睡眠質(zhì)量問題最少。
Researchers surveyed more than one hundred fifty thousand American adults. The study, led by Michael Grandner at the University of Pennsylvania, appeared in the journal Sleep.
研究者調(diào)查了美國15萬成年人，由賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)格蘭德納領(lǐng)導(dǎo)完成，研究結(jié)果發(fā)表在《睡眠》雜志上。
The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.
研究的最初目的是為證實這么個說法，即睡眠問題增加與年長有關(guān)。調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)這個問題在中年會增多，尤其是女性。但除此之外，人們稱在年齡更長時睡眠質(zhì)量會提高。
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1.negative adj. 消極的；否定的；陰性的
All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.
這一切對刑事司法制度產(chǎn)生了極壞的影響。
2.well-being n. 幸福；康樂
His work emphasised the emotional as well as the physical well-being of children.
他的工作不僅重視孩子們的身體健康，同時也關(guān)注他們的情感健康。
Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study in 2008. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
人越長大幸福越少還是越多呢？如果你的回答是越多，那你就對了！2008年的一份研究表明，人在50歲后通常更快樂，煩惱更少。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，事實上人在85歲時比18歲時更幸福。
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States in two thousand eight. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
這是蓋洛普2008年對美國34萬成年人的調(diào)查得出的結(jié)論，當時的被調(diào)查者年齡在18歲到85歲之間。
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
紐約石溪大學(xué)精神病學(xué)和行為科學(xué)系的亞瑟·斯通領(lǐng)導(dǎo)進行了這項研究，他的團隊發(fā)現(xiàn)，22歲到25歲之間人的壓力水平。人在50歲后壓力水平急劇下降。
Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
最年輕的青年和剛過70歲的人幸福值，而最不可能有負面情緒的是七八十歲的人。
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，隨著年齡的增長，男人和女人有著相似的情緒模式。然而，各個年齡的女性經(jīng)歷的悲傷、壓力和擔憂都比男人多。
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
研究者還考慮了可能影響因素，諸如有小孩子、失業(yè)或單身。但他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這些因素并不影響與年齡有關(guān)的幸福和快樂水平。
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
那么，為何年齡越大越幸福呢？一個理論是，隨著年齡漸長，人們會對自己所擁有的東西更加感激，能更好地控制情緒。他們用于考慮糟糕體驗的時間更少。
The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
這些發(fā)現(xiàn)發(fā)表在《國家科學(xué)研究院學(xué)報》。
Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age. In a study, people in their eighties reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep.
與年齡明顯同時增長的不僅有幸福，在一項研究中，80多歲的人顯示的睡眠質(zhì)量問題最少。
Researchers surveyed more than one hundred fifty thousand American adults. The study, led by Michael Grandner at the University of Pennsylvania, appeared in the journal Sleep.
研究者調(diào)查了美國15萬成年人，由賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)格蘭德納領(lǐng)導(dǎo)完成，研究結(jié)果發(fā)表在《睡眠》雜志上。
The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.
研究的最初目的是為證實這么個說法，即睡眠問題增加與年長有關(guān)。調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)這個問題在中年會增多，尤其是女性。但除此之外，人們稱在年齡更長時睡眠質(zhì)量會提高。
詞匯學(xué)習(xí)：
1.negative adj. 消極的；否定的；陰性的
All this had an extremely negative effect on the criminal justice system.
這一切對刑事司法制度產(chǎn)生了極壞的影響。
2.well-being n. 幸福；康樂
His work emphasised the emotional as well as the physical well-being of children.
他的工作不僅重視孩子們的身體健康，同時也關(guān)注他們的情感健康。