英語(yǔ)短文-美好心靈：保持微笑的五大好處

1、英語(yǔ)短文美好心靈：保持微笑的五大好處”Sometimesyourjoyisthesourceofyoursmile,butsometimesyoursmilecanbethesourceofyourjoy.”-ThichNhatHahn有時(shí)候你笑起來(lái)是因?yàn)槟愀吲d，有時(shí)候你笑著笑著就高興起來(lái)了。一行禪師Weoftentendtoassociatesmilingastheresultofapositiveeventormood.Butresearchdemonstratesthattheactofsmiling,inandofitself,canbethecatalystforjoy.Wonder

2、fulthings,rangingfromanimprovedmoodtoabetterrelationship,canbetheresultofthesimpleactofsmiling.Evenbetter,itisatoolthatisfree,easyandalwaysavailable.Soturnthecornersofyourmouthupwardsandreadonaboutfivescientificallybackedreasonswhyyoushouldsmile(alot)more.Hopefully,bythetimeyou'redoneyou'llh

3、avelearnedsomethingnewandwillbeinabettermood!我們通常認(rèn)為微笑是喜事或喜悅的產(chǎn)物，可研究表明微笑本身也能夠催化喜悅的心情。從提升情緒到增進(jìn)感情，只要微笑就可能發(fā)生一切美妙的事情。更棒的是，微笑不要錢(qián)也不用教，隨時(shí)隨地就可以笑。現(xiàn)在就揚(yáng)起嘴角看看微笑的五大好處吧，這可都是有科學(xué)依據(jù)的，也許看完這篇文章你就會(huì)有新的領(lǐng)悟和更好的心情。1) You'llFeelBetter,EmotionallyandPhysically1. 微笑對(duì)情緒和身體都有好處Smiling,evenwhenyouaren'tfeelinghappy,canhelps

4、hiftyourmood.Darwinposited,backin1872,thatmakingchangesinourfacialexpressionscanshiftouremotionalexperience,somethinghecalledfacialfeedbackresponsetheory.PsychologicalresearchhasvalidatedDarwin'sassertionthatexpressionsdonotjustresultfrommoods,butactuallyinfluencethem.Additionally,researchbyTara

5、KraftandSarahPressmanattheUniversityofKansasdemonstratedthatsmilingcanalterourstressresponsebyslowingdowntheheartrateanddecreasingperceivedlevelsofstressregardlessofwhetherthepersonactuallyfeelshappyornot.Soinsteadofwaitingforsomethingtohappenaroundyoutomakeyouhappy,takethepowerintoyourownhandsandsm

6、ileyourwaytoabettermood.哪怕在你并不開(kāi)心的時(shí)候，微笑也有助于提升情緒。早在1872年，達(dá)爾文就提出面部反饋?lái)憫?yīng)理論，假設(shè)面部表情的改變也會(huì)使情緒體驗(yàn)發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)變。心理學(xué)研究證實(shí)了達(dá)爾文的說(shuō)法，表情不只是被心情決定，反過(guò)來(lái)也影響心情。另外，堪薩斯大學(xué)的克拉夫特和普萊斯曼研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，微笑可以減緩心跳速率，降低感壓程度，從而改變一個(gè)人的應(yīng)激反應(yīng)，這與這個(gè)人到底開(kāi)不開(kāi)心沒(méi)有什么關(guān)系。與其等著周?chē)l(fā)生點(diǎn)讓你開(kāi)心的事情，不如靠你自己笑出好心情。2) ItMayHelpYouLiveLonger2. 笑能延年益壽Smilingmoremayactuallyextendyourlifespa

7、n.ResearchoutofWayneStateUniversitywhichexaminedthesmilesofbaseballplayersinheadshotsfromthe1952seasonfoundthatplayerswithlargestsmileslivedanaverageof79.9years,twoyearslongerthantheaveragelifespanintheUnitedStates.Theplayerswhodidn'tsmileatallintheirphotoslivedanaverageof72.9years,sevenyearsles

8、sthanthosewiththebiggestgrins.Additionally,theresearchbyKraftandPressmancitedabove,indicatesthatsmilingmayimprovehearthealthbydecreasingheartrateafterstressfulevents.So,addingsmilingtoyourhealthregimeofeatingwell,gettingenoughsleepandexercisingmayjustaddafewyearstoyourlife.微笑能延長(zhǎng)你的壽命。韋恩州立大學(xué)的一項(xiàng)研究從1952

9、年賽季開(kāi)始測(cè)算棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)員頭部特寫(xiě)中的笑容，發(fā)現(xiàn)笑得最燦爛的那些平均活到了79.9歲，比美國(guó)人的平均壽命長(zhǎng)了2年。那些拍照時(shí)根本不笑的平均活了72.9歲，比笑容燦爛的那些少活了7年。另外，前文引用的克拉夫特和普萊斯曼的研究表明微笑能改善心臟的健康狀況，因?yàn)槲⑿δ茉谥貕合聹p緩心率。在吃好睡好做運(yùn)動(dòng)的健康體制上再加上微笑，沒(méi)準(zhǔn)還能多活好些年呢。3) YouWillMakeSomeoneElse'sDay3. 能給別人一天好心情WhenMotherTeresasaid“Everytimeyousmileatsomeone,itis.agifttothatperson,abeautifulthi

10、ng”shewasright.OnestudyconductedbyHewlettPackardfoundthatseeinganother'ssmilestimulatedtheheartandbrainmoresothaneatingchocolate,havingsex,orreceivingmoney.Thiswasparticularlytruewhenviewingthesmileofachild.Additionally,researchhasdemonstratedsmilingmayactuallybecontagious.Researchpublishedinthe

11、ScandinavianJournalofPsychologyexaminedmimicry,thetendencytomimictheemotionalexpressionsofthosearoundus,andfoundthatitisactuallyhardtofrownwhensomeoneelseissmiling.特蕾莎修女曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)：“你每次對(duì)別人笑都是禮物，是美好的東西?！彼菍?duì)的?；萜展具M(jìn)行了一項(xiàng)研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)看見(jiàn)別人的微笑對(duì)心臟和大腦的刺激勝過(guò)吃巧克力、做愛(ài)或是收到錢(qián)?？吹叫『⒌男θ莸臅r(shí)候尤其是這樣。另外，研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)微笑是會(huì)有傳染性的。斯堪的納維亞心理期刊上發(fā)表了一項(xiàng)研究，檢測(cè)

12、了人傾向于模仿周?chē)饲楦斜磉_(dá)的這一特性，發(fā)現(xiàn)別人在笑的時(shí)候是很難皺起眉頭的。4) YourRelationshipsWillBeStronger4. 微笑能增進(jìn)感情Peoplewhosmilemoremayhavelongerandmoresuccessfulmarriages.A2001studybyKeltnerandHarkerevaluatedwomen'ssmilesinyearbookphotosandfoundthatthosewhohadmoreprominentsmilesweremoresatisfiedwiththeirmarriagesatage52.Asimi

13、larstudypublishedin2009foundacorrelationbetweensmilesinphotographsanddivorcerates.Thelargerthesmile,thelesslikelydivorcewaslaterinlife.Conversely,thosewiththesmallestsmilesornosmiles,werefivetimesmorelikelytobedivorced.Sowhatdoesthesmilehavetodowithmarriage?Peoplewhosmilemoretendtobemoreoptimistic,j

14、oyfulandemotionallystablewhichlendsitselftohealthierrelationships.愛(ài)笑的人的婚姻通常更長(zhǎng)久，更成功。2001年，凱爾特納和哈克在一項(xiàng)研究中評(píng)估了年鑒照片中女性的笑容，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)笑容比較燦爛的婦女在52歲時(shí)對(duì)婚姻更滿意。2009年有一項(xiàng)類(lèi)似研究發(fā)現(xiàn)照片中的笑容和離婚率有相關(guān)性。笑得越是燦爛，日后離婚的可能性就越小，相反，那些笑意淺淡或是根本不笑的，離婚的可能性有五倍那么高。所以微笑和婚姻有什么關(guān)系呢?愛(ài)笑的人更樂(lè)觀，快樂(lè)，有著穩(wěn)定的有利于健康的積極情緒。5) GiveaBoosttoHowOthersPerceiveYou5. 讓別人對(duì)你印象更好Peoplewhosmilemorearegenerallyperceivedtobemoretrustworthy,sincere,sociableandcompetentthantheirfro