英語短文-美好心靈：保持微笑的五大好處

1、英語短文美好心靈：保持微笑的五大好處”Sometimesyourjoyisthesourceofyoursmile,butsometimesyoursmilecanbethesourceofyourjoy.”-ThichNhatHahn有時候你笑起來是因為你高興，有時候你笑著笑著就高興起來了。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，微笑不要錢也不用教，隨時隨地就可以笑?，F(xiàn)在就揚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有新的領(lǐng)悟和更好的心情。1) You'llFeelBetter,EmotionallyandPhysically1. 微笑對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.哪怕在你并不開心的時候，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響應(yīng)理論，假設(shè)面部表情的改變也會使情緒體驗發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)變。心理學(xué)研究證實了達(dá)爾文的說法，表情不只是被心情決定，反過來也影響心情。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，從而改變一個人的應(yīng)激反應(yīng)，這與這個人到底開不開心沒有什么關(guān)系。與其等著周圍發(fā)生點讓你開心的事情，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.微笑能延長你的壽命。韋恩州立大學(xué)的一項研究從1952

9、年賽季開始測算棒球運動員頭部特寫中的笑容，發(fā)現(xiàn)笑得最燦爛的那些平均活到了79.9歲，比美國人的平均壽命長了2年。那些拍照時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，因為微笑能在重壓下減緩心率。在吃好睡好做運動的健康體制上再加上微笑，沒準(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)說過：“你每次對別人笑都是禮物，是美好的東西。”她是對的。惠普公司進(jìn)行了一項研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)看見別人的微笑對心臟和大腦的刺激勝過吃巧克力、做愛或是收到錢?？吹叫『⒌男θ莸臅r候尤其是這樣。另外，研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)微笑是會有傳染性的。斯堪的納維亞心理期刊上發(fā)表了一項研究，檢測

12、了人傾向于模仿周圍人情感表達(dá)的這一特性，發(fā)現(xiàn)別人在笑的時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.愛笑的人的婚姻通常更長久，更成功。2001年，凱爾特納和哈克在一項研究中評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歲時對婚姻更滿意。2009年有一項類似研究發(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?愛笑的人更樂觀，快樂，有著穩(wěn)定的有利于健康的積極情緒。5) GiveaBoosttoHowOthersPerceiveYou5. 讓別人對你印象更好Peoplewhosmilemorearegenerallyperceivedtobemoretrustworthy,sincere,sociableandcompetentthantheirfro