介绍： This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, "How much stress have you experienced in the last year?" They also asked, "How much time have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, people in your community?" And then th...

介绍： This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, "How much stress have you experienced in the last year?" They also asked, "How much time have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, people in your community?" And then they used public records for the next five years to find out who died.
这项研究追踪约1千名美国境内 34到93岁的成人。研究一开始就问「你去年有多大压力? 」接着又问：「目前你花过多少时间帮助邻居朋友和邻里中的其他人?」他们以这之后五年内的公开档案找出死亡人口。
range /reɪn(d)ʒ/
v. （在一定的范围内）变化，变动
Estimates of the damage range between $1 million and $5 million.
估计损失在100万到500万美元之间。
community /kəˈmju:nətɪ/
n. 社区；社会
The local community was shocked by the murders.
当地社会对这些谋杀案感到震惊。

For every major stressful life experience, like financial difficulties or family crisis, that increased the risk of dying by 30 percent. But that wasn't true for everyone. People who spent time caring for others showed absolutely no stress-related increase in dying. Caring created resilience.
任何引起重大压力的生活经验，像财务困难或家庭危机，会让死亡的风险增加30%。但是，并非每个人都这样。那些花时间关心他人的，他们的致命风险完全不受压力影响。关爱造就韧性。
financial /faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/
adj. 财政的，金融的；财务的
crisis /'kraɪsɪs/
n. 危机；紧要关头
The country now faces an economic crisis .
该国目前正面临一场经济危机。
resilience /rɪ'zɪlɪəns/
n. 快速恢复的能力；适应力
People showed remarkable resilience during the war.
战争期间人们表现得特别坚韧。

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