生活每天都是一首詩：10件讓生活更美好的事
來源：考試大發(fā)布時(shí)間：2012-06-30
1. Get out in nature:
親近自然
You probably seriously underestimate how important this is. Being in nature reduces stress, makes you more creative, improves your memory and may even make you a better person.
你也許嚴(yán)重低估了親近自然的重要性。親近自然可以緩解壓力、激發(fā)創(chuàng)造力、改善記憶力，甚至可以讓你成為一個(gè)更好的人。
2. Exercise:
運(yùn)動
We all know how important this is, but few people do it consistently. Other than health benefits too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep, increases libido and makes you feel better about your body. A Harvard study that has tracked a group of men for more than 70 years identified it as one of the secrets to a good life.
我們都知道運(yùn)動有多重要，但是很少有人能堅(jiān)持做運(yùn)動。運(yùn)動的好處千千萬萬，這里就提幾點(diǎn)：運(yùn)動可以讓人更聰明、更快樂、改善睡眠、提高性趣、感到身體更健康。哈佛大學(xué)曾對一組試驗(yàn)者進(jìn)行了長達(dá)70多年的跟蹤研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)運(yùn)動是他們生活愉快的秘密之一。
3. Spend time with friends and family:
和家人朋友相處
Harvard happiness expert Daniel Gilbert identified this as one of the biggest sources of happiness in our lives. Relationships are worth more than you think (approximately an extra $131,232 a year.) Not feeling socially connected can make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack, stroke and diabetes. The longest lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on social engagement and good relationships are more important to a long life than even exercise.
哈佛大學(xué)的“幸福專家”丹尼爾-吉爾伯特認(rèn)為與親朋相處是我們獲得幸福感的最大的源泉之一。親密關(guān)系比你想象得更有價(jià)值（其價(jià)值約為每年13萬美元）。一個(gè)沒有社交關(guān)系的人會變得蠢笨，而且會讓人難受死。孤獨(dú)感會引發(fā)心臟病、中風(fēng)、糖尿病等疾病。世界上那些長壽的人都有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，那就是他們都有良好的人際關(guān)系。對于長壽而言，與人和諧相處比做運(yùn)動還重要。
4. Express gratitude:
表達(dá)感激之情
It will make you happier.
你會更加快樂。
It will improve your relationships.
你會有更好的人際關(guān)系。
It can make you a better person.
你會變得更優(yōu)秀。
It can make life better for everyone around you.
你周圍的人的生活也會因此而變得更美好。
5. Meditate:
冥想
Meditation can increase happiness, meaning in life, social support and attention span while reducing anger, anxiety, depression and fatigue. Along similar lines, prayer can make you feel better -- even if you’re not religious.
冥想可以提升愉悅感、感知生活的真諦、加強(qiáng)社會支持和關(guān)注。同時(shí)，冥想也能減輕憤怒、焦躁、抑郁和疲勞等情緒和感受。同樣地，即使你不信仰任何宗教，祈禱也能讓你感覺更加良好。
6. Get enough sleep:
保證充足睡眠
You can’t cheat yourself on sleep and not have it affect you. Being tired actually makes it harder to be happy. Lack of sleep = more likely to get sick. "Sleeping on it" does improve decision making. There is such a thing as beauty sleep.
在睡覺問題上，你騙不了人。睡眠不足絕對會影響到你的生活。精神困乏的人很難感到高興。缺少睡眠基本上等同于更容易生病。良好的睡眠可以提高你做決定的質(zhì)量。而且這個(gè)世界上有一種東西叫做“美容覺”。
Naps are great too. Naps increase alertness and performance on the job, enhance learning ability and purge negative emotions while enhancing positive ones.
打盹兒也是好的。打盹兒可以提高人的警惕性、工作表現(xiàn)和學(xué)習(xí)能力，排除消極情緒，增強(qiáng)積極情緒。
7. Challenge yourself:
自我挑戰(zhàn)
Learning another language can keep your mind sharp. Music lessons increase intelligence. Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it’s more responsible for your success than IQ. Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the things people look back on their lives and regret the most.
學(xué)一門外語可以開發(fā)大腦，學(xué)一點(diǎn)音樂可以提高智力，挑戰(zhàn)你的思維定勢可以增強(qiáng)你的思考力。提高意志力，其實(shí)只需要每天花一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)努力。而這比你的智商高低更能決定你能否成功。很多人回首往事時(shí)，都會為兩件事感到后悔：一是學(xué)得少，二是沒抓住機(jī)會。
8. Laugh:
開懷大笑
People who use humor to cope with stress have better immune systems, reduced risk of heart attack and stroke, and live longer. Laughter should be like a daily vitamin. Just reminiscing about funny moments can improve your relationship. Humor has many benefits.
用幽默來應(yīng)對壓力的人擁有更加健康的免疫力系統(tǒng)，患心臟病和中風(fēng)的危險(xiǎn)更小，壽命更長。開懷大笑就像是每天都需要的維生素一樣。哪怕只是回想有趣的時(shí)刻也能改善你的人際關(guān)系。幽默的好處真是多啊。
9. Touch someone:
觸碰他人
Touching can reduce stress, improve team performance, and help you be persuasive. Hugs make you happier. Sex may help prevent heart attacks and cancer, improve your immune system and extend your life.
觸碰他人可以減少壓力、提高團(tuán)隊(duì)表現(xiàn)、增強(qiáng)說服力。擁抱可以讓人更高興。性行為可以幫助預(yù)防心臟病和癌癥，增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng)，延長壽命。
10. Be optimistic:
保持樂觀
Optimism can make you healthier, happier and extend your life. The Army teaches it in order to increase mental toughness in soldiers.
樂觀情緒可以讓人更健康、更快樂、更長壽。軍隊(duì)里告訴戰(zhàn)士們要保持樂觀情緒以增強(qiáng)他們的意志力。
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