Research shows that whether a person is an optimist or apessimist is related to their quality of life, including their physical health.
研究表明，不管一个人是乐观还是悲观，都他的生活质量息息相关，包括身体健康K!BDP~IPGJq!Im7。
The subjects involved first took personality tests in the1960's and then thirty years later they completed a follow-up self-assessment of their healthstatus.
这个主题首次在二十世纪六十年代提出并做了人格测试，三十年后他们后续完成了健康状况的自我评价p_&a^ksT071rW,j7Rk。
Researchers found that not only did the optimists from the 1960's report better physicaland mental functioning thirty years later, but that optimists also lived longer on average than pessimists.
研究人员发现60年代的乐观主义者不仅身心比30年后的人更健康，而且乐观主义者比悲观主义者更长寿]Emk%^~i(_l。
It's hardly clear that there is a causal relationship between optimism and health.
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it could be thatthey are related to the same underlying gene complex or set of mechanisms.
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Still, it sure istempting to surmise that it's partly a positive attitude that keeps people alive for so long.
不过，可以肯定的是，一定程度上的积极心态能让人长寿p4A*_0w0[AS。
It mayactually be possible that a lot of what my parents have been telling me for years is true.
实际上可能多年来我父母告诉我的许多事情都是真的8Y-KURk,HibYk。
If you think positively, good things may happen to you.
如果你积极地看待这个世界，好的事情就可能发生在你身上d6^Qg0;&,_Imc。
If you think negatively, then you may doomyourself.
如果你总是消极地看待一切，那样只会让你自己更郁闷52vWst[v^YW^dppJ[_。