(单词翻译:单击)
背景介绍
【背景】
中国人不快乐的原因《北京青年报》2005年8月刊登了一份面向北京、上海、广州三地市民的快乐指数调查报告。其中，关于不快乐的原因，有下列4组数据：
1.61.8%出于工作因素，如收入不理想、工作压力太大、休息时间太少、缺少成就感、工作枯燥、前途渺茫和人际关系不和谐。
2.4%和家庭关系有关，如与家人相处不融洽、陪家人的时间太少、住房不满意和家庭总收入低。
3.12.8%源于对物质生活的不满意，如工资、福利、社会保障、住房、交通工具和其他消费类物品。
4.24.2%的调查对象表示，不会积极主动地寻找快乐，或缺少获得快乐的有效方法。
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英文原文
【英文原文】
Research shows that whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist is related to their quality of life, including their physical health. The subjects involved first took personality tests in the 1960’s and then thirty years later they completed a follow-up assessment of their health status. Researchers found that not only did the optimists from the 1960’s report better physical and mental functioning thirty years later, but that optimists also lived longer on average than pessimists.
It’s hardly clear that there is a causal relationship between optimism and health; it could be that they are related to the same underlying gene complex or set of mechanisms. Still, it sure is tempting to surmise that it’s partly your grandmother's positive attitude that has kept her alive this long. It may actually be possible that a lot of what my parents have been telling me for years is true. If you think positively, good things may happen to you. If you think negatively, then you may doom yourself.
【词汇讲解】
1.follow-up adj. 后续的，追踪的
【释义】a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work；
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
【例句】As a follow-up to the television series，the BBC is publishing a book.
英国广播公司，在播放那部电视连续剧以後，即将出版一部有关的书。
2.causal 有因果关系的
【释义】acting as or being a cause
【例句】a causal relationship between scarcity of goods and higher prices
物品的供求和价格之间存在因果关系
另外，我们还可以用形容词 causative adj. 表示“引起 ... 的”意思
如：Poverty is a causative factor of crime.
贫穷是引起犯罪的一个导火索
pessimist:悲观主义者
surmise:推测
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