跟读练习: What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness? - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
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Are people less happy or more happy the older they get?
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If you answered more happy,
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then you were right based on a study published two years ago.
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It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age 50.
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In fact, it found that by the age of 85,
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people are happier with their life than they were at 18.
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The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States in 2008.
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At that time, the people were between the ages of 18 and 85.
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Arthur Stone, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York,
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led the study.
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His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25.
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Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their 50s.
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This was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early 70s.
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But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their 70s and 80s.
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The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older.
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However, women at all ages reported more sadness,
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stress, and worry than men did.
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The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children,
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being unemployed, or being single.
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But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
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So why would happiness increase with age?
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One theory is that as people get older,
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they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions.
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They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
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The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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This is not the only thing that apparently improves with age.
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In a study published this year,
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people in their 80s reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep.
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Researchers surveyed more than 150,000 American adults.
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The study, led by Michael Grandner at the University of Pennsylvania,
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appeared in the journal Sleep.
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The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems.
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The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women.
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But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.
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For VOA Special English, I'm Alex Villarreal.
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为什么要通过这个视频练习口语?
通过观看和模仿这个视频，你可以有效地提高你的英语口语能力。视频讨论了年龄与幸福感之间的关系，这个话题不仅具有吸引力，更能引发关于生活质量的深思。通过进行英语影子跟读（shadow speech），你不仅能够学习新的表达方式，还能感受到自然的语调和节奏。
在这个过程中，倾听说话者的语音和语调，尝试复述他们的观点，可以帮助你在真实对话中更自信地表达自己。此外，看YouTube学英语的方式让学习更为生动，并且可以随时随地重复练习，有助于巩固你在口语中的应用能力。
上下文中的语法与表达
在这个视频中，讲者使用了几个具有教育意义的语法结构和表达：
- 一般现在时：例如，“人们通常会随着年龄的增长而变得更快乐。”这个结构用于陈述普遍真理和常规情形。
- 比较级：如“比年轻时更快乐”展示了两个不同时间点的对比，帮助学习者掌握如何表达差异。
- 被动语态：如“调查显示”，这样在学术和正式场合中非常常用，有助于提升你的学术写作能力。
- 情态动词：如“可能”和“应该”提供了表述推测和建议的方式，扩展了表达的灵活性。
常见发音陷阱
在视频中，有几个发音较为复杂的词汇，学习者需要特别注意：
- 幸福（happiness）：注意重音的位置和发音清晰度。
- 压力（stress）：这个词在快速对话中容易被模糊处理，确保您能清晰发音。
- 年龄（age）：在不同口音中，可能会有不同的发音方式，练习多种口音将帮助您在真实环境中更好地沟通。
通过shadow speak能够提升你对这些词的敏感度，从而更自然地使用在口语交流中。与视频一起练习，你能更快地掌握词汇和句子的发音，使你在英语会话中更加自信与流畅。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。