1、每空限填一词,每词限用一次。Five ways to improve your mental health in 2020 Part1 重点词汇重点词汇 more likely适当的;有希望的;很可能的;很像真事的;多半 immune systems免疫系统;immune system的复数 In fact 事实上,其实;准确地说;确切地说 daily life日常生活 where who good happen your face control health effect long 1.Practice optimism The studies are positive:Looking o
2、n the bright side of life really is 1 for you.Optimists(乐观主义者)have a 35%less chance of having a heart attack or stroke,are more likely to eat a 2 diet and exercise regularly,have stronger immune systems(免疫功能);and even live 3.In fact,a 2019 study found people with the most positive outlook had the gr
3、eatest odds of living to 85 or beyond.Now,lets get real:Being an optimist doesnt mean you ignore the stress of daily life.Who can do that?It simply means that when crummy(糟糕的)things 4,you dont blame 5 unnecessarily.If you 6 a challenge or obstacle(障碍),youre more likely to see it as temporary or even
4、 positive,allowing you to learn and grow.Optimists also believe they have 7 over their fate and can create opportunities for good things to happen.Not a natural optimist?No worries.Science has shown you can train your brain to be more positive.Only about 25%of optimism is programmed by our genes any
5、way.According to a meta-analysis(元分析)of existing studies,using the Best Possible Self technique is one of the most 8 ways to increase your optimism.Its based on exercises that ask you to imagine yourself with all of your problems solved in a future 9 all of your lifes goals were achieved.In one stud
6、y,people 10 did this for only 15 minutes a week over an eight-week period became more positive and remained that way for nearly six months.What do you have to lose?Part2 health show fell before each against good benefit little who 2.Start volunteering A prayer attributed to St.Francis of Assisi tell
7、 us,It is in giving that we receive.阿西尼城的圣弗朗西斯的祈祷告诉我们:“我们所得到就是我们所给予的。”Turns out he was scientifically right.Studies have 1 that putting the well-being of others before our own without expecting anything in return,or what is called being altruistic(利他的;无私心的),stimulates the reward centers of the brain
8、.Those feel-good chemicals flood our system,producing a sort of helpers high.There are physical 2,too:Studies show volunteering minimizes stress and improves depression.It can reduce the risk for cognitive impairment.It can even help us live longer.Even if you have 3 time to offer,just the act of gi
9、ving has been shown to improve our health,possibly by temporarily reducing our sense of pain.A new study found that people 4 said they would donate money to help orphans were less sensitive to an electric shock than those who declined to give.In addition,the more helpful people thought their donatio
10、n would be,the less pain they 5.3.Be grateful We heard a lot about the benefits of thankfulness in the last decade,and that is backed by science:Counting our blessings protects us 6 anxiety and depression and boosts optimism.Need more proof?Middle-schoolers who practiced gratitude exercises had less
11、 problem behavior.One of the 7 ways to make thankfulness a part of your life,say experts,is to keep a daily journal.8 you go to bed,jot down any positive experience you had that day,no matter how small.If you do that for one minute 9 morning and evening,that sense of appreciation can broaden to othe
12、rs in your life and bolster optimism and better mental 10.Part3 重点词汇重点词汇 well connected 与达官豪富有亲友关系的;社会关系强固的 for this为此 more than比更;比更重要;超出需要;超乎寻常 and then然后 scores of 许多;大量;几十个 benefit instead keep example connect protect increase little which achieve 4.Bolster your social connections People who are
13、 more socially 1 to family,to friends,to community,are happier,theyre physically healthier,and they live longer than people who are 2 well connected,said Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger in his popular TEDx talk.The proof for this comes from the Harvard Study of Adult Development,3 tracked 724
14、Boston men for more than 75 years and then began following more than 2,000 of their offspring and wives.The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this:Good relationships 4 us happier and healthier.Period,Waldinger said.And you dont have to be in a committed relationship or have sco
15、res of pals to get this 5.Instead,its the quality of the relationship that matters,he said.High-conflict marriages,for6,without much affection,turn out to be very bad for our health,perhaps worse than getting divorced,Waldinger said.And living in the midst of good,warm relationships is 7.5.Find your
16、 purpose Finding a sense of purpose contributes greatly to well-being and a longer,happier life,experts tell CNN.University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman,who co-founded the field of positive psychology,says a sense of purpose will come from being part of something bigger than ourselves.He points to religion,family,a
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