肖雅琪

Many of us have learned that chatting with a friend or family can improve ourmood. And failing to communicate with other people can also affect the health of ourminds and bodies. Now experts in the United States have found that a goodconversation just once a day could be enough to increase peoples happiness andlower their stress levels.

我們許多人都知道，與朋友或家人聊天可以改善我們的心情。無法與他人交流也會影響我們的身心健康?，F(xiàn)在，美國的專家發(fā)現(xiàn)每天一次愉快的交談就足以增加人們的幸福感并降低他們的壓力水平。

The researchers looked at seven types of conversation that past research hasfound to make people feel more bonded3. These included things like sharing jokes，listening to others opinions， discussing recent experiences， offering realcompliments4， showing care for others and so on.

研究人員觀察了七種類型的交談。在過去的研究中人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這七種類型的對話會讓人感覺聯(lián)系更緊密。這些交談類型包括分享笑話，傾聽他人的意見，討論最近的經(jīng)歷，給予真誠的贊美和對他人表示關(guān)心等等。

The researchers asked over 900 people from five US universities to have oneof these seven types of conversation each day. The participants5 then reportedhow their chats affected their stress， well-being6 and other feelings that day.

研究人員要求來自美國五所大學(xué)的900 多人每天進(jìn)行這七種類型談話中的一種。然后，參與者報告了他們的聊天是如何影響他們當(dāng)天的壓力狀況、幸福感和其他感受的。

The researchers also looked at how thenumber of daily chats affected theparticipantswell-being. And they found thatwhile one good chat was enough to improvesomeones mood， those who chose to havemore of these conversations had better days.

研究人員還觀察了每天聊天的次數(shù)如何影響參與者的幸福感。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)，雖然一次愉快的聊天足以改善某人的心情，但那些選擇進(jìn)行更多此類對話的人的心情會更好。

“This means the more that you listened to your friends， the more that youshowed care， the more that you took time to value othersopinions， the better youfelt at the end of the day，”the researcher said. The researchers also said thatmeeting for a chat was better for peoples well-being than using a phone orsocial media7.

研究人員說：“這意味著你越是傾聽朋友的訴說，越是表現(xiàn)出關(guān)心，越是花時間重視他人的意見，一天下來你的感覺就越好?！毖芯咳藛T還表示，當(dāng)面聊天比通過電話或社交媒體聊天更容易讓人們感到幸福。

Notes

1. chat 閑聊；聊天

2. mood 心境；情緒

3. bonded 感情上……結(jié)為一體的

4. compliment 贊揚；稱贊

5. participant 參加者；參與者

6. well-being 幸福；安康

7. social media 社交媒體