关于幸福：什么让我们真正幸福？_BEC初级作文

关于幸福：什么让我们真正幸福？

Several studies have linked regular meditation to actual physical changes in the brain that are similar to what anti-depressant drugs (or so-called 'happy pills') do. People who meditate are not only happier and nicer to others, but research shows that the areas of their brain that respond to stress actually shrink.Big corporations and even the U.S. Marines are all now reportedly using meditation to increase productivity.

一些研究发现，定期冥想会让大脑产生一些真实的物理变化，这种作用和抗抑郁药物（俗称“快乐胶囊”）类似。定期冥想的人不仅会更快乐，对待他人更温和，研究还表明他们大脑内对压力做出反应的区域会缩小。据称，目前一些大公司，甚至包括美国海军陆战队都正在运用冥想来提高工作效率。

Too busy to find time for meditation? It doesn't take much! Studies show that people who practice mindful meditation-sitting quietly with your eyes closed and repeating a word or "mantra" over and over-for just 20 minutes a day reap significant benefits.

太忙了没有时间冥想？其实并不用花很多时间！研究显示，练习冥想时闭上双眼，静静坐着，反复念诵一个词语或者像“念咒语”一样，每天只需20分钟就可以让你获益匪浅。

3. Skinny wife, happy life

妻子越苗条，婚姻越幸福

In a somewhat strange 2011 study, researchers in Tennessee revealed that marriages are happier when the wife is thinner than her husband. The researchers studied the BMI or body mass index of nearly 170 newlywed couples to come to this conclusion.