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托福阅读材料：经常笑好处多小马过河为大家准备了 “托福阅读材料：经常笑好处多”，供各位备考托福的考生们参 考使用，来提高白己的托福成绩！免费咨询：400-0123-267Laughter is a powerful (and free!) medicine that you" re not taking enough o匚 Sharing a gennine laugh with a friend or co-worker can be enough to brighten our day, no matter how down-and-out we fee1・ Laughter is a stress-reducer, immunity-booster, heart-helper, and confidence一builder・ Read on to learn more about the surprising benefits of humor・笑是疗效最好的药(且免费)，怎么用也不会够无论我们感觉H己的情绪冇多么低落，和刖友或同事 分享一下快乐的笑声足以让我们开心一整天笑是减压器，笑是免疫助推器，笑是心脏辅助器，笑是自信 生成器。

阅读下文来多了解-下幽默带给我们的惊人好处1・ Laughter stimulates your full body.笑刺激全身肌肉“T love people who make me laugh・ T honestly think it' s the thing T like most, to laugh・ It cures a mu I ti tude of ills ・ II， s probably the most importa nt thin呂 in a perso n. ” — Audrey Hepburn“我喜欢别人逗我笑，老实说我绘喜欢笑，笑能治百病，对于我们每个人，笑可谓是放重要的一 奥黛丽•赫本Feeling exhausted? A laugh can provide you wi th a full-body wake-up cal 1 that wi11 help you feel cnergized and refreshed. Laughing will boost your oxygcn iniake and release endorphins, the feel-good hormones that make you happy.感觉疲惫不堆?笑可以叫醍全身肌肉的活力让你感觉精力充沛、神清气爽。

笑会增加氧的摄入量并释放 多巴胺，这是一种让人感觉乩好的荷尔蒙，让人感觉开心快乐2・ Laughter makes you feel better・笑让人感觉心情舒畅^Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pairt ” 一 Charlie Chaplin“笑是补药，是缓解和终止痛苦的灵劳一杳理•卓别林Have you ever been super stressed at work or school, maybe because everyone is being mean today or you have an exam coming up that you, re not even close to ready for, but then a friend told you a hilarious joke or story that made you laugh so hard you almost wet yourself? It is timazing how much better an explosive laugh can make us feel, especially if it/ s totally out of the blue!你曾有过这种情况吧？当你在工作或学习上超有压力时，或许因为今天大家人人都特别刻薄，或是你马 上就耍考试了却还没有开始备考，但朋友给你讲了个超搞笑的笑话或故事却让你笑得不行。

爆笑会让我们 感觉超棒，尤其是在爆笑后，低落悄绪烟消云散的感觉3・ Laughter increases your immunity.笑可以增强免疫力“Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. ” 一 George Gordon Byron"当笑则笑，笑是廉价的良药一乔治•戈登•拜伦Negative stress causes chemical reactions in your body that decrease your inimunity, making it more likely you wi11 get sick・ A hearty laugh fuels your immune system with disease-fighting powers that will help you stay healthy and onOTgctic・负面压力会引起身体发生化学反应，免疫力下降，更有可能会生病大笑能增强免疫系统抵抗疾病的 免疫力，有助于保持身体健康耕力充沛4・ Laughter promotes heart heal th・笑促进心脏健康“A sense of humor … is needed armor・ Joy in one，s heart and some laughter on one' s 1 ips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life・ ” 一Hugh Sidey“幽默感需要武装。

内心快乐笑挂嘴边是一个人深度领悟生活真谛的标志一休•西德尼Laughter reduces blood pressure and improves blood flow, which will in lurn reduce your odds of suffering a stroke or heart altack・笑能降血压并改善血液循环，进而降低中风或心脏病发作的儿率5・ Laughter helps you stress less.笑可以减压uLaughter one! tears are both respouses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward•” 一 Kurt Vonnegut“应对挫折和疲惫冇哭冇笑反应各异，我喜欢笑，因为笑过后至少不用清理自己一阳尔特•冯内 古特Have you ever been so frustrated with your day that you wanted to curl up in a ball and cry? 1 doubt anyone can honestly say, “No, ” to that question because we' ve all been there, but why not laugh instead? How happy you are in 1ife has less to do with how you act than it does how you react (and your reaction is always a choice, so keep it positive)・你曾在失望至极的那一天很想哭作一团吧?我相信人家都会诚实地回答这个问题“是”，因为我们都有 过这样的遭遇，可是为何不以笑来取而代之呢?在生活中你有多快乐与你的行为关系不大，却与你的反应有 很大关系(而且你的反应始终是个选择，所以可以选择保持积极的态度)。

6・ Laughter increases conncction with others・笑会增加与别人多交流的机会"Laughter is the shortest distanee between two people・ ” 一 Victor Borge“笑最能拉近两个人的距离一维托•埔柱Going on a first date with a guy or girl you have a maximum crush on? Relieve your nerves and increase the odds that you bond by doing something that wi11 make you laugh・ That could be a funny movie, comedy night, ski-ball, roller-coasters, or whatever your idea of "fun” might be.和你最有感觉的男生或女生第一次约会？多找乐儿来缓解紧张气氛，可以拉近你们之间的联系看搞笑 电影、看喜剧演出、滑雪球、过山车，总之做让人感觉“快乐轻松”的娱乐性活动。

7・ Laughter burns calorics・笑能减肥燃烧热量"If we couIcin' t laugh we wou 1 d all go insane. ” 一 Robert Frost“如果我们不笑我们都会疯掉一罗伯特•列罗斯特Don' t go skipping your workouts because of this, but laughter could offer a small assist to your fitness plan・ Laughing raises your heart rate and caloric expenditure, resulting inabout 10-40 calories bur ned over 15 minutes of laughter accord ing to a study by the In ter nationalJournal of Obesity・不要因为这样就不健身锻炼了，但笑声对你的健身计划可以帮个小忙据《国际肥胖期刊》上的一项 研究报告，大笑能捉高心率并消耗热量，笑超过15分钟的时间约消耗10-40卡路里热量。

8・ Laughter boosts mood and confidenee.笑町以提高情绪增加自信uLaughter gives us distaneo. Il allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on. ” 一 Bob Newhart“笑给我们留下空间我们得以退一步进行处理再继续前进一鲍勃•纽哈特Confident people have an interesting ability: no matter how badly they mess up, they arc able to laugh at themselves, handling any mistake in their stride as if it' s no big deal. Learning to laugh at yourself will help you develop an ability to improvise through a。