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RELACION ENTRE EDAD Y FELICIDAD. ¿Existe alguna relación entre la edad que tienes y tu felicidad? Parece que sí. Entérate en este informe de salud.
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND HAPPINESS |
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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? If you answered more happy,
then you were right, based on a study published two years ago. It found that
people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In
fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their
life than they were at eighteen. |
the older they get: cuanto más envejece; you were right: acertaste; based on: basado en; it found: (el estudio) descubrió; less worry: menos preocupación; after age fifty: después de los 50 años; in fact: en realidad; by the age of: hacia la edad de; than they were: que lo que estaban; at eighteen: a los 18 años; |
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The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five. |
findings: conclusiones; a Gallup survey: un sondeo de la opinión pública; three hundred forty thousand: 340.000; at that time: en ese momento; the people were between: las personas (involucradas en la encuesta) se encontraban entre; |
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Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. |
Psychiatry: Psiquiatría; Behavioral Science: Etología (ciencia del comportamiento); led: condujo (to lead/led/led/leading); team: equipo de trabajo; levels of stress: los niveles de estrés; highest: los más altos; among: entre (más de 2); dropped sharply: caían abruptamente; reached their fifties: llegaba a los 50 años; |
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Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early
seventies. But the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were
those in their seventies and eighties. |
the youngest: los más jóvenes; in their early seventies: entre 70 y 75 años; least likely to report: menos proclive a comentar; negative emotions: sentimientos negativos; those in their seventies and eighties: los que tenían de 70 a 89 años; |
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The
survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they
grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry
than men did. |
emotional pattterns: patrones (estándares) emocionales; as they grow older: a medida que envejecían; however: sin embargo; at all ages: de todas las edades; reported: informaron; sadness: melancolía, tristeza; worry: preocupación; |
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The
researchers also considered possible influences like having young children,
being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did
not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age. |
researchers: investigadores; also considered: también tuvieron en cuenta; possible influences: probables factores; being unemployed: hallarse sin trabajo; being single: encontrarse soltero o solo; like these: como éstas; did not affect: no influían en; well-being: bienestar; related to age: relacionados con la edad; |
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So why
would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they
become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their
emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences. The findings
appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
why would happiness increase with age?: ¿por qué aumenta la felicidad con la edad?; theory: teoría; thankful: agradecidos; for what they have: por lo que tienen; less time: menos tiempo; appeared: fueron publicadas; proceedings: actas: |
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Happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age. In a study
published this year, people in their 80s reported the fewest problems with the
quality of their sleep. |
apparently improves: mejora aparentemente; the fewest problems: la menor cantidad de problemasx; quality of their sleep: calidad de su sueño (dormían bien); |
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Researchers surveyed more than one hundred fifty thousand American adults. The
study, led by Michael Grandner at the University of Pennsylvania, appeared in
the journal 'Sleep'. |
surveyed: encuestaron; one hundred fifty thousand: 150.000; appeared: fue publicado; journal: publicación para profesionales; |
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The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older. |
original goal: objetivo inicial; popular belief: creencia popular; aging: el envejecimiento; connected with: relacionado con; sleep problems: trastornos del sueño; did find: realmente detectó; an increase: un incremento; middle age: la mediana edad; improved as they got older: mejoraba a medida que envejecían; |
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And that's the VOA Special English Health Report. I'm Jim Tedder. |
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