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1、Useful Expressions from What makes a good life?Direction:Here are some useful expressions from this units TED Talk.Read aloud the sentencesand try to memorize the useful expression(s)in each sentence.1.If you were going to invest now in your future best self,where would you put your time andyour ene

2、rgy?如果现在你可以为未来最好的自己投资你会把时间和精力放在哪里呢？2.And were constantly told to lean in to work,to push harder and achieve more.而且我们总是被灌输要投入工作，要加倍努力，要成就更多。3.Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past,and as we know,hindsight is anything but 20/20.关于人的一生，我们能了解到的，大部分都是通过人的回

3、忆得来，但众所周知，大部分都是事后诸葛。4.We forget vast amounts of what happens to us in life,and sometimes memory is downrightcreative.一生中，我们会忘记很多发生过的事情，而且记忆常常不准确。5.What if we could study people from the time that they were teenagers all the way into old age tosee what really keeps people happy and healthy?如果我们可以跟踪研究

4、一个人，从他少年时代开始 一直到他步入晚年，看看究竟是什么让人们保持快乐和健康呢？6.Almost all projects of this kind fall apart within a decade because too many people drop out ofthe study,or funding for the research dries up,or the researchers get distracted,or they die,andnobody moves the ball further down the field.像这样的项目几乎都会在 10 年内终止，因

5、为有许多人会中途退出，或者是研究资金不足，或者是研究者转换方向，或者去世，然后项目无人接手。7.Some climbed the social ladder from the bottom all the way to the very top,and some made thatjourney in the opposite direction.有人从社会最底层 一路青云直上，也有人恰相反，掉落云端。8.The founders of this study would never in their wildest dreams have imagined that I would besta

6、nding here today,75 years later,telling you that the study still continues.这个项目的创始人们，可能做梦也想不到 75 年后的今天，我会站在这里，告诉你们这个项目还在继续。9.And the experience of loneliness turns out to be toxic.孤独有害健康。10.And good,close relationships seem to buffer us from some of the slings and arrows of gettingold.另外，良好和亲密的婚姻关系能

7、减缓衰老带来的痛苦。11.Some of our octogenarian couples could bicker with each other day in and day out,but as longas they felt that they could really count on the other when the going got tough,those argumentsdidnt take a toll on their memories.有些夫妻，八九十岁了，还天天斗嘴，但只要他们坚信，在关键时刻对方能靠得住，那这些争吵顶多只是生活的调味剂（不在记忆中留下丝毫影响

8、）。12.So this message,that good,close relationships are good for our health and well-being,this iswisdom thats as old as the hills.所以请记住，幸福和睦的婚姻对健康是有利的，这是永恒的真理。13.But over and over,over these 75 years,our study has shown that the people who fared the bestwere the people who leaned in to relationships

9、,with family,with friends,with community.但在 75 年的时间里，我们的研究一次次地证明，日子过得最好的是那些主动与人交往的人，与家人、朋友或者邻居。14.It might be something as simple as replacing screen time with people time or livening up astale relationship by doing something new together,long walks or date nights,or reaching out tothat family member who you havent spoken to in years,because those all-too-common familyfeuds take a terrible toll on the people who hold the grudges.最简单的，别再跟屏幕聊天了，去跟人聊天，或者一起尝试些新事物，让关系恢复活力，一起散个步呀，晚上约个会呀，或者给多年未曾联系的亲戚打个电话，因为这种家庭不和睦太常见了，但它带来的伤害又很大，尤其对那些喜欢生闷气的人来说更是如此。