Unit 8 外刊阅读拓展-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年九年级上册英语 译林版

外刊阅读拓展 ▶ “答案与解析”见P43 什么是幸福? The world􀆳s longest scientific study of happiness was launched in 1938 by scientists at Harvard Medical School. After so many years, the research found that happy people al shared one common quality: They had good relation- ships. The Harvard Study of Adult Development started a research project to find out what makes people grow healthy. The study firstly focused on 268 people but later expanded(扩大) to include more than three generations(代) of their children. In al, more than 2,000 were studied. The results were published in a book— The Good Life: Lessons from the World􀆳s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. The researchers found that having strong, positive relationships made people feel the happiest. The relationships could be with a partner, another family member, or a friend. “The reason why relationships may be the key to happiness is that they help people manage stress,” said Robert Waldinger, the study director. In addition, the study concluded that a chalenging life is often a happy one because people get satisfaction from doing hard tasks, such as raising children or opening a business. It􀆳s also OK not to feel happy al the time, the study found. A Researchers folowed the study participants throughout their lives, starting when they were teenagers. B They colected information about their physical and mental health, including exercise levels and top worries. The scientists met with the participants. C Study participants also rated(评估) their lives in surveys and