BBC 6分钟英语 健康晚年的秘诀

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A Hello. This is six minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Phil and I'm Beth Grey has wrinkles and poor eyesight, a common sign that our body is growing old.

Much as we'd like to, we can't

avoid aging, so it's important to stay healthy as we get older.

In this program, we'll be hearing about some new research, offering fresh advice on how to stay young.

At heart, an idiom, meaning to keep a youthful outlook on life, whatever your age.

And of course, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

But six many English isn't just about vocabulary.

We improve your listening skills as well.

So why not turn on the Audio Subtitles or download the script to read along as you listen?

Could also help you answer my question.

The oldest recorded person ever to have lived was a woman who was born in 1875 and lived to the rip old age of 122.

But which country was she from?

Was it a japan b France, or see Italy?

Oh, I am going to say Japan.

Okay, beth. I'll reveal the correct answer later in the program.

Aging is partly caused by the body cells starting to decay.

So you might think we're powerless to stop it.

But listen to this good news from Professor Sarah Harper, director of the Oxford Institute of Population Aging.

I think the real exciting thing is that even ten years ago, we would have thought, yes, it's all to do with ourselves.

Now we understand this relationship between what we call cell and society, and we really can make a difference.

And in fact, a recent paper just came out which said that 60% of our aging can be controlled by how we live.

Professor Harper says that 60% of aging is determined by something we can influence our lifestyle.

So what lifestyle should we choose?

His Sarah Harper giving more details to BBC radio for program Inside Health.

You know, there's opposite things like diet, which I think will come to but there's also a positive attitude.

And there's been some wonderful twin studies that have been done where you've had twins, and they have been able to map them across their lives.

And if you're positive, you actually have far greater health in later life.

Then if you're negative, one important factor in aging well is a positive attitude, feeling hopeful, confident and focused on the good things in life.

This conclusion was based on several twin studies, scientific research, which uses twins to study the roles of genetics and environment in human development.

In studies, professor Harper found positive twins stayed healthier than negative twins as they aged.

Loneliness can be another problem as we get older.

Here, professor Sara Harper explains how in countries like Spain, italy and Greece, regular social interaction helps people age well.

Loneliness can have the same impact as smoking in the statistics.

And when we talk about the Mediterranean diet, it's also got two other sides.

It's got exercise, because these people tend to be outside more because they have that kind of a climate.

But also, they still tend to live Amino meal.

Absolutely. They have communal males. They tend to live together more in multigenerational households.

That is changing a bit, so there's a whole lifestyle around it.

The healthy food, such as fresh vegetables and fish eaten by people living in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, is known as the Mediterranean Diet.

Mediterranean cultures have other advantages too, including outdoor exercise, which is easier in warm climates, and communal meals, occasions where people sit down and share food together.

Mediterranean people are also more likely to live in multi generational households, where people from two or more generations of a family live together in the same house.

Not everyone can live in the Mediterranean, but it seems a positive attitude and social interaction are two things we can all do to age well.

Speaking of which, what was the answer to your question?

Phil OK, well, I asked you about the oldest living person ever recorded, I asked what country they came from, and you said Japan.

Well, I can reveal the answer is actually France.

A lady in France lived for 122 years and 164 days.

And if you knew the answer to that, there are other questions about this program in the quiz on our worksheet, which you can find on our website, bbc learning english dot com.

OK, let's recap the new vocabulary we've learned about staying young at heart

an idiom, which means to think and behave in a youthful way.

In spite of

growing older, people with a positive attitude, feel hopeful, confidence and focused on the good things in life.

Twin Studies use twins to investigate the roles of genetics and environment in human development.

A Mediterranean Diets describes the foods typically eaten by people

living in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, including fresh vegetables, olive, oil and fish.

At a communal meal, people sit down together to talk and share food.

And finally, a multi generational household is when people from two or more generations of the same family live together.

Once again, I'll 6 min are up, but if you enjoyed this discussion, then head over to the BBC Learning English website to find the accompanying worksheet and quiz, along with loads of other programs and resources to help you learn English.

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