One Good Chat1 Can Improve Your Mood2一次愉快的聊天可以改善你的心情

肖雅琪

Many of us have learned that chatting with a friend or family can improve ourmood. And failing to communicate with other people can also affect the health of ourminds and bodies. Now experts in the United States have found that a goodconversation just once a day could be enough to increase peoples happiness andlower their stress levels.

我們许多人都知道，与朋友或家人聊天可以改善我们的心情。无法与他人交流也会影响我们的身心健康。现在，美国的专家发现每天一次愉快的交谈就足以增加人们的幸福感并降低他们的压力水平。

The researchers looked at seven types of conversation that past research hasfound to make people feel more bonded3. These included things like sharing jokes，listening to others opinions， discussing recent experiences， offering realcompliments4， showing care for others and so on.

研究人员观察了七种类型的交谈。在过去的研究中人们发现这七种类型的对话会让人感觉联系更紧密。这些交谈类型包括分享笑话，倾听他人的意见，讨论最近的经历，给予真诚的赞美和对他人表示关心等等。

The researchers asked over 900 people from five US universities to have oneof these seven types of conversation each day. The participants5 then reportedhow their chats affected their stress， well-being6 and other feelings that day.

研究人员要求来自美国五所大学的900 多人每天进行这七种类型谈话中的一种。然后，参与者报告了他们的聊天是如何影响他们当天的压力状况、幸福感和其他感受的。

The researchers also looked at how thenumber of daily chats affected theparticipantswell-being. And they found thatwhile one good chat was enough to improvesomeones mood， those who chose to havemore of these conversations had better days.

研究人员还观察了每天聊天的次数如何影响参与者的幸福感。他们发现，虽然一次愉快的聊天足以改善某人的心情，但那些选择进行更多此类对话的人的心情会更好。

“This means the more that you listened to your friends， the more that youshowed care， the more that you took time to value othersopinions， the better youfelt at the end of the day，”the researcher said. The researchers also said thatmeeting for a chat was better for peoples well-being than using a phone orsocial media7.

研究人员说：“这意味着你越是倾听朋友的诉说，越是表现出关心，越是花时间重视他人的意见，一天下来你的感觉就越好。”研究人员还表示，当面聊天比通过电话或社交媒体聊天更容易让人们感到幸福。

Notes

1. chat 闲聊；聊天

2. mood 心境；情绪

3. bonded 感情上……结为一体的

4. compliment 赞扬；称赞

5. participant 参加者；参与者

6. well-being 幸福；安康

7. social media 社交媒体