VOA慢速英语:For Lots of People, Getting Older Means Getting Happier

短语讲解：

1. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.

worry about担忧, 烦恼
例句：He worried about how to make his living.
他为如何谋生发愁。

2. The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States.

come from源自
例句：Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

3. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

at that time在那时
例句：He was very poor at that time.
他那时候很穷。

4. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

think about考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Elinor is thinking about emigrating to the United States.
埃莉诺正在考虑移居美国。

5. Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

6. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.

relate to同…有…关系
例句：The unemployment figures are not necessarily related to the rise in prices.
失业的数目同物价的上涨并没有必然的联系。