VOA慢速英语:What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness?

短语讲解：

1. The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than threehundred forty thousand adults in the United States in two thousandeight.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

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

think about 考虑
例句：He never think what others think about him. 
他从来考虑别人对他的看法。

3. The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that agingis connected with increased sleep problems.

connect with 与...联系
例句：Please connect with him soon. 
请立即与他联系。

4. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.

except for 除了...以外
例句：The composition is quite good except for the spelling.
这篇文章除了拼写以外,其他都不错。