晨讀美文：關於笑聲，這些好處你知道嗎?
摘錄：“我喜歡別人逗我笑，老實說我最喜歡笑，笑能治百病，對於我們每個人，笑可謂是最重要的。”—奧黛麗·赫本
Laughter is a powerful (and free!) medicine that you’re not taking enough of. Sharing a genuine laugh with a friend or co-worker can be enough to brighten our day, no matter how down-and-out we feel. Laughter is a stress-reducer, immunity-booster, heart-helper, and confidence-builder. Read on to learn more about the surprising benefits of humor.
笑是療效最好的藥(且免費)，怎麼用也不會夠。無論我們感覺自己的情緒有多麼低落，和朋友或同事分享一下快樂的笑聲足以讓我們開心一整天。笑是減壓器，笑是免疫助推器，笑是心臟輔助器，笑是自信生成器。閱讀下文來多瞭解一下幽默帶給我們的驚人好處。
1. Laughter stimulates your full body.
笑刺激全身肌肉
"I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person." — Audrey Hepburn
“我喜歡別人逗我笑，老實說我最喜歡笑，笑能治百病，對於我們每個人，笑可謂是最重要的。”—奧黛麗·赫本
Feeling exhausted? A laugh can provide you with a full-body wake-up call that will help you feel energized and refreshed. Laughing will boost your oxygen intake and release endorphins, the feel-good hormones that make you happy.
感覺疲憊不堪?笑可以叫醒全身肌肉的活力讓你感覺精力充沛、神清氣爽。笑會增加氧的攝入量並釋放多巴胺，這是一種讓人感覺良好的荷爾蒙，讓人感覺開心快樂。
2. Laughter makes you feel better.
笑讓人感覺心情舒暢
"Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain." — Charlie Chaplin
“笑是補藥，是緩解和終止痛苦的靈藥。”—查理·卓別林
Have you ever been super stressed at work or school, maybe because everyone is being mean today or you have an exam coming up that you’re not even close to ready for, but then a friend told you a hilarious joke or story that made you laugh so hard you almost wet yourself? It is amazing how much better an explosive laugh can make us feel, especially if it’s totally out of the blue!
你曾有過這種情況吧?當你在工作或學習上超有壓力時，或許因爲今天大家人人都特別刻薄，或是你馬上就要考試了卻還沒有開始備考，但朋友給你講了個超搞笑的笑話或故事卻讓你笑得不行。爆笑會讓我們感覺超棒，尤其是在爆笑後，低落情緒煙消雲散的感覺。
3. Laughter increases your immunity.
笑可以增強免疫力
"Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine." — George Gordon Byron
“當笑則笑，笑是廉價的良藥。”—喬治·戈登·拜倫
Negative stress causes chemical reactions in your body that decrease your immunity, making it more likely you will get sick. A hearty laugh fuels your immune system with disease-fighting powers that will help you stay healthy and energetic.
負面壓力會引起身體發生化學反應，免疫力下降，更有可能會生病。大笑能增強免疫系統抵抗疾病的免疫力，有助於保持身體健康精力充沛。
4. Laughter promotes heart health.
笑促進心臟健康
"A sense of humor … is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."— Hugh Sidey
“幽默感需要武裝。內心快樂笑掛嘴邊是一個人深度領悟生活真諦的標誌。”—休·西德尼
Laughter reduces blood pressure and improves blood flow, which will in turn reduce your odds of suffering a stroke or heart attack.
笑能降血壓並改善血液循環，進而降低中風或心臟病發作的機率。
5. Laughter helps you stress less.
笑可以減壓
"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." — Kurt Vonnegut
“應對挫折和疲憊有哭有笑反應各異，我喜歡笑，因爲笑過後至少不用清理自己。”—庫爾特·馮內古特
Have you ever been so frustrated with your day that you wanted to curl up in a ball and cry? I doubt anyone can honestly say, "No", to that question because we’ve all been there, but why not laugh instead? How happy you are in life has less to do with how you act than it does how you react (and your reaction is always a choice, so keep it positive).
你曾在失望至極的那一天很想哭作一團吧?我相信大家都會誠實地回答這個問題“是”，因爲我們都有過這樣的遭遇，可是爲何不以笑來取而代之呢?在生活中你有多快樂與你的行爲關係不大，卻與你的反應有很大關係(而且你的反應始終是個選擇，所以可以選擇保持積極的態度)。
6. Laughter increases connection with others.
笑會增加與別人多交流的機會
"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." — Victor Borge
“笑最能拉近兩個人的距離。”—維託·埔柱
Going on a first date with a guy or girl you have a maximum crush on? Relieve your nerves and increase the odds that you bond by doing something that will make you laugh. That could be a funny movie, comedy night, ski-ball, roller-coasters, or whatever your idea of "fun" might be.
和你最有感覺的男生或女生第一次約會?多找樂兒來緩解緊張氣氛，可以拉近你們之間的聯繫。看搞笑電影、看喜劇演出、滑雪球、過山車，總之做讓人感覺“快樂輕鬆”的娛樂性活動。
7. Laughter burns calories.
笑能減肥燃燒熱量
"If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane." — Robert Frost
“如果我們不笑我們都會瘋掉。”—羅伯特·弗羅斯特
Don’t go skipping your workouts because of this, but laughter could offer a small assist to your fitness plan. Laughing raises your heart rate and caloricexpenditure, resulting in about 10-40 calories burned over 15 minutes of laughter according to a study by the International Journal of Obesity.
不要因爲這樣就不健身鍛鍊了，但笑聲對你的健身計劃可以幫個小忙。據《國際肥胖期刊》上的一項研究報告，大笑能提高心率並消耗熱量，笑超過15分鐘的時間約消耗10-40卡路里熱量。
8. Laughter boosts mood and confidence.
笑可以提高情緒增加自信
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on." — Bob Newhart
“笑給我們留下空間。我們得以退一步進行處理再繼續前進。”——鮑勃·紐哈特
Confident people have an interesting ability: no matter how badly they mess up, they are able to laugh at themselves, handling any mistake in their stride as if it’s no big deal. Learning to laugh at yourself will help you develop an ability toimprovise through any bone-headed decision you might make (thus minimizing stress, wasted time, and damage done).
自信的人具備這樣一種能力讓人感覺很有意思：無論身陷困境有多嚴重，他們會以自嘲的態度，對棘手問題處理起來好像沒什麼大不了的。學會自嘲會幫你培養一種能力，在可能做出一些低級決定時會即興發揮(從而將壓力、浪費的時間和傷害減少到最低)。
9. Laughter can help you get through difficult times.
笑能助你度過難關
"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." — Bill Cosby
“幽默可以軟化生活上所遭遇到的最嚴重的打擊。無論多麼痛苦的遭遇，一旦訴諸於笑的神奇力量，你就可以堅持下來。”——比爾·考斯比
All of life’s junk — break-ups, bad days, car accidents, family drama, relationship problems, you name it — seem worse while we’re dealing with them in real-time. Keep the events of every day in perspective by asking yourself the question, "Is this really a big deal in the grand scheme of things?" If the source of stress isn’t something you’ll remember next week/month/year, lighten up. Search for the humor or irony in the situation and laugh it off. Smile (because you deserve to be happy)!
生活中的所有不順心的事——情侶分手、心情不好、遭遇車禍、家庭問題、情感問題，這些我們生活中總要處理的不幸遭遇。堅持每天問自己
對這個問題的態度和看法：“真的就是一件非常了不得的大事嗎?” 如果這份壓力在下週、下個月、明年你就不記得了，那就讓自己輕鬆起來。以幽默或諷刺的方式一笑了之。笑，你值得擁有!
