复旦大学：《实用交际英语口语 Practical oral English communication》课程教学资源（阅读资料）The Power of Smiling

The Power of Smiling When was a child I always wanted to be a superhero I wanted to save the world and then make everyone happy But I knew that I'd need super powers to make my dreams come true When I grew up and realized that science fiction was not the good source for super powers I decided instead, to embark on a journey of real science to find a more useful truth I started my journey in California with a UC Berkeley 30- year longitudinal study By measuring their students' smiles, researchers were able to predict how fulfilling and long-lasting a subject's marriage will be how well she would score in standardized tests of well-being and how inspiring she would be to others

The Power of Smiling When I was a child,... ...I always wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to save the world and then make everyone happy. But I knew that I'd need super powers to make my dreams come true. When I grew up... ...and realized that science fiction was not the good source for super powers... ...I decided instead, to embark on a journey of real science... ...to find a more useful truth. I started my journey in California with a UC Berkeley 30 - year longitudinal study. By measuring their students' smiles,... ...researchers were able to predict... ...how fulfilling and long - lasting a subject's marriage will be,... ...how well she would score in standardized tests of well-being,... ...and how inspiring she would be to others

In another yearbook I stumbled upon Barry Obama's picture When I first saw his picture, I thought that his super powers came from his super collal But now i know it was all in his smile Another "aha! "moment came from a 2010 Wayne State University research project that looked into pre-1950s baseball cards of Major League players Players who didn't smile in their pictures lived an average of only 72.9 years whereas players with beaming smiles lived an average of almost 80 years The good news is that we're actually born smiling When they're born, babies continue to smile initially, mostly in their sleep And even blind babies smile to the sound of the human voice Smiling is one of the most basic, biologically uniform expressions of all humans

In another yearbook,... ...I stumbled upon Barry Obama's picture. When I first saw his picture, I thought that his super powers came from his... ...super collar. But now I know it was all in his smile. Another "aha!" moment came from a 2010 Wayne State University... ...research project that looked into pre - 1950s baseball cards of Major League players. Players who didn't smile in their pictures lived an average of only 72.9 years,... ...whereas players with beaming smiles lived an average of almost 80 years. The good news is that we're actually born smiling. When they're born, babies continue to smile... ...initially, mostly in their sleep. And even blind babies smile to the sound of the human voice. Smiling is one of the most basic, biologically uniform expressions of all humans

So whenever you wanna look great and competent, reduce your stress or improve your marrage or whenever you want to tap into a super power that will help you and everyone around you live a longer, healthier, happier life, smile

So whenever you wanna look great and competent, reduce your stress... ... or improve your marriage... ...or whenever you want to tap into a super power... ...that will help you and everyone around you live a longer,... ...healthier, happier life, smile