英语晨读TED演讲系列：如何和压力做朋友（二）

In the study, when participants viewed their stress response as helpful, their blood vessels stayed relaxed like this. Their heart was still pounding, but this is a much healthier cardiovascular profile. It actually looks a lot like what happens in moments of joy and courage. Over a lifetime of stressful experiences, this one biological change could be the difference between a stress-induced heart attack at age 50 and living well into your 90s. And this is really what the new science of stress reveals, that how you think about stress matters.

但在这项研究中，当受试者把压力反应看作是有帮助的，他们的血管就会像这样放松。他们的心脏仍在强力收缩，但心血管系统的样子比较健康。事实上看起来更像感到兴奋和鼓起勇气时的样子。要克服人生中的各种压力，这样的生理差异，足已产生50岁时因压力导致心脏病发以及健康活到90多岁的区别。最新的压力研究结果便是如此，如何看待压力至关重要。

participant /pɑ:'tɪsɪp(ə)nt/

n. 参加者，参与者

an active participant in the negotiations 积极参与谈判的人

vessel /'ves(ə)l/

n. 血管

cardiovascular /,kɑ:dɪəʊ'væskjʊlə/

adj. 心血管的

cardiovasculardisease 心血管疾病

reveal /rɪ'vi:l/

v. 揭示；揭露

The report reveals that the company made a loss of ￡20 million last year.

报告显示，公司去年亏损2 000万英镑。