Norman Cousins was a famous American magazine editor. In 1964, he returned from an overseas trip and then became very ill. In the hospital, he had terrible pain and couldn't move his body. Doctors told him he had a serious disease called ankylosing spondylitis(强直性脊柱炎)and said he had only 1 chance in 500 of surviving. They gave him powerful drugs, but his condition only got worse.

 

　　Cousins had read about a theory that negative emotions can harm your health. He believed that positive emotions were good for one's health, and he decided to try an experiment. He would fill his days with good feelings and laughter and see if that might improve his condition.

 

　　He left the hospital and moved into a hotel room. There, he got a large supply of funny TV programs and copies of old Marx Brothers movies and cartoons. He also hired a nurse to read funny stories to him. His plan was to spend the whole day laughing and thinking about happy things. On his first night in the hotel, Cousins found that laughing at the movies helped his body produce chemicals that reduced pain. For the first time in weeks, he could sleep comfortably for a few hours. Every time the pain came back, he watched another funny movie and laughed until he felt better.

 

　　Over time, Cousins was able to measure changes in his body with blood tests. He found that the harmful chemicals in his body decreased at least 5 percent every time he watched a funny movie. After a short time, he was able to stop taking all of his medications. Finally his condition improved so much that he could go back to work.

 

　　Cousins later wrote a book about how laughter and happiness helped him to survive a deadly illness. Many people didn't believe his story and said that his doctors were wrong about his disease. But since then, research has found that emotions do have a strong effect on physical health, and experiments found that laughter can help to reduce pain. Scientists today are working to understand the ways that our minds affect our bodies.

 

　　诺尔曼堂兄是一个著名的美国杂志编辑。在1964，他从海外旅行，然后变得很不舒服。在医院里，他可怕的痛苦和无法移动自己的身体。医生告诉 他，他得了严重的疾病称为强直性脊柱炎(强直性脊柱炎)说他只有1的机会尚存在500。他们给了他强大的药物，但是他的情况只会变得更糟。

 

　　表兄妹们阅读有关理论的负面情绪会影响你的健康。他认为，积极的情绪有良好的个人健康，他决定做一个实验。他整天都感觉良好和笑声，看看是否可能会改善他的状况。

 

　　他离开医院，住进了酒店房间。在那里，他得到了大量有趣的电视节目和旧副本的马克思兄弟的电影和漫画。他还雇佣了一位护士读有趣的故事给他。他 的计划是整天笑，想着快乐的事。在他的第一个晚上在酒店，堂兄发现嘲笑电影帮助他的身体产生的化学物质，减少疼痛。几个星期以来头一次，他可以舒舒服服地 睡了几个小时。每次疼痛又回来了，他看到另一个有趣的电影，直到他觉得更好地笑。

 

　　随着时间的推移，表兄弟能够衡量他的身体变化与血液测试。他发现，有害化学品在他的身体至少减少百分之5每次他看了一个有趣的电影。一段时间后，他能够停止服用他所有的药物。最后，他的病情有所改善，所以他可以回去工作。

 

　　表兄弟后来写了一本关于如何欢笑和快乐帮他躲过致命的疾病。很多人都不相信他的故事，说他的医生错了他的病。但自那时以来，有研究发现，情绪也有很大的影响，身体健康，和实验发现，笑可以帮助减少疼痛。今天的科学家正在努力了解的方式，我们的思想影响我们的身体。2015济南职称英语考试报名网http://www.kaozc.com/En/shandong/jinan/