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初中英语阅读理解-议?论文篇（1） （1）? Do you wa?nt to live? a happier?, less str?essful (有压?力的) life? ?Try laughi?ng for no ?reason at ?all. That’?s how thou?sands of p?eople star?t their da?y at Laugh?ter Clubs ?around the? world — a?nd many do?ctors now ?think that? having a ?good laugh? might be ?one of the? best ways? to stay h?ealthy. ? The firs?t Laughter? Club was ?started in? Mumbai, I?ndia, in 1?995 by Dr.? Madan Kat?aria. “You?ng childre?n laugh ab?out 300 ti?mes a day.? Adults la?ugh betwee?n 7 and 15? times a d?ay,” says ?Dr. Katari?a. “Everyo?ne’s natur?ally good ?at laughin?g — it’s t?he univers?al languag?e. We want? people to? feel happ?y with the?ir lives.”? There are? now more ?than 500 L?aughter Cl?ubs in Ind?ia and ove?r 1,300 wo?rldwide. ? Many do?ctors are ?also inter?ested in t?he effects? (效果) of l?aughter on? our healt?h. Accordi?ng to a 5-?year study? at the UC?LA School ?of Medicin?e in Calif?ornia, wit?h laughing? there is ?less stres?s in the b?ody. Laugh?ter improv?es our hea?lth agains?t illness ?by about 4?0%. So?, what hap?pens at a ?Laughter C?lub? I wen?t along to? my neares?t club in ?South Lond?on to find? out. I wa?s quite ne?rvous at t?he beginni?ng of the ?class, to ?be honest ?— I wasn’t? intereste?d in laugh?ing with a? group of ?strangers,? and I was? worried a?bout looki?ng stupid.? Our laugh?ter teache?r told us ?to clap ou?r hands an?d say “ho ?ho ho, ha ?ha ha,” wh?ile lookin?g at each ?other. How?ever, our ?bodies can?’t tell th?e differen?ce between? fake laug?hter and r?eal laught?er, so the?y still pr?oduce the ?same healt?hy effects?. Surp?risingly, ?it works! ?After ten ?minutes ev?erybody in? the room ?was laughi?ng for rea?l — and so?me people ?just could?n’t stop! ?At the end? of the cl?ass I was ?surprised ?by how rel?axed and c?omfortable? I felt. S?o if you’r?e under st?ress, then? start lau?ghing. You? might be ?very pleas?ed with th?e results!? 48. In w?hich count?ry was the? first Lau?ghter Club? started