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八年级英语课外阅读新文章 (2016.01) Happiness: what ’s the big deal? Have you ever noticed how much people talk about happiness? People are always giving out advice on how to be happier. And many scientific studies have different opinions on what it means to be happy. Joseph Mercola, a US physician, found that healthy habits could lead to a happier lifestyle (生 活方式 ). He found happier people eat right, exercise and get better sleep. His research found that a positive lifestyle could strengthen your immune system and prevent heart disease. Professor Sir Richard Peto, Oxford University, found the opposite to be true. His new study found happiness has nothing to do with your health or how long you will live. Researchersat the University of Oxford studied 1 million UK women over 10 years. The women answered questions on their health, happiness,amount of stress and how they felt about their lives. Unhappy women often had bad health before they were unhappy. This study said that studies in the past were getting the cause and effect (因果关系 ) confused. He found unhappy people were no more likely to get sick than happy ones. “ who are ill tend to be unhappier than those who are well, -author of the study.” said Peto, co On the other hand, a study from Australasian Science said that negative people are actually more careful thinkers than happy people. Experts say there is too much pressure to reach this goal of happiness. In turn (相应地 ), it makes us less happy. So what do you think it means to be happy? 1. What did Dr Joseph Mercola search find?’s re A. Happier lifestyles led to healthy habits. B. Happier people had the same lifestyle. C. Happier people didn ’t get hea