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[Stylish(진화)]

Friends help you live longer 

New research suggests that having good friends in old age may be more important for longevity than having close family ties. This is according to a study published in the British Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health* on June 16. Researchers interviewed 1,500 Australians over the age of 70 about their social and family relations. Findings indicated that affiliations with close friends improved chances of survival beyond ten years by 22 per cent. This was attributed to the positive physiological effects on the body of increased recreation and social activity. The researchers proposed that the beneficial feelings experienced by the septuagenarians because of their friends was the antithesis to the negative effects that stress has on our well-being.

The researchers analyzed data gathered from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Aging, which began in 1992. This study aimed to gauge how a range of behavioral, economic, environmental and social factors affected the constitution of the test group of 70-year-olds. The senior citizens were monitored annually for the first four years of the ten-year-long study and at three-yearly intervals thereafter. The team found that those with the strongest network of friends and confidants were less likely to die by the end of the ten-year period. This was consistent even after factoring in other variables such as the death of a spouse, financial upheavals or other traumatic events. The message is to keep in touch if you want to live longer.

Questions 

1. Do you agree with the study that friends are more important than family to help you live longer?

2. Do you think life is less stressful for seniors?

3. What recreational and social activities do you expect to be doing in your seventies?

4. What hobbies or interests will you continue into your seventies?

5. Is there a difference in friendship between your male friends and female friends?

Facial Expressions Are Not Universal  

The reading of facial expressions may not be universal. This is the conclusion of researchers from Glasgow University in Scotland. They report that people from different cultures read facial expressions differently. In particular, they said there were big differences between the way Westerners and East Asians interpret facial expressions. The study suggests East Asians focus mostly on people’s eyes to read an emotion, but Europeans and Americans scan the whole face. Researcher Rachael Jack said: ''We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions.'' She added: "Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favour the eyes and neglect the mouth."

Ms. Jack suggested there are similarities in interpreting facial expressions and the use of emoticons. She said East Asians use the eyes in emoticons to show emotion, for example ^_^ means happy and ;_; is sad. Westerners, however, use the mouth. For example :) is for happy and :( is for sad. She added: “Interestingly, there are clear cultural differences in the formations of these icons. Emoticons are used to convey different emotions in cyberspace as they are the iconic representation of facial expressions.” The researchers said their findings showed intercultural communication is more complicated than we thought. They said: "When it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation."

Questions

1. Do you agree Westerners are good at expressing their emotions than Easterners?

    If so, can you imagine the reason?

2. Do you believe people’s facial expressions are the same all over the world?

3. Are you a person who uses body language or facial expressions during a talk?

4. What do you normally use in emoticons when you send e-mails and text 

   messages  as well as reply to comments on the net?

5. Why don't we politely praise the person next to you in terms of her/his good aspects

   such as her/his fashion style, beauty, strenghs etc....?

[Stylish(진화)]

으따~ 간만에 토픽 직접 맹글어 봅니다요 ㅋㅋ
첫번째 타픽으로써 럭셔리 실버라이프에 대해 정다운 얘기 나누어 보구요, 감정표현이 인색해 있는 특이나 경상도 오빠 언니분들~ 두번째 타픽처럼 옆에분께 아름다운 말 칭찬의 말 아끼지 아니하셨슴 좋겠슴돠~ 이번주도 잼나게 달려보아요~^ㅡ^

[Gina(진아)]

스탈 고마워^^/

[Teddy~*]

it goes very long long time~ ^^ perhaps~ i will be there~ ^0^ 두번째 사진 누구삼? 누가 누군지 모르면 나도 이제 중년? ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[Stylish(진화)]

저는 말년인가봐요~ 도통 누가 누군지 ㅋㅋㅋ 장동건 고소용 결혼햇다는것두 몰랐던 1人 ㅋㅋㅋ

[Gina(진아)]

어서오시와요.ㅎㅎ

[일구비]

땡쓰스타일~~!!내가 인쇄는 좀 잘하지..인쇄하는 만큼 공부해야되는데..ㅋㅋ

[Stylish(진화)]

진정한 지식인 일구비 ~ 인쇄어찌하면 잘햐?~ 요거이 궁금하네 ㅋㅋ

[Gina(진아)]

내것도 좀 인쇄해도..ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[Graham]

I am in, right on time. :)

[Stylish(진화)]

오케이 렛쯔 고고고고 ^.^~~~~

[Gina(진아)]

Wonderful~

[Doo ^^]

휴가라 정신 못 차리고 있는 사이에 스탈형이 토픽 올렸네요.^^ 땡쓰.

[Stylish(진화)]

항상 토픽올린다고 수고많은 두에게 감사를 ~ 담주 멋진타픽 부탁해 ^ㅇ^~~

[광풍노화]

정참할께요. 처음가는데 잘 부탁드려요 ^^

[Stylish(진화)]

즐거운 시간 고고씽입니다욧 ^ㅇ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Gina(진아)]

저희도 잘 부탁드려요..ㅎㅎㅎ

[Gina(진아)]

전혜빈(맞나?ㅎ)인줄 알았더니.. 자세히보니.. 아닌거 같기도하고..ㅎㅎ 정참.... 우야는 이번주 못온대요. 으앙.ㅠ

[Teddy~*]

신입사원이 열심히 업무배우면서 일해야지 놀면 쓰나~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Stylish(진화)]

드뎌 본격적인 일모드 돌입인가? 우야 화이팅~~!!

[honeybee74]

제발 정촴^^;;

[Stylish(진화)]

허니비 제발 정촴 하시길 기원합니다..아멘 -ㅠ- 안나오면 쳐들어간다 딩가딩가딩~ ^ㅇ^~~

[GUNNY(건희)]

정참할게요~~

[Gina(진아)]

내일 보아요^^/

[일구비]

보아하니 전부들 휴가들 가셨군~~음.... 그럼 내일 사람들이 적을수 있겠군,,,,이럴때 일수록 내일 완벽준비해서 열씨미 대화하러 가야지ㅋ..

[Gina(진아)]

조아~ 고고씽~!!

[Joe(조형섭)]

근무라 지참 ... 안 잊으면 야쿠르트 싸갈께.. 오늘 계약서 한장씩 써야해...ㅋㅋ.....