好婚好命 Happy Marriage Happy Life

Traditional wedding vows often include the promise to 【be by your spouse's side】

陪伴在某人身边 be by one's side

传统婚礼誓言中,经常会承诺一直陪伴对方,

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"in sickness and in health,＇til death do you part."

“无论疾病还是健康,直到死亡将你们分开。

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Or something similar.

或者类似的话。

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Well, if you are in a bad marriage, the death part may 【come sooner than expected】.

比预料的要… be adj.（er）than expected

不过，如果你身处一段糟糕的婚姻，那么死亡可能会比预期来得更快。

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A new study finds that a stressful marriage may be unhealthy, especially for men.

一项新的研究发现, -段紧张的婚姻关系可能不利于健康,特别是对男方来说。

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In fact, for some people it may be as bad as smoking.

事实上，对一些人来说这种婚姻的危害和吸烟一样大。

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This finding seems to be opposite of many other studies that say marriage improves health.

这项研究结果似乎和其他许多声称婚姻改善健康的研究结果相反。

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For example, one British study found that being married

比如，一项英国研究发现,结婚

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【improved a person's chances of 】surviving a heart attack.

增加…的可能  improve the chances of...

能提高一个人心脏病发作后存活的几率。

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The researchers said married people had shorter hospital stays.

研究员们说，已婚人士住院时间更短。

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And experts at Harvard Medical School write on their website that married people:

哈佛医学院的专家们在他们的网站上写道,已婚人士:

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live longer

更加长寿,

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have fewer strokes and heart attacks

中风或得心脏病的几率更小,

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have a lower chance of becoming depressed

抑郁的概率更低，

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are less likely to have advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis

被诊断为晚期癌症的可能性更小,

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and more likely to survive cancer for a longer period of time

并且即便在患癌后也可能存活更久,

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and survive a major operation more often.

重大手术的成功率往往更高。

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One way to 【make sense of 】conflicting findings about marriage

明白过来；让…讲得通 make sense of

有一个方法可以搞清这些说法不一的婚姻结论，

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is to consider the quality of the relationship.

那就是参考婚姻关系的质量。

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Do the partners support each other,

夫妻双方相互扶持吗?

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or do they give each other long-term, chronic stress?

还是会长期习惯性地相互施压?

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To find out how bad a stressful marriage is on health，

为了弄清一段紧张的婚姻关系对健康的影响，

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researchers at two universities in the United States

美国的内华达大学雷诺分校

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the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Michigan - 【 teamed up 】.

结成一对，协作 team up

Eg: Teaming up with someone might be a good choice if you find this mission too hard to complete.

和密歌根大学的研究员们进行了合作。

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They followed 373 couples for 16 years.

他们历时16年“追踪”了373对夫妻。

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The researchers wanted to know if often conflicting over certain topics

这些研究员们想知道, 经常在某些话题上产生冲突

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affected a person's health in a negative way.

是否会对一个人的健康产生负面影响。

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These topics included such things as children, money, in-laws and recreational activities.

这些话题包含孩子、金钱、姻亲和娱乐活动。

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They found a conflict-filled relationship harms the body in many ways.

他们发现,充满矛盾的夫妻关系会对身体许多方面造成伤害。

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People in a stressful relationship can have damaging inflammation,

身处一段紧张关系的人们会得损伤性炎症、

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extreme changes in appetite and increased levels of stress hormones.

食欲会出现极端变化,并且压力激素水平会增加。

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All these conditions can negatively affect many systems -

所有的这些情况都会对身体许多系统造成负面影响，

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from heart function to how the body is able to fight diseases.

从心脏功能到人体免疫力。

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The researchers also found that a bad marriage was harder on men＇s health than on women＇s.

研究员们还发现,一段糟糕的婚姻对男方健康的影响比对女方要更严重。

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