Todd: So, Monica, a minute ago we were talking about Tai Chi and about how it helps longevity, helps you live a long life. One time when I was in Bangkok, I met a guy and he was doing Tai Chi and he looked really young, but he said the secret to his old life … he said the secret to looking young, was Tai Chi and cold showers. He took a cold shower every morning.
托德：莫妮卡，刚才我们聊了太极拳以及太极拳如何有助于益寿和长寿。我在曼谷的时候认识了一个练太极拳的人，他看起来非常年轻，他说他保持年轻的秘诀是练太极拳和洗冷水澡。他每天早上都洗冷水澡。
Todd: So, Monica, a minute ago we were talking about Tai Chi and about how it helps longevity, helps you live a long life. One time when I was in Bangkok, I met a guy and he was doing Tai Chi and he looked really young, but he said the secret to his old life … he said the secret to looking young, was Tai Chi and cold showers. He took a cold shower every morning.
托德：莫妮卡，刚才我们聊了太极拳以及太极拳如何有助于益寿和长寿。我在曼谷的时候认识了一个练太极拳的人，他看起来非常年轻，他说他保持年轻的秘诀是练太极拳和洗冷水澡。他每天早上都洗冷水澡。
Monica: Oh, wow!
莫妮卡：哦，哇哦！
Todd: Could you do that?
托德：你能这么做吗？
Monica: No, I don’t think I could actually.
莫妮卡：不能，我想我做不到。
Todd: Yeah, you know, I actually tried it for awhile and I tried it for about a week and I did feel so energized and it was easy in Bangkok, cause it’s really warm but I couldn’t keep it up, especially not that I’m in the cold climate. There’s no way.
托德：我曾经尝试过一段时间，我尝试过一周的时间，那段时间我的确感觉充满能量，这在曼谷很容易做到，因为曼谷天气非常暖和，不过我没能坚持下去，尤其是在寒冷的气候里。
Monica: Yeah, I remember when I was young, my mother used to teach me to splash my face with cold water in the morning because she believed that helped wake you up, and I remember as a child not liking that at all because I just found it too cold. So I preferred to splash my face with warm water.
莫妮卡：我记得我小时候，我妈妈曾教我在早上用凉水洗脸，她认为这样有助于让人清醒，可是我小时候非常不喜欢这样做，因为我觉得那样太冷了。我喜欢用温水洗脸。
Todd: So, have you heard about any other secrets to having a long life?
托德：你听说过其他长寿秘诀吗？
Monica: Yeah, I’ve heard of quite a few different secrets to having a long life. I guess one secret that a lot of different cultural groups seem to share is diet. If you take the Japanese as an example, and Japanese people do have a long life expectancy in comparison to other people from ofher countries. I think the Japanese eat a diet that’s quite low in fat and reasonably low in salt as well, and I think their fluid intake is quite healthy because they drink a lot of green tea which has antioxidants in it, and a they drink a lot of miso soup which has a lot of vegetables in it, and is made from fermented barley, so I think that’s very healthy.
莫妮卡：我听说过很多不同的长寿秘诀。其中不同文化群体都同意的秘诀是饮食。以日本人为例，与其他国家的人相比，日本人的寿命很长。我认为日本人的饮食低脂低盐，而且他们的液体摄入非常健康，因为他们饮用大量的绿茶，绿茶含有抗氧化剂，而且他们喝含有很多蔬菜的味噌汤，味噌汤由大麦发酵而成，我认为这非常健康。
Todd: I’ve also heard that people in the Mediterranean, they also often have a long life span in certain regions and maybe the combination of wine, just a little wine, not too much, but wine and olive oil, and then a lot of fish, seafood is also maybe beneficial to a long life.
托德：我还听说地中海一些地区的人寿命也很长，因为他们喝红酒，不是喝太多，只是喝一点红酒，他们还食用橄榄油，另外鱼和海鲜应该也有益于长寿。
Monica: Yeah, that’s true. I’ve heard French people for example live a long life and that has often been said due to a glass of red wine a day, and I know people think differently about alcohol and it’s affect on the body these days.
莫妮卡：对，没错。我听说法国人很长寿，听说这是因为他们每天喝一杯红酒，我知道最近人们对酒精以及酒精对人体的影响有不同的看法。
Todd: Right.
托德：是的。
Monica: Yeah, because alcohol used to be considered quite a bad thing and discouraged in all forms but now people tend to think that a glass a day is actually quite beneficial to your health.
莫妮卡：对，因为酒精以前被认为是不好的东西，所有形式的酒精都应该禁止，不过现在人们倾向于认为每天一杯酒对健康有好处。
Todd: I’ve also actually heard that laughter, that people that laugh a lot tend to live longer.
托德：我还听说过多笑有助于长寿。
Monica: Yeah, I’ve heard that too, actually, because laughing releases natural endorphins, and I think that helps you physiologically, and also I think psychologically you’re happier if laughing so. Yeah, I think that long life is related to how you are feeling, and I think a lot of it is psychological as well as physical, for example, how much you are eating and what types of food you’re eating.
莫妮卡：对，我也听说过这个，因为笑会自然产生内啡肽，我认为这从生理上来讲有好处，而且从生理上来说，多笑笑会更幸福。我认为长寿与人的感觉有关，与心理和生理都有很大联系，举个例子，长寿与饭量以及饮食种类有关。
Todd: Yeah, I guess, I’m kind of in the same boat, but I just don’t know if I laugh that much. Maybe I’m in trouble.
托德：对，我想我的处境相同，不过我不知道我有没有笑那么多。也许我陷入困境了。