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Now social scientists call this the paradox of aging.
社會(huì)學(xué)家稱這種現(xiàn)象為老齡化悖論。
I mean, after all, aging is not a piece of cake.
老齡化可不是小事。
So we've asked all sorts of questions to see if we could undo this finding.
我們問了各種各樣的問題，試圖推翻這個(gè)研究結(jié)論。
We've asked whether it may be that the current generations of older people are and always have been the greatest generations.
我們提出這可能是因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在正值老年的這一代人一直以來都是最偉大的一代人。
That is that younger people today may not typically experience these improvements as they grow older.
而現(xiàn)在的年青一代可能不會(huì)在成長過程中經(jīng)歷同樣的進(jìn)步。
We've asked, well, maybe older people are just trying to put a positive spin on an otherwise depressing existence.
我們也提出，也許老年人只是在發(fā)揚(yáng)阿Q精神，來應(yīng)對(duì)令人沮喪的事實(shí)。
But the more we've tried to disavow this finding, the more evidence we find to support it.
然而我們?cè)绞窍胍嵏策@個(gè)結(jié)論，反而找到越多的證據(jù)來支持這個(gè)結(jié)論。
Years ago, my colleagues and I embarked on a study where we followed the same group of people over a 10-year period.
很多年前，我和同事一起開始了一項(xiàng)研究，我們對(duì)同一組人進(jìn)行跟蹤調(diào)查長達(dá)十年。
Originally, the sample was aged 18 to 94.
這組人最開始的年齡從18歲到94歲不等。
And we studied whether and how their emotional experiences changed as they grew older.
我們研究了他們的情緒體驗(yàn)是否隨著歲月而改變。
Our participants would carry electronic pagers for a week at a time,
研究參與者隨身攜帶電子紙張，每次持續(xù)一周時(shí)間，
and we'd page them throughout the day and evenings at random times.
我們?cè)谠缤淼娜我鈺r(shí)間呼叫他們。
And every time we paged them, we'd ask them to answer several questions
每一次我們呼叫他們，我們會(huì)問他們幾個(gè)問題，
"On a one to seven scale, how happy are you right now?"
“用1到7的量表來衡量你們現(xiàn)在高興的程度。”
"How sad are you right now?" "How frustrated are you right now?"
“你們現(xiàn)在悲傷的程度。你們現(xiàn)在沮喪的程度。”
so that we could get a sense of the kinds of emotions and feelings they were having in their day-to-day lives.
這樣我們就能監(jiān)測(cè)到他們情緒和感覺上的日常狀況。
