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And using this intense study of individuals,
通過這種對個人的密集調查，
we find that it's not one particular generation that's doing better than the others,
我們發現并沒有任何一代人比其他人更好，
but the same individuals over time come to report relatively greater positive experience.
但是同一個人隨著年歲增長，開始報告相對更積極的體驗。
Now you see this slight downturn at very advanced ages.
現在你看到在非常高的年齡。
And there is a slight downturn.
這里有些許下降。
But at no point does it return to the levels we see in early adulthood.
這里的確有一些下降，但是絕沒有回復到他們早期成年期的水平。
Now it's really too simplistic to say that older people are "happy."
當然，光說老年人更“快樂”，那太過草率。
In our study, they are more positive.
在我們的研究里，他們更積極。
But they're also more likely than younger people to experience mixed emotions
但他們也比年輕人更能體會到復雜的情感，
sadness at the same time you experience happiness; you know, that tear in the eye when you're smiling at a friend.
悲喜交加，你們知道，就是沖著朋友微笑的同時眼含淚花。
And other research has shown that older people seem to engage with sadness more comfortably.
有其他研究顯示，老年人能夠更從容地應對悲傷。
They're more accepting of sadness than younger people are.
他們比年輕人更能接受悲傷情緒，
And we suspect that this may help to explain why older people are better than younger people at solving hotly charged emotional conflicts and debates.
我們懷疑這能幫助解釋為什么老年人比年輕人更擅長處理激烈的情緒沖突和爭論。
Older people can view injustice with compassion, but not despair.
老年人看待不公，能夠帶著憐憫，而不是絕望。
