英语听力文摘 English Digest 610、有孩子的夫妻家庭更幸福
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力文摘 English Digest
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Parents May Be Happier Than Childless Couples
Dear A Moment of Science,
I’m a parent of two young kids. It’s challenging, but overall 1 a very rewarding experience. Yet I keep hearing about studies suggesting that parents are less happy than childless couples and single people without children. How sound is this science?
Well, it’s true that over the past several years a wave of studies has associated parenting with unhappiness. But that’s not the whole story. In fact, one study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, the University of British Columbia, and Stanford found just the opposite: that, all things considered, parenthood is strongly associated with happiness and meaning.
Specifically 2, the study found that parents are happier when taking care of their kids than when doing other chores. Dads especially seemed to find happiness and meaning compared to non dads.
Now, of course this doesn’t mean that all parents are always happier than all non parents. Parenting happiness depends, at least in part, on the particulars of a situation. For example, the study also found that older, married parents are on average happier than younger parents and single parents.
And anyone who’s been a parent knows that raising kids is a tough, tough job filled with as many difficult and painful moments as with moments of joy. But on the whole, at least according to this and other emerging 3 studies, parenting tends to coincide 4 with happiness and fulfillment in life.
n.工作服，工装裤；全面的，全体的
- The shop assistant was wearing a white overall.那店员穿着白色的工作服。
- How much will it cost overall?一共多少钱？
adv.明确地，具体地；特别地，特意
- The book was written specifically for children.这本书是特地为儿童编写的。
- I told you specifically not to do that.我明确地告诉你不要那样做。
adj.正在不断出现的
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- I saw the woman emerging out of a shop. 我看见那个妇女从商店里走出来。