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1 .Dancing is something that humans do when they want to have a good time. It’s a universal response to music, found in all cultures.
跳舞是人类想玩得开心时做的事情。这是对音乐的普遍反应，在所有文化中都有。
2 .But what’s only been discovered recently is that dancing not only makes us feel good, it’s also extremely good for our health.
但最近才发现跳舞不仅让我们感觉良好，对我们的健康也极其有益。
3 .Dancing, like other forms of exercise, releases hormones, such as dopamine, which make us feel relaxed and happy. And it also reduces feelings of stress or anxiety.
跳舞和其他形式的运动一样，会释放荷尔蒙，比如多巴胺，让我们感到放松和快乐。而且它也减少了压力或焦虑的感觉。
4 .Dancing is also a sociable activity, which is another reason it makes us feel good. One study compared people’s enjoyment of dancing at home in front of a video with dancing in a group in a studio.
跳舞也是一种社交活动，这也是它让我们感觉良好的另一个原因。一项研究比较了人们在家看视频跳舞的乐趣和在工作室里集体跳舞的乐趣。
5 .The people dancing in a group reported feeling happier, whereas those dancing alone did not.
据报道，一组跳舞的人感觉更快乐，而单独跳舞的人则没有。
6 .In another experiment, university researchers at York and Sheffield took a group of students and sent each of them into a lab where music was played for five minutes.
在另一个实验中，约克和谢菲尔德的大学研究人员带了一组学生，让他们每个人进入一个播放音乐五分钟的实验室。
7 .Each had to choose from three options: to sit and listen quietly to the music, to cycle on an exercise bike while they listened, or to get up and dance.
每个人必须从三个选项中选择:安静地坐着听音乐，一边听一边骑健身车，或者起身跳舞。
8 .All were given cognitive tasks to perform before and after. The result showed that those who chose to dance showed much more creativity when doing problem-solving tasks.
所有人都被赋予了前后执行的认知任务。结果表明，那些选择跳舞的人在做解决问题的任务时表现出了更强的创造力。
9 .Doctor Lovatt at the University of Hertfordshire believes dance could be a very useful way to help people suffering from mental health problems.
赫特福德郡大学的洛瓦特博士认为，舞蹈可能是帮助患有心理健康问题的人的一种非常有用的方式。
10 .He thinks dance should be prescribed as therapy to help people overcome issues such as depression.
他认为舞蹈应该作为帮助人们克服抑郁等问题的疗法。
11 .It’s well established that dance is a good way of encouraging adolescent girls to take exercise but what about older people?
众所周知，舞蹈是一种鼓励青春期女孩锻炼的好方法，但是老年人呢？
12 .Studies have shown that there are enormous benefits for people in their sixties and beyond.
研究表明，对于六十岁以上的人来说，有巨大的好处。
13 .One of the great things about dance is that there are no barriers to participation.
舞蹈的一大优点是参与没有障碍。
14 .Anyone can have a go, even those whose standard of fitness is quite low.
任何人都可以试一试，即使是那些身体素质相当低的人。
15 .Dance can be especially beneficial for older adults who can’t run or do more intense workouts, or for those who don’t want to.
舞蹈对于不能跑步或不能进行更激烈锻炼的老年人，或那些不想跑步的人来说，尤其有益。
16 .One 2015 study found that even a gentle dance workout helps to promote a healthy heart. And there’s plenty of evidence which suggests that dancing lowers the risk of falls, which could result in a broken hip, for example, by helping people to improve their balance.
2015年的一项研究发现，即使是温和的舞蹈锻炼也有助于促进健康的心脏。而且有大量的证据表明跳舞可以降低可能导致髋关节骨折的摔倒的风险，比如，通过帮助人们改善他们的平衡 （来降低风险）。
17 .There are some less obvious benefits of dance for older people too. One thing I hadn’t realised before researching this topic was that dance isn’t just a physical challenge.
舞蹈对老年人也有一些不太明显的好处。在研究这个话题之前，我没有意识到舞蹈不仅仅是一项身体挑战。
18 .It also requires a lot of concentration because you need to remember different steps and routines.
这也需要很大的专注度，因为你需要记住不同的步骤和动作。
19 .For older people, this kind of activity is especially important because it forces their brain to process things more quickly and to retain more information.
对于老年人来说，这种活动尤其重要，因为它迫使他们的大脑更快地处理事情，保留更多的信息。
20 .Current research also shows that dance promotes a general sense of well-being in older participants, which can last up to a week after a class.
目前的研究还表明，舞蹈促进了老年人的普遍幸福感，这种幸福感可以在一节课后持续一周。
21 .Participants report feeling less tired and having greater motivation to be more active and do daily activities such as gardening or walking to the shops or a park.
参与者报告说感觉不那么累了，有更大的动力更积极地做日常活动，比如园艺或步行去商店或公园。
22 .Ballroom or country dancing, both popular with older people, have to be done in groups. They require collaboration and often involve touching a dance partner, all of which encourages interaction on the dance floor.
舞厅舞或乡村舞，都很受老年人欢迎，都要分组跳。它们需要协作，经常涉及触摸舞伴，所有这些都鼓励舞池中的互动。
23 .This helps to develop new relationships and can reduce older people’s sense of isolation, which is a huge problem in many countries.
这有助于发展新的关系，可以减少老年人的孤独感，这在很多国家都是一个巨大的问题。
24 .I also looked at the benefits of Zumba. Fifteen million people in 180 countries now regularly take a Zumba class, an aerobic workout based on Latin American dance moves.
我也注意到了 （跳）尊巴（健身舞）的一些好处。180个国家的1500万人现在定期上尊巴课，这是一种基于拉丁美洲舞蹈动作的有氧锻炼。
25 .John Porcari, a professor of exercise and sport science at the University of Wisconsin, analysed a group of women who were Zumba regulars and found that a class lasting 40 minutes burns about 370 calories.
威斯康辛大学运动与运动科学教授约翰·波卡里分析了一组尊巴常客，发现一节持续40分钟的课可以燃烧大约370卡路里。
26 .This is similar to moderately intense exercises like step aerobics or kickboxing.
这类似于中等强度的锻炼，比如台阶健身操或跆拳道。
27 .A study in the American Journal of Health Behavior showed that when women with obesity did Zumba three times a week for 16 weeks, they lost an average of 1.2 kilos and lowered their percentage of body fat by 1%.
《美国健康行为杂志》上的一项研究表明，当肥胖女性每周做三次尊巴，持续16周，她们平均瘦了1.2公斤，身体脂肪比例降低了1%。
28 .More importantly, the women enjoyed the class so much that they made it a habit and continued to attend classes at least once a week – very unusual for an aerobic exercise programme.
更重要的是，这些女性非常喜欢这门课，以至于她们养成了习惯，每周至少上一次课——这对有氧运动项目来说非常不寻常。
29 .Dance is never going to compete with high-intensity workouts when it comes to physical fitness gains, but its popularity is likely to keep on rising because it’s such a fun way to keep fit.
在提高身体素质方面，舞蹈永远无法与高强度锻炼相提并论，但它的受欢迎程度可能会继续上升，因为这是一种如此有趣的健身方式。