访谈录 Interview 2007-04-21&23, 笑一笑，十年少

Hm-hmm
Alex Eingorn is a certified¹ laughter yoga instructor². Good morning to you! Alex
Good morning, Meredith.

I know there are probably some people on the audience laughing in disbelief at all of this, but the research is in that laughter really makes a difference physiologically³.

Well, indeed. There are a lot of studies that actually do show all the health benefits of laughter cardiovascularly, neurologically, Er, when it comes to controlling work pressure, the depression, is a very major.

How does it work though, why does it have that effect on the body?

While laughter is a very aerobic⁴ activity, engages every single organ system, you breathe in and out, in and out like there is a panorama⁵ in the yoga, when you breathe in and out therapeutically⁶. So it's very much like laughter, you get a lot of air in, it constricts⁷ the diaphragm and exercises the muscles and when you are done, the muscles do relax.

And how is that impact on something like your immune system?

There are studies that do show that laughter increases the production of killer⁸ T-cells for example, increases the production of endorphins which in turn turning the immune response on.

As you just said, the picture of some of your students in the yoga class. When people come in first time, are there a little bit doubtfully or cynical⁹ about whether this is gonna work?

Some are, but generally when people wind up in our, in our yoga class or left yoga class, they are ready, they are looking for something to help them get better.

And they keep coming back time and time again?

Usually they'll come for a few times and they’ll disappear and they’ll come again, but we have regulars that have been coming for years.

I know some of the older people who use it as cardiovascular exercise. How effective is it for something like that?

It's very effective. Er, University of Stanford did the study which actually showed that one minute of laughter is equivalent to about 6 to10 minutes on the treadmill¹⁰.

Really?

Indeed.

But . .that gentleman, that if you’re gonna go laughing and then take a nap, it can be exhausted¹¹.

It can be.

And also, you know in the piece that we just saw. It can be fake laugh. But you can fake it and still have positive results?

Indeed, it's been found that physiologically the body does not recognize the difference between simulated laughter and spontaneous laughter. Even when you smile, or pretend to smile, you still start producing endorphins.

So I know you're not a doctor, you're a yoga instructor. But what take-away value is there and all of this for people at home?

I'm actually a doctor. So I do this with patients.

And not a medical doctor.

Right.

But what people take away is a tool. And a tool that allows them to use the gift that we all have naturally, is the gift of laughter.

Start laughing.

They fake, I knew it.

Eingorn, thank you very much.

1 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 physiologically   

ad.生理上，在生理学上

参考例句：

• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder cannot be completely separated physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上不能完全分离。
• Therefore, the liver and gallbladder are closely related physiologically and pathologically. 因此，肝胆在生理和病理上紧密联系。

4 aerobic   

adj.需氧的，增氧健身法的，有氧的

参考例句：

• Aerobic exercise helps to build up stamina.有氧健身操有助于增强耐力。
• Aerobic dance is conductive to the health.有氧舞蹈有助于健康。

5 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

6 therapeutically   

[医]adv.在治疗上

参考例句：

• A lead compound will have some property considered therapeutically useful. 一种先导化合物应具有治疗作用的特性。 来自互联网
• Drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically. 纤维蛋白溶解药物已被用于临床治疗。 来自互联网

7 constricts   

压缩，压紧，使收缩( constrict的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tumour constricts the nerves. 肿瘤压迫神经。
• Fat constricts the blood vessels, making your circulation bad. 脂肪压缩血管，造成你的血液循环不畅。

8 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

9 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

10 treadmill   

n.踏车；单调的工作

参考例句：

• The treadmill has a heart rate monitor.跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。
• Drugs remove man from the treadmill of routine.药物可以使人摆脱日常单调的工作带来的疲劳。

11 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。