更新2015年4月自考英语二阅读判断翻译

Using Music to Change Your Mood

Everyone knows that listening to music when feeling bad can provide a relief. Music can also reduce stress, make depression more bearable and help you relax.

All the benefits of music can only be got if the listener enjoys the music he is listening to. If the listener dislikes the music or finds it boring, it will have a negative effect on him instead of a positive one.

Now let’s examine what most of us do when it comes to listening to music. We usually just listen to a play list and allow a program to randomly (任意地) select the songs we are going to listen to.

This is where the problem lies. What if you liked the first song but found the second one boring? What if the third one was a motivating song while the fourth didn’t suit your emotions? What do you think the result will be?

What you’ll have is an emotional mess! The first song will lift your mood a little. The second will make you a little bored. The third will motivate you and then the fourth will put you down. In the end you’ll end up feeling worse than before.

I strongly recommend dividing your play list into different lists. For example, a list for relaxation, a list for motivation and so on. Another very important thing you must do is to get rid of all of the old music that you are bored of. Besides, don’t listen to songs with negative words or messages.

The music you listen to can delay your recovery from breakups (分手) by months and months! People who listen to romantic songs after breakups recover 10 times slower than those who don’t. So be careful with your play list if you want to recover faster.

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使用音乐来改变情绪

每个人都知道在情绪低落时听音乐可以缓解压力。音乐还可以减少压力，使抑郁症更加容易忍受，并帮助你放松。

所有这些音乐的好处只有在听者喜欢他所听的音乐时才能得到。如果听者不喜欢音乐或觉得它无聊，反而会对他产生负面影响，而不是积极的影响。

现在让我们来看看我们大多数人听音乐时是怎么做的。我们通常只是听一个播放列表，让程序随机选择我们将要听的歌曲。

问题就在这里。假如你喜欢第一首歌，但是觉得第二首歌很无聊呢？假如第三首歌是一首激励性歌曲，而第四首却不符合你的情绪呢？你认为结果会是什么？

你会陷入情绪困境！第一首歌会稍微提升你的情绪。第二首会让你有点无聊。第三首会激励你，而第四首会让你沮丧。最终，你会感觉比之前更糟。

我强烈建议将你的播放列表分成不同的列表。例如，一个用于放松的列表，一个用于激励的列表，等等。另一个非常重要的事情是摆脱所有让你感到无聊的旧音乐。此外，不要听带有负面词语或信息的歌曲。

你听的音乐可能会延缓你从分手中恢复的时间达数月之久！那些在分手后听浪漫歌曲的人恢复的速度是那些不听浪漫歌曲的人的十倍。所以，如果你想更快地恢复过来，请小心选择你的播放列表。