If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.
如果你想保持年轻，坐下来好好思考一下。这是一组日本医生的研究发现，报告说我们大脑中的大部分没有得到足够的锻炼，因此，我们很快就会衰老。
Professor Taijiu Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down．
松泽泰久教授想弄清楚为什么日本北部健康的农民在相对较小的年纪就失去了思考和推理的能力，以及如何减缓衰老的进程。
With a team of partners at Tokyo National University, he set about studyingn the brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and various jobs．
他和东京国立大学的一组合作伙伴开始研究一千个不同年龄和不同工作的人的大脑容量。
Computer technology enabled the researchers to get exact measurement of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect and feelings, and determine the human character. The back section of the brain, which controls functions like eating or breathing, does not connect with age. One can continue living without intellectual or feeling abilities.
计算机技术使研究人员能够精确测量大脑前部和侧面（与智力和感觉有关，并决定人类的性格）的容量。大脑后部控制着进食或呼吸等功能，与年龄无关。一个人可以在没有智力或感觉能力的情况下继续生活。
Contraction of front and side parts－as cells die off－was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not obvious in some sixty and seventy year olds．
一些三十多岁的受试者可以观察到前部和侧面随着细胞凋亡而收缩，但一些六七十岁的人仍然不明显。
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple cure for the contraction normally connected with age - using the brain．
松泽从他的测试中得出结论，有一种简单的方法可以治愈通常与年龄有关的大脑收缩——使用大脑。
The findings show in general conditions that contraction of the brain begins soon among people in the country than in the town. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
研究结果表明，在一般情况下，乡下人的大脑收缩开始得比城里人早。松泽说，风险最小的是律师，其次是大学教授和医生。然而，在政府办公室做日常工作的白领与农场工人、公交车司机和店员一样，大脑也可能萎缩。
Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must flow through a circle properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need." The best way to keep good blood movement is through using the brain," he says, "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t depend on pocket calculators."
松泽的研究结果表明，思考可以防止大脑萎缩。血液必须在头部适当地流过一个圆圈，以提供脑细胞所需的新鲜氧气。“保持良好血液流动的最好方法是使用大脑，”他说，“认真思考并参与对话。不要依赖袖珍计算器。”
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