广播电视英语短句 第 90 课：更容易抑郁-1

We all know that some people do not seem as emotionally strong as others when life gets difficult. But why is that? 我们都知道，有些人在遇到困难的时候并不如其他人那么坚强。

A study published in two thousand three in the journal Science offered an answer. 为什么会这样呢？ 2003 年在《科学》杂志发布的一篇研究为我们提供了答案。

The study followed almost eight hundred fifty people from birth through age twenty-six. 这个研究对大约 850 人从出生到 26 岁的经历进行了追踪调查。

Researchers found that those with a short version of a certain gene were more likely to get depressed after a sad or difficult experience. 研究人员发现那些某一特定基因较短的人们在经历了悲伤或者困难之后更容易抑郁。

They found that people with the normal length of the gene were better able to weather life's storms. 他们发现，那些基因长度正常的人们拥有更好的情绪调节能力。