دچار فشار روحی؟ نه در آندورا

عنوان درس: عمر طولانی( مردم) آندورا

به گزارش گوش بدهيد

COUNTING IN SPANISH

Water aerobics classes like this one for pensioners in one of Andorra's many pristine public swimming pools are free and frequent. It's normal here, high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, to be active into old age. The average life expectancy is 83.5 and there are lots of people here in their late nineties.

Exercise is one reason, others are clean air, healthy diet, lots of lean meat, vegetables and olive oil and a world class health service. Perhaps the secret ingredient is low stress levels. Government spokesman Juli Minovez puts that partly down to history:

MINOVEZ:
We've had 700 years of peace in Andorra, and so many years of peace, no army - it also gives a lot of peace of mind to people. So I think there is also a psychological factor, you know. From the moment you were born, you know you live in a country that hasn't had a conflict for seven centuries - that must be there for something.

The growing population of Andorra is quietly proud of its world-beating longevity.

Paul Henley, BBC News, Andorra

به کلمات گوش بدهيد

Water aerobics
انجام حرکات ورزشی در آب با ریتم موسیقی

pristine
در اینجا: جدید و در شرایط خوب

life expectancy
امید به زندگی، حد متوسط طول عمر

diet
رژیم غذایی

lean meat
گوشت بی چربی

world class
در سطح بسیار عالی

the secret ingredient
در اینجا: عامل پنهانی و ناشناخته

puts that partly down to history
می گوید این موضوع تا حدودی به تاریخ ( آندروا) مربوط می شود

peace of mind
آسایش فکری

longevity
طولانی بودن عمر، عمر طولانی