如果你养狗，你可能会发现家里的狗让你更快乐。
最近，有研究表示，养狗不但会让我们更快乐，也可能让我们更健康。
如果你是自己住，并且已经有心脏病等问题，那么和没有养狗的人相比，养狗可以让这些病人过早去世的风险降低27%以上。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show / (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 住 | zhù | to live; to reside; to stay |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 心脏病 | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 相比 | xiāng bǐ | to compare |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person / patient / invalid |
| 过 | guò | excessively / too- |
| 早 | zǎo | prematurely |
| 去世 | qù shì | to pass away / to die |
| 风险 | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more |